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10 crew members deported from two cruise ships in US ports
Two crew members were removed from the 'Azamara Journey' and deported while the ship was operating a 12-night voyage from Montreal to New York City. The circumstances surrounding their removal, including the reasons for the deportations, remain unclear and have not been independently confirmed. The 'Azamara Journey'’s published itinerary included a call at Portland, Maine, on Oct 4, 2026, followed by Boston on Oct 5 and Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard on Oct 6. The ship was scheduled to transit the Cape Cod Canal late on Oct 6, before continuing to New York City, where it was due to arrive on Oct 7. The itinerary did not indicate where the reported removals took place. OIn another incident involving the 'Majestic Princess', eight crew members, comprising seven Filipinos and one Indian national, were deported on Oct 5, amid increased concern among some cruise ship workers regarding U.S. port calls. The NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line has held town hall meetings to address questions and concerns from its crew.
Medevac off Port Elizabeth
An elderly British passenger had to be medevaced from the 'Azamara Journey' on Jan 24, 2023, which had had to turn around and race back toward Port Elizabeth, while en route from Durban to Cape Town and having already passed Algoa Bay when the emergency occurred. At 1.30 a.m. the NSRI Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) was alerted by the MRCC, requesting that they rendezvous with the ship at sea and take the patientoff, who required emergency medical treatment ashore. The lifeboat ‘Spirit of Toft’ was launched, accompanied by EC Government Health EMS rescue paramedics, and rendezvoused with the vessel between 12 and 15 nautical miles off-shore in 45 knot winds and rough seas. An EMS rescue paramedic and two NSRI rescue swimmers were transferred onto the vessel where they found the 87-year old lady passenger had been stabilised by the ship’s medical team. The patient was secured into a Stokes basket stretcher, and in a high angle rope technical rescue operation she was transferred onto the lifeboat which brought here to the NSRI Gqeberha rescue station where she was transferred into an EMS ambulance and transported to hospital in a serious but stable condition. She was not accompanied by any family or friends. The rescue operation was completed at 6 a.m.
Medevac off Rhodes
The Central Port Authority of Rhodes was informed on Nov 9, 2022, at midday that a 72-year-old passenger of the 'Azamara Journey', which was sailing 51 nautical miles southeast of Rhodes en route from Piraeus to Limassol, needed immediate hospital care. Immediately, a patrol boat proceeded to the ship and took on board up the patient. He was transported to the port of Rhodes, where he was picked up by an ambulance and transferred to the General Hospital of Rhodes for further medical treatment.
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