Diamond Princess

Cruise Ships Return to Japan Three Years After ‘Diamond Princess’ Kicked Off a Global Pandemic

By Low De Wei (Bloomberg) — International cruise ships are returning to Japan, three years after the Diamond Princess became the world’s first luxury ship to face a major Covid outbreak.  Amadea, operated by Germany-based Phoenix Reisen, is now docked in Tokyo Bay after earlier arriving at a port in Shizuoka prefecture in western Japan, according to shipping data tracked by Bloomberg. The outbreak on Carnival Corp.’s Diamond Princess, which docked on the country’s shores in February 2020, drew...

https://gcaptain.com/cruise-ships-return-to-japan-three-years-after-diamond-princess-kicked-off-a-global-pandemic/

Volunteers Are Eager To Sign Up For Royal Caribbean’s Exciting Test Cruises

More than 250,000 have signed up for a Royal Caribbean program that might still be months away, reports Bloomberg.

Eager to volunteer 

When Royal Caribbean International announced it was looking for volunteers to help test its post-pandemic health and safety protocols, Melody Wiggins was among the first to sign up.

“No matter where [they] want me to be, I’m there,” says Wiggins, 58, a life coach from Southern California who calls the 4,180-passenger Anthem of the Seas her “home away from home.”...

https://mfame.guru/250000-volunteers-sign-up-for-royal-caribbeans-test-cruises/

Pandemic Leads To Luxury Liners Queuing Up At Alang Shipbreaking Yard

In the last 50 days, three luxury liners have queued up at Alang to be broken, reports The Indian Express.

Alang Shipbreaking Yard

The Alang Shipbreaking Yard in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat is often seen a mirror of the global economy. When the economy is robust and ships sail, the yard sees a slump in business. In the last 50 days, three luxury liners have queued up to be broken.

Why is there such a queue?

The cruise liner sector, which usually attracts foreign tourists, has come to a standstill....

https://mfame.guru/pandemic-leads-to-luxury-liners-queuing-up-at-alang-shipbreaking-yard/

Aerosol Inhalation Reason for Cruise Ship Turning To A COVID-19 Hotspot

  • A computer model of the cruise-ship outbreak found that the virus spread via microscopic droplets.
  • 700 of the 3,711 passengers and crew members had tested positive for COVID-19.
  • A research team tried to tease out the ways in which the virus passed from person to person.
  • The transmission was via microscopic droplets that were light enough to float in the air.
  • Researchers performed more than 20,000 simulations to determine the virus spread in the ship.
  • Compared to large droplets, smaller...

https://mfame.guru/aerosol-inhalation-reason-for-cruise-ship-turning-to-a-covid-19-hotspot/

Diamond Princess Study Reveal the Role of AC’s in COVID19 Spread

According to an article published in SFGate, a new, unpublished study of data collected during the COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in February suggests that the virus likely spread through the ship’s air-conditioning system.

The analysis, which has not been peer-reviewed, was distributed by the health preprint server MedRxiv on Thursday.

Cabin Comparison Revealed The Truth

rsity and King’s College London looked at symptomatic infection rates during the quarantine period in...

https://mfame.guru/diamond-princess-study-reveal-the-role-of-acs-in-covid19-spread/

AWO webcast: Covid-19 tips for crew and vessel owners

A Kirby towboat and tow. David Krapf photo.

As part of its evolving effort to keep the barge industry informed about how best to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, the American Waterways Operators held a webinar on Tuesday to discuss best ways to protect crews and vessels from infection.

AWO members had the chance to ask questions to Dr. Christopher Kuhlman, a board-certified toxicologist and industrial hygienist. Kuhlman works at the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health, which helps companies prepare for, respond to and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/awo-webcast-covid-19-tips-for-crew-and-vessel-owners/

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