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More than 100,000 crew members remain trapped on cruise ships two months after the industry shut down due to repeated COVID-19 outbreaks on ships.
Many do not know when or how they will get home to their families. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article242565281.html
Many do not know when or how they will get home to their families. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article242565281.html
Some, like 32yo Gan Sungaralingum & 8 others from from Mauritius, are on long, ocean-crossing journeys without any assurance their countries will allow them to dock.
“We don’t know where we will end up, no one will accept us,” he said from Carnival Corp's Island Princess ship.
“We don’t know where we will end up, no one will accept us,” he said from Carnival Corp's Island Princess ship.
Some, like crew on Norwegian Bliss, were told for weeks that their ships were virus-free only to see colleagues quietly evacuated to hospitals days later.
Captain's recordings show NCL repeatedly misled crew about the virus spreading & failed to protect workers from infection.
Captain's recordings show NCL repeatedly misled crew about the virus spreading & failed to protect workers from infection.
Some, like 24yo Julia Whitcomb & 30yo Bruno Cruells on Royal Caribbean's Celebrity Infinity, have spent days in small, windowless rooms w/o information about when they will be going home as their ships float in and out of US ports.
Non-working crew trapped on MSC Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Disney Cruise Line & Bahamas Princess Cruise Line ships are not being paid.
Until May 1, crew on BPCL's Grand Celebration ship docked in Florida had to pay for their own water & soap.
Until May 1, crew on BPCL's Grand Celebration ship docked in Florida had to pay for their own water & soap.
According to the companies:
@CarnivalPLC has repatriated 37% of crew who are going home
@MSCCruisesUSA 76%
@DisneyCruise 33%
@RCLcorp didn't respond. We calculated 23% based on available employee data.
@CruiseNorwegian didn't respond.
@BPCruiseLine has repatriated 100 people.
@CarnivalPLC has repatriated 37% of crew who are going home
@MSCCruisesUSA 76%
@DisneyCruise 33%
@RCLcorp didn't respond. We calculated 23% based on available employee data.
@CruiseNorwegian didn't respond.
@BPCruiseLine has repatriated 100 people.
Crew continue to get sick. At least 578 got COVID-19 at sea & 7 have died, according to a @MiamiHerald analysis.
*At least 12 on MSC Preziosa tested + on May 15.
*At least 2 on Disney Wonder tested + this month.
At least 2 have died in apparent suicides. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article241914096.html
*At least 12 on MSC Preziosa tested + on May 15.
*At least 2 on Disney Wonder tested + this month.
At least 2 have died in apparent suicides. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article241914096.html
This story would not have been possible without brave crew members who spoke with me despite repeated threats that they will not be hired again if they talk to a journalist.
