Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL), the world’s second largest cruise shipping group, has warned the effects of the coronavirus outbreak so far would cut its earnings per share (EPS) by up to 6.3% from its earlier forecast.

“As a result of the travel restrictions in place and related circumstances, the company has now cancelled a total of 18 sailings in Southeast Asia and has also modified several itineraries,” the company said in a statement.

Taken together, the measures taken so far have an estimated impact on the company's financial performance for 2020 of approximately $0.65 per share,.

In its 2019 earnings release that it published earlier this month, RCCL estimated its full year 2020 EPS to reach the range of $10.40 to $10.60

“While not currently planned, if the company was to cancel all of its remaining sailings in Asia through the end of April, it would impact 2020 financial performance by an additional $0.55 per share,” the company said.