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With cruise bookings seeing a resurgence after the Covid pandemic caused luxury liners to mothball, a Finnish shipyard is putting the final touches on what will be the world’s largest cruise ship. Royal Caribbean’s luxurious new vessel Icon of the Seas is nearing completion in the Turku shipyard on Finland’s southwestern coast, its maiden voyage scheduled for January 2024. “This ship is as of today, as far as we are aware of, the biggest cruise […]
by Cecil Morella, with Aishwarya Kumar in New Delhi Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Indian ship worker Tejasvi Duseja is desperate to go home after months stranded offshore by coronavirus border closures and lockdowns that have left more than 200,000 seafarers in limbo. From engineers on cargo ships to waiters on luxury cruise liners, ocean-based workers around the world have been caught up in what the United Nations warns is a growing humanitarian […]
by Leila MACOR Agence France Presse The cruise industry has taken a beating during the coronavirus crisis — on-board outbreaks, refusal of port access and now no clear idea of when ships can sail once again. While the passengers have headed home, the journey drags on for tens of thousands of crew members who are stranded at sea aboard their vessels, with no end in sight. Many are no longer being paid because […]
(Eagle News) – At least 125 Filipino crew members from a cruise ship docked in Japan were repatriated in the country, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). On May 5, Tuesday, the DFA welcomed the 125 Filipino crew members of Costa Atlantica cruise ship docked in Nagasaki, Japan, with permission from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) Sub-Task Group for the Repatriation of OFWs. “Upon arrival […]
(Eagle News)–The government is set to repatriate Filipino crew members aboard a cruise ship docked off Nagasaki, Japan. The DFA said the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, the Consulate General in Osaka, along with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Japan, are “in the process of mapping out with the Japan government the arrangements for the safe and orderly repatriation..” of the crew members aboard the MV Costa Atlantica. The […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least 34 crew members aboard a cruise ship docked in the Japanese city of Nagasaki have tested positive for coronavirus, local authorities said on Wednesday. The Costa Atlantica first arrived in Nagasaki in January to undergo repairs, with several hundred crew on board. Over the weekend, the ship’s operator contacted local authorities seeking help to test suspected cases on board. An initial four tests carried out on the ship revealed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cruise ships could be converted into floating hospitals to treat cases of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said Thursday. Micky Arison, the chairman of Carnival Corporation, which operates Carnival Cruise Line, “made the offer, it was a generous offer,” Trump said during a press conference. “He said that he has some ships that would be ideally suited for what we are doing,” the president said, since the ships […]
(Eagle News) – At least 444 Filipinos from the MV Grand Princess cruise ship have been brought home and are now sent to the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac for the required 14-day quarantine period. The repatriated Filipinos – 438 crew members and six passengers of the cruise ship – arrived at the Haribon Hangar in Clark Airbase, Pampanga, at around 2:15 a.m. on Monday, March 16. They were brought to the country […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health said on Wednesday, March 11, that it had already sent off 442 Filipinos repatriated from the Japan cruise ship, the MV Diamond Princess, after completing the 14-day quarantine period. The repatriates from Japan cruise ship who were released from the New Clark City that had served as their quarantine facility have earlier tested negative for the virus, but they still had to complete the required 2-week quarantine […]
by Sébastien VUAGNAT / with Andrew MARSZAL in Los Angeles Agence France Presse The first passengers were taken ashore from a coronavirus-hit cruise ship that docked at California’s port of Oakland Monday, with the infected “being dealt with in proper isolation,” said US Vice President Mike Pence. The Grand Princess arrived in the San Francisco Bay after days stranded at sea with 21 confirmed coronavirus infections among more than 3,500 passengers and crew. Emergency […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that it has conducted “medical evacuation” of an injured Filipino crew member of M/V Quantum of the Seas, one of the world’s largest cruise ships, which docked in Manila Bay on Sunday, March 8, due to an emergency in its boiler room. The Coast Guard however clarified that no passengers from the cruise ship disembarked. The declaration was made amid the rising COVID-19 cases in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government is ready to repatriate the around 500 Filipinos who were stranded off California in the United States amid novel coronavirus fears. So far, though, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said no request for the repatriation of the Filipinos on board the Grand Princess cruise ship had been made. The cruise ship, which was quarantined after one of its passengers died due to COVID-19, carried an estimated 3500 people. “Kung hinihingi […]
