Ghost Ship WESTERDAM latest: Thailand refused entry to disembark passengers

Ghost Ship WESTERDAM latest: Thailand refused entry to disembark passengers

Thailand will not allow WESTERDAM to disembark passengers at the Laem Chabang port, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Feb 11. Mr Anutin posted a short Facebook message saying he has directed authorities not to allow the Westerdam ship to dock in Thailand. The message was posted after the operator of the vessel announced on Feb 10 the ship will disembark passengers at port in Chon Buri on Feb 11, Kyodo News reported.

Feb 10: Hapless cruise ship WESTERDAM with 1257 people on board has become a Flying Dutchman, a ship from techno thriller movie – she’s rejected entry by country after country, port after port, and her present port of destination is unclear. The ship is (was) on a 14-day Taiwan & Japan cruise, she departed Hong Kong on February 1, with 1455 passengers and 802 crew on board. WESTERDAM was scheduled to call Japanese Ishigaki Island, Naha, Okinawa, Nagasaki and Fukuoka (Hakata), and complete her cruise in Yokohama on February 15.

That cruise had been canceled shortly after it started, after the Japan banned WESTERDAM from visiting any port in the country. The ship headed for Manila, but she was banned while approaching Manila. There are no ill persons on board, no symptoms of any disease, but Philippines temporarily ban travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macau from disembarking in the country. After some time spent on high seas, on Feb 4 she arrived at Kaohsiung Taiwan, to be expelled from Kaohsiung next day, for the same reason of coming from Hong Kong, based on the same fears.

Holland America, apparently, did her best to save the cruise, and sent the ship to Guam, but also was denied entry by Guam governor, notwithstanding the request from US State Department to grant entry.

As of morning Feb 10, WESTERDAM is steaming in South China sea in southwest direction, port of destination not identified. It may be Vietnam, it may be Thailand, it may be Singapore. The problem is, the ship has to dock somewhere sometime soon, she can’t sail oceans forever, like a Ghost Ship from legends.

Cruise ship WESTERDAM,IMO 9226891, GT 82500, built 2004, flag Netherlands, operator Holland America, capacity 1964 passengers, crew 800.


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