IRL_Joanie Posted March 20, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Just read in Cruise Industry News QUOTE: "Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) saw two of its ships, the Columbus and Vasco da Gama, meet some 12 nautical miles off the coast of Phuket, Thailand to undertake a unique passenger transfer and repatriation operation involving 239 passengers." UNQUOTE More Here: https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22639-cmv-pulls-off-at-sea-passenger-transfer-between-ships.html Joanie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGreenFan Posted March 20, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Interesting. Vasco da Gama is the former Statendam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger_77 Posted March 20, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Wow, what an undertaking; 239 passengers and all their luggage in 5 1/2 hours! Smooth Sailing! 🙂🙂🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted March 20, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Amazing to transfer so much in such a short time. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasprout Posted March 20, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Wow that must have been some feat ,Glad we abandoned our cruise on the Columbus from Sydney at the very last minute we were supposed to get off at Singapore,,that would not have been possible,as the port is closed to ships,PHEW!,! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbear Posted March 20, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Interesting read-thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hal lover Posted March 20, 2020 #7 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Yes, thanks for that link. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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