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SINGAPORE: Hundreds of passengers on a Royal Caribbean ‘cruise-to-nowhere’ from Singapore were told to stay in their cabins until contact tracing was complete after a Covid-19 case was detected, forcing the Quantum of the Seas ship back to port, authorities said.
Royal Caribbean and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) said all guests and crew of the Quantum of the Seas who had close contact with the 83-year old infected male guest have subsequently tested negative for the virus.
The remaining passengers and crew will stay onboard in their rooms until contact tracing is complete, Annie Chang, director of the cruise segment at the STB said. They will all undergo mandatory Covid-19 testing before leaving the terminal.
In the meantime, they are being given regular updates and meals are provided directly to their rooms.
“It was definitely not the ending we are looking for,” passenger Rizal Ramli told local broadcaster ChannelNewsAsia from the ship, which docked in Singapore on Wednesday.
“We are just told to wait in our room and they will be giving us further announcements.”
The ‘cruise-to-nowhere’ by Royal Caribbean is one of its first sailings since the company halted global operations in March due to coronavirus. There were 1,680 guests and 1,148 crew members on board, local newspaper Straits Times reported.
The global cruise industry has taken a major hit from the pandemic, with some of the earliest big outbreaks found on cruise ships. In one case in February off the coast of Japan, passengers were stuck for weeks aboard the Diamond Princess with over 700 guests and crew infected.
Royal Caribbean’s ‘cruise-to-nowhere’ from Singapore began last week and is open only to Singapore residents, makes no stops and sails just off the city-state.
The Quantum of the Seas returned to Singapore at 8:00 am local time (0000 GMT) on Wednesday, a day before the end of its planned four-day cruise.
The infected passenger had reported to the onboard medical centre with diarrhea and underwent a mandatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test as part of the onboard protocols. The passenger had taken a mandatory Covid-19 PCR test prior to boarding, and was tested negative, the STB said.
The cruises are a part of Singapore’s plans to revive its tourism industry that has been battered due to the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 67.7 million people globally and killed 1,548,575.
Singapore, which has had just over 58,000 cases and 29 deaths, has been reporting less than a handful of local infections in recent weeks.
The case on board is another setback for Singapore after a plan to open a quarantine-free air travel bubble with Hong Kong last month was postponed at the eleventh hour.
Part of the precautions for the resumption of cruises in Singapore involves pre-departure testing and for guests to carry an electronic contact tracing device and social distance at all times.
The infected case’s close contacts will be placed in quarantine or health surveillance, the Straits Times newspaper reported citing an advisory from the health ministry.
Others will need to monitor their health while continuing regular activities including going to school or work and undergo a swab test at the end of a 14-day monitoring period.
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| Builder: | Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Tokyo, Japan |
| Yard number: | 2987 |
| Launched: | 26 January 1990[1] |
| Completed: | 1990 |
| Acquired: | 8 July 1990[1] |
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| Status: | In service |
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| Type: | Cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 23,287 GT[2] |
| Length: | 174 m (570 ft 10 in)[2] |
| Beam: | 24 m (78 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Draught: | 6.52 m (21 ft 5 in)[2] |
| Decks: | 8 |
| Installed power: | 2 x 12 cyl.four stroke single acting Pielstick diesel engines type 12PC2-6V[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Controllable pitch propellers[2] |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[2] |
| Capacity: | 650 passengers in 324 cabins |
Aegean Paradise is a cruise ship operated by Singapore tour operator Universal Shipmanagement pte ltd . She was built in 1990 in Japan as three-stars-plus ship[3] for Japan Cruise Line as Orient Venus which was used mainly on Japanese market.
The ship was sold to First Cruise Line and renamed Cruise One[4] in September 2005.[1] The ship was rebuilt from October 2015 until April 2017 at the Hellenic Shipyards of Perama in Greece, to a four-star ship. In April 2007, the ship was chartered to Delphin Kreuzfahrten and renamed Delphin Voyager.[4] During the renovation in Greece, she was significantly modified from original.[4]
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Due to the insolvency of Delphin Kreuzfahrten in October 2010, ship was not returned. The owner of the ship, took First Cruise One Corp., the daughter of Greek company Restis Group, the ship returned to Greece, where it was at Perama on roadstead, before it was chartered for next few months in China in 2011. From January 2011 ship was chartered by Chinese investor group Hainan Cruises Enterprises under name Hainan Empress which was ended in May 2011. The ship was chartered to Quail/Happy Cruises under name Happy Dolphin. Since the bankruptcy of Quail in 2011, Happy Dolphin has been laid up in Piraeus. She has been chartered for the 2012 summer season to a Turkish tour operator Etstur and was renamed to Aegean Paradise. She cruised from İzmir and was cruised 2, 3 and 4 nights to the Greek Islands for the first time. At the end of August she will be deployed to Istanbul where she will do 3, 5, 6 and 7-night cruises to the Greek Islands and to the Black Sea. The season will end at 28 September when the ship arrives to Istanbul.
On 24 July 2015, the ship was sold to Kingston Maritime, a wholly owned subsidiary of New Century Maritime, for US$22.89 million.Aegean Paradise was delivered to Kingston Maritime at ST Marine Shipyard in Singapore. After refurnishing at the shipyard, the ship will join 2 other casino ships owned by the same company. She will be operating as a casino cruise ship off the Indonesian island of Batam.New Century Maritime is indirectly owned by New Century Group of Hong Kong.She was wrongly reported to have been sold on 5 December 2015 to Diamond Cruise by China Cruise and Yacht Industry News. She is in fact been refurnished in a Singapore shipyard and is scheduled to commence operation as a casino cruise ship off the indonesian island of Batam on 8 January 2016.Due to engine problems, her launch on 8 January 2016 was delayed. She finally started operation on 12 Jan and is now anchored between Batam and Johore as a casino cruise ship catering mainly to Singapore punters.
Technical data and statistics[edit]
The ship is of two 4-Stroke-12 cylinder Diesel engines by Pielstick with a propulsion of 6.568 kW. These engines uses two controllable-pitch propellers. The ship reaches with a speed to 20 knots.[5]
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For the current supply, three Diesel generators achieves 1.600 kW (Apparent power: 2.000 kVA) as well as emergency generator which achieves 210 kW (Apparent power: 263 kVA) for the order.
The ship has eight passenger decks.[5] Up to 650 passengers are accommodated in 326 cabins.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ abc(in Swedish)Fakta om Fartyg: M/S Orient Venus (1990), Retrieved 10 November 2013
- ^ abcdefgVeristar, 09053S
- ^Japanese cruise shipsArchived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ abcShip Profiles, Delphin VoyagerArchived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ abcCruise anlayışını değiştirecek yepyeni bir seçenek(in Turkish)
External links[edit]
- Media related to IMO 8902333 at Wikimedia Commons
- Professional photographs from shipspotting.com