Corona on a cruise ship: Morocco does not let German tourists ashore
Created: 06/09/2022Updated: 06/09/2022 11:02 am
Corona on board!
Morocco prevents a German cruise ship from docking in the port of Tangier.
Rabat - The cruise ship Mein Schiff Herz, owned by Tui Cruise line, was due to dock in Tangiers in Morocco on Tuesday (June 7), news site
Le360 reports
.
But the cruise giant with 1,785 tourists and 640 crew members on board was denied access from the port.
Based on "a report by the Moroccan health authorities that indicates an increase in the number of cases of Covid-19 infections among passengers," according to
Le360
.
The Moroccan authorities made use of the law of the sea.
Corona on Tui cruise ship: Morocco denies access to the port
Previously, the ship left the port of Lisbon (Portugal).
But 26 corona cases are said to have been found among the passengers.
The Moroccan health authorities then refused the majority of German tourists on board the "Mein Schiff Herz" to go ashore in Morocco.
"Mein Schiff Herz" - the cruise ship of the shipping company Tui Cruises in the Turkish port of Mamaris (archive photo).
© Marcel Ibold/imago
The "Mein Schiff Herz" then headed for an alternative port, said a Tui spokeswoman for the
picture
.
The ship went to Cadiz in Spain a day earlier than planned.
The passengers could then have explored Andalusia for two days.
There have been consistently positive reactions to this change of plan.
After Gibraltar, the next port is Málaga, as can be seen on the Tui website.
The cruise ship "Mein Schiff Herz" is 264 meters long and was built in 1997 for around 1,900 passengers and 780 crew members.
It currently sails under the Maltese flag.
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