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Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH): Cuba Exposure Check

Independent audit of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings's exposure to Cuba — OFAC SDN matches, Helms-Burton Title III risk, SEC filings, and the Cuban Insights news corpus.

Historical exposure

Norwegian Cruise Line has historical Cuba exposure that has been wound down or written off.

Norwegian Cruise Line co-defendant in the Havana Docks Title III lawsuit over Havana port use during the brief 2016-2019 US-Cuba cruise window. No active Cuba operations.

Ticker
NCLH
S&P 500 sector
Consumer Discretionary
Headquarters
Miami-Dade County , Florida [ 4 ]
OFAC matches
0
EDGAR filings
6
Last refreshed
2026-07-20

OFAC Cuba SDN matches

No entry on the OFAC Cuba SDN list contains Norwegian Cruise Line or any of its operating subsidiaries (Norwegian Cruise Line Cuba) as of the most recent OFAC scrape. Always re-verify with OFAC Sanctions Search before transacting.

SEC filings disclosing Cuba items

Norwegian Cruise Line has filed 6 recent SEC documents containing references to Cuba, the CACR, Helms-Burton, GAESA, or related terms. These are the company's own disclosures.

10-Q · 2024-08-08
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001558370-24-011514
10-Q · 2026-05-04
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001104659-26-054833
10-Q · 2024-11-07
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001558370-24-014784
10-Q · 2025-05-05
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001558370-25-006294
10-Q · 2025-11-04
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001104659-25-106057
10-Q · 2025-08-04
SEC EDGAR · accession 0001558370-25-010053

Federal Register & news corpus mentions

Cuban Insights indexes US Federal Register notices, the Gaceta Oficial and ANPP record, and the analyzed news corpus we republish daily. The following entries name Norwegian Cruise Line alongside Cuba context:

US Supreme Court Backs Havana Docks in Cruise Line Case
Press Rss · 2026-05-21

Cuban Insights analyst note

Norwegian Cruise Line co-defendant in the Havana Docks Title III lawsuit over Havana port use during the brief 2016-2019 US-Cuba cruise window. No active Cuba operations.

Known Cuba-related operating entities or counterparties: Norwegian Cruise Line Cuba.

Methodology. This page combines four signals: (1) a hand-curated map of S&P 500 Cuba exposure maintained by Cuban Insights analysts; (2) fuzzy substring matching against every Cuba-program OFAC SDN designation and the State Department Cuba Restricted List (refreshed twice daily); (3) the SEC EDGAR full-text search across the company's 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings for the past 24 months — including Helms-Burton Title III trafficking-claim disclosures; (4) a scan of our own analyzed-news corpus and US Federal Register notices. Last refreshed 2026-07-20. This is not legal or compliance advice; always verify with primary sources and qualified sanctions counsel before transacting.

Frequently asked questions

Is Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) sanctioned by OFAC?
As of July 2026, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) is not listed on the OFAC CUBA-program SDN list. No direct or subsidiary entity match was found in our scan against the live US Treasury SDN feed. Note that the State Department's Cuba Restricted List and Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List apply separately and should be checked alongside the SDN. Always re-verify against the official OFAC Sanctions Search before relying on this for a compliance decision.
Does Norwegian Cruise Line have Cuba revenue exposure?
Norwegian Cruise Line has historical Cuba exposure that has been wound down or written off. Norwegian Cruise Line co-defendant in the Havana Docks Title III lawsuit over Havana port use during the brief 2016-2019 US-Cuba cruise window. No active Cuba operations.
Has Norwegian Cruise Line disclosed Cuba in its SEC filings?
Norwegian Cruise Line has filed 6 recent SEC documents containing Cuba-related references (searched across 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, 20-F, and 6-K filings on EDGAR over the last 24 months — queries include 'Cuba', 'Helms-Burton', 'CACR', 'Cuba Restricted List', and 'Havana'). See the SEC filings section on the page for the matched excerpts and links to each filing.

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