Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping group, said it expects to repatriate a further 21,000 crew members by the end of June, with e.g. counseling being offered to ease their situation.
“The company expects substantially all of the approximately 21,000 remaining shipboard team members to be able to return home by the end of June. The safe manning team members will remain on the company's ships,” it said.
“For those shipboard team members experiencing extended stays onboard, the company is focusing on their physical and mental health. The company is providing most shipboard team members with single occupancy cabin accommodations, many with a window or balcony. Shipboard team members have access to fresh air and other areas of the ship, movies and internet, and available counseling,” Carnival said in a statement.
The company said it is working around the clock with various local governmental authorities to repatriate shipboard team members as quickly as possible. So far, 49 cruise ships have traveled more than 400,000 nautical miles and the company has chartered hundreds of planes to repatriate approximately 60,000 of its shipboard team members to more than 130 countries around the globe.
