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Eight Cruise Ships Being Prepped to Bring Crew Home

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Eight different ships from the Holland America Line Group, part of Carnival Corporation, are being readied to get crew home in repatriation efforts, according to a letter sent to crew onboard.

The effort will see ships from the Princess, Holland America and Seabourn brands sail repatriation voyages globally to get crew home.

Port stops, timing and transfer of crew between ships are still being worked on.

The Plan

  • The Regal Princess will sail to Southampton and Rotterdam to bring European crew home.
  • The Crown Princess will sail to Asia to repatriate crew from the Philippines, Indonesia, India and South Africa.
  • The Island Princess will sail to Asia to repatriate crew from the Philippines, Indonesia, India and South Africa.
  • The Veendam, Volendam and Nieuw Amsterdam will also head to Asia to repatriate all Holland America crew from the Philippines, Indonesia, India and South Africa.
  • The Caribbean Princess is heading to the Caribbean and then South America.
  • Finally, the Seabourn Quest will head to Europe, bringing home Seabourn crew from the Quest and Odyssey.

Ruby Princess: Australian police to survey 5,000 passengers

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Australian police are to survey more than 5,000 people via an online survey as part of the investigation into the coronavirus-hit Ruby Princess cruise ship.

New South Wales Police will be sending online questionnaires to thousands of passengers as part of the probe into the outbreak on the Princess Cruises vessel.

The 2,647 passengers who disembarked Ruby Princess in Sydney on March 19, as well as 2,995 passengers on the ship’s previous voyage that docked on March 8, will receive the survey.

It will ask them about what they saw and heard during the cruises, who they travelled with, medical treatment and cleaning on board, offshore tours and dining arrangements on board.

Police will then conduct interviews with those who give noteworthy responses by a team of 30 detectives, according to Australian newspaper The New Daily.

The ship is connected to 20 coronavirus deaths in Australia and hundreds of cases across the country. Authorities are investigating if criminal negligence took place, and last week seized the ship’s black box and interviewed crew.

NSW police minister David Elliott told reporters in Australian that the force would work alongside overseas counterparts in an investigation “like no other”.

He said: “There’s no rule book when it comes to these sorts of inquiries. It’s very unusual for something this large, across so many jurisdictions, to be put into the lap of one person.”

Carnival Prepared for ‘Worst Case’ Scenario

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Arnold Donald, CEO of Carnival Corporation, addressed the media on a conference call on Thursday afternoon.

Highlights:

Donald said recent fundraising efforts from Carnival Corporation has prepared the company for a “worst-case scenario,” meaning capital to operate for some time without revenue. He noted the company was still seeking additional liquidity options in the form of stimulus packages from other governments.

Donald said he was hopeful that existing debt could be extended as well.

He noted the company is doing everything it can to take care of its crew and manage ships during the disruption.

“We want to make sure we are in a position to succeed once cruising resumes,” he commented.

As for as previously proposed industry regulations that said guests over 70 needed a medical waiver to board ships, Donald said he did not know what the future would hold in terms of new rules and regulations.

Donald said there was still demand and the company was seeing bookings for this summer as well as for the rest of 2020 and 2021.

“The (start-up) will probably be certain locations, certain destinations, certain times … it’s unlikely you’ll be sailing a full fleet right away or anything like that.”

In terms of Carnival’s upcoming 18 new ships and orderbook extending to 2025, Donald said most of the newbuilds could be delayed with shipyards currently closed.

Donald said the company was in dialogue with its shipyard partners on timelines, delays and event potential cancellations.