French Court Finds Nice, Villefranche-sur-Mer Cruise Ship Ban Is Illegal

A cruise ship ban against large ships in Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer in France that technically went into effect on July 1 has been overturned by a French court.

The law had gotten off to a rocky start when Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas ignored it on July 3, inciting Nice’s mayor, Christian Estrosi, also the president of the Nice Cote d’Azur Metropole, to get on a police boat in a failed attempt to force the ship to leave.

Following this incident, the Mayor reissued the ban with a new start date of July 11, 2025.

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