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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">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/busi...
Many do not know when or how they will get home to their families. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article242565281.html">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/busi...
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& #39;s Island Princess ship.
“We don’t know where we will end up, no one will accept us,” he said from Carnival Corp& #39;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& #39;s recordings show NCL repeatedly misled crew about the virus spreading & failed to protect workers from infection.
Captain& #39;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& #39;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& #39;s Grand Celebration ship docked in Florida had to pay for their own water & soap.
Until May 1, crew on BPCL& #39;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& #39;t respond. We calculated 23% based on available employee data.
@CruiseNorwegian didn& #39;t respond.
@BPCruiseLine has repatriated 100 people.
@CarnivalPLC has repatriated 37% of crew who are going home
@MSCCruisesUSA 76%
@DisneyCruise 33%
@RCLcorp didn& #39;t respond. We calculated 23% based on available employee data.
@CruiseNorwegian didn& #39;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">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/busi...
*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">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/busi...
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.
