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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:14 PM Apr 2020

Coast Guard Directs Cruise Ships To Remain At Sea 'Indefinitely'

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/coast-guard-cruise-ships-at-sea

Redirecting the sick people to the flag country of the cruise ship is a particularly impressive bit of "fuck you".

The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to remain at sea where they may be sequestered “indefinitely” during the coronavirus pandemic and be prepared to send any severely ill passengers to the countries where the vessels are registered.


For most of the South Florida’s cruise ships, that means the Bahamas, where people are still recovering from last year’s hurricanes.

The rules, which apply to any vessel carrying more than 50 people, were issued in a March 29 safety bulletin signed by Coast Guard Rear Admiral E.C. Jones, whose district includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Puerto Rico.

More than two dozen cruise ships are either lined up at Port Miami and Port Everglades or waiting offshore, the Miami Herald reported. Most have only crew aboard, but several still carry passengers and are steaming toward South Florida ports. Carnival notified the SEC Tuesday that it has more than 6,000 passengers still at sea.
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Coast Guard Directs Cruise Ships To Remain At Sea 'Indefinitely' (Original Post) Recursion Apr 2020 OP
There are Americans onboard some of those ships. As horrible as it is in general, how can this be hlthe2b Apr 2020 #1
To help the cruise companies Coleman Apr 2020 #2
Well, there is some justice here... getagrip_already Apr 2020 #3
Holland is Seattle based. They should drop these folks off where the picked them up.. samnsara Apr 2020 #4
Every Holland cruisline ship is Netherlands-flagged (nt) Recursion Apr 2020 #5
Not nice, right now Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #7
Crap. My friend is on the Rotterdam. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #6

hlthe2b

(101,698 posts)
1. There are Americans onboard some of those ships. As horrible as it is in general, how can this be
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:16 PM
Apr 2020

legal?

getagrip_already

(14,225 posts)
3. Well, there is some justice here...
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:29 PM
Apr 2020

Certainly sick people and American citizens should be taken off the ships.

But these ships are flagged in other countries to avoid us regulations and labor laws.

They aren't flagged American, the companies that own them have foreign headquarters, and the crew's are largely foreign.

F the companies. Save the people. Seize the ships and convert them to hospitals. No bailouts.

samnsara

(17,569 posts)
4. Holland is Seattle based. They should drop these folks off where the picked them up..
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 02:26 PM
Apr 2020

...we stayed in a suite on Holland and they are niiiiiiiiice but if course I wasnt being held prisoner there and I had dogs to get back home to.

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
7. Not nice, right now
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 03:22 PM
Apr 2020

They have been regularly reminded that they are not on a cruise, this is a rescue mission. (People currently on the ship were transferred from the Zaandam because they were healthy, older, and had inside cabins.)

Ms. Toad

(33,915 posts)
6. Crap. My friend is on the Rotterdam.
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 03:21 PM
Apr 2020

She is one of the healthy ones who was transferred from the Zaandam. (Unfortunately, she is currently reporting that the person next to her in the cabin is coughing. They only asked about symptoms in the prior week when they moved people - I don't believe they even checked temperatures. That means both ships now may be infected.)

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