Port Canaveral is furloughing cruise and recreation business segment workers through May 30 pending the resumption of cruise travel.

With cruise travel on a nationwide freeze, Port Canaveral is furloughing 50 employees who largely support the seaport’s travel sector until cruising resumes in America.

The employees in the port’s cruise operations and recreation business segments were notified that the temporary furloughs would begin Friday.

The furloughs are expected to last until May 30, but will be dependent on when cruise lines resume operations at Port Canaveral, the second-busiest cruise port in the nation. The port currently services Carnival Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International and Norwegian Cruise Line.

Port Canaveral remains open, but the pandemic has “had a significant impact on our businesses,” leading it to make the “difficult decision” to furlough 50 of its 250 employees.

Following warnings from the U.S. State Department and a mounting number of coronavirus cases on ships at sea, President Donald Trump asked the four major cruise companies — Carnival, Royal, Norwegian and MSC — on March 13 to suspend cruises for 30 days. Disney also announced March 14 it would suspend its cruise operations.

The lines have since extended those suspensions even further into April and May as the virus continues its onslaught through the U.S. Disney has canceled all departures through April 28, Norwegian through May 10, and Royal Caribbean and Carnival though May 11.

Several ships with sick passengers and dead coronavirus patients onboard had remained at sea, turned away by ports in Central America before finally getting passage to dock in South Florida ports earlier this week.