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Port calls in Israel skipped after Hamas attack
The 'Meni Schiff 5', which is currently on a week-long cruise in the Eastern Mediterranean, where calls were also planned in the two Israeli ports Haifa and Ashdod, had to cancel these due to the security situation there. Serious attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip against Israel are making route changes for cruise ships unavoidable in order not to endanger the safety of passengers and crew members. The calls in Haifa on Oct 11, 2023 and in Ashdod on Oct 12 have thus been canceled. At the weekend. The port calls will be replaced by Marmaris and Santorini. My ship had to request multiple cruise ports in order to continue to visit five destinations in one week with the 'Mein Schiff 5'. Berths in Egypt, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus are currently in high demand as many cruise lines do not call at Israel for security reasons. The shipping companies are trying to find alternative ports. If this is not possible, port calls sometimes have to be replaced by days at sea. On Oct 10 the 'Mein Schiff 5' berthed in Limassol, the other destinations of the current cruise, which ends in Heraklion on Crete on Oct 15, are Marmaris, Rhodes and Santorini. No route changes have yet been announced for the second cruise on the Eastern Mediterranean route with Israel, departing on Oct 22.
Medevac in Valletta
The 'Mein Schiff 5' arrived in Valletta on Sep 16, at 10.10 p.m. UTC to disembark a passenger due to a medical emergency earlier than scheduled. It had set off to the voyage on Sep 10 in Valletta with calls at Soudam Bodrum, Mykonos and Piraeus and was only supposed to arrive in the port of Valletta on Sep 17 at 4 a.m. Due to the medical emergency on board, the ship's speed was significantly increased. However, it was not possible for the passengers or crew to go ashore after reaching Valletta until the authorities had released the ship, which only took place at around 5:15 a.m. The only exception to this were passengers who had a transfer to the airport at 4:30 a.m. After a partial change of passengers, the vessel left the port again in the evening en route to Brindisi.
Medevac off Trieste
A 76-year-old German woman fell ill ue to an alleged heart attack in the evening of July 30, 2023, on the "Mein Schiff 5", which had just departed from Trieste at 10.30 p.m. en route to Montenegro. The Coast Guard of Trieste intervened after the captain of the cruise ship informed the Operations Room of the Port Authority of Trieste of the emergency situation 30 minutes into the voyage, which ordered the ship to immediately reverse course to return to Trieste. A medical team was transported on board the ship by a Coast Guard patrol boat. They stabilized the passenger, who was subsequently transferred onto the patrol boat, and taken to the port, where an ambulance was waiting at the Port Authority quay, for the subsequent transfer to the Cattinara hospital.
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