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Coral Princess docks in Port Miami after being denied by Port Everglades
Read full article: Coral Princess docks in Port Miami after being denied by Port EvergladesMIAMI โ The Coral Princess cruise ship arrived at Port Miami Saturday morning, hours after being denied entry at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. On Saturday night, one of the very first groups of passengers cleared to return, 50 Floridians, departed the Coral Princess ship. Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corp., switched the Coral Princessโ original destination from Fort Lauderdale. The Coral Princess departed March 5 from Chile. The Regal Princess delivered supplies to the Coral Princess.
26 sick people remain aboard coronavirus-plagued cruise ship at Port Everglades
Read full article: 26 sick people remain aboard coronavirus-plagued cruise ship at Port EvergladesFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. โ The coronavirus pandemic nightmare isnโt over for 26 people who remain quarantined and sick aboard a plagued cruise ship at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. (Local 10 News)Only one crew member and 13 passengers were allowed to disembark the MS Zaandam on Thursday at Port Everglades. Workers in full personal protective equipment handled the luggage and disinfect it at Port Everglades. Carnival Corp. arranged for private transporation for Americans who were stranded at sea in one of their cruise ships. Passengers look out from the Zaandam cruise ship, anchored in the bay of Panama City, Friday, March 27, 2020.
Commissioners to review Carnivalโs plan to dock 2 stranded cruise ships at Port Everglades
Read full article: Commissioners to review Carnivalโs plan to dock 2 stranded cruise ships at Port EvergladesFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. โ The coronavirus pandemic left the passengers on MS Zandaam and MS Rotterdam stranded at sea, and now their fate is in the hands of Broward County commissioners. Holness decided they need more time to review the feasibility of a plan to allow the ships to dock at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday. The MS Zandaam, which has COVID-19 patients, departed from Buenos Aires on March 7. The bodies remain on the MS Zandaam, which has at least 180 people reporting COVID-19-like symptoms. The MS Rotterdam has 1,400 people on board who are not symptomatic.