ROTTERDAM

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Medevac off Bermuda

The 'Rotterdam', while bound for the Azores made a detour to Bermuda after a passenger encountered medical difficulties. The RCC Bermuda was contacted by the ship on April 14 at around noon, while it was sailing from Fort Lauderdale to Ponta Delgada. It had diverted to the island to disembark a 75-year-old passenger to receive medical care. In the late afternoon of April 15 the ship arrived offshore, and the patient was transferred to the pilot rescue boat 'St David' along with a member of the ships medical team. The patient was transferred to an ambulance at Ordnance Island along with the ships nurse allowing the cruise ship to continue her passage to the Azores with an ETA at Ponta Delgada as of April 20.

Search for missing crew member

An SAR operation has been initiated following reports of a crew member going overboard from the 'Rotterdeam' off the coast of South Florida, on April 13, 2024 At ~11:18 a.m., deputies from the Broward County Sheriff's Office Port Everglades District were alerted to the situation. The crew member was noted as missing upon the ship's arrival at Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades, Florida). Review of onboard security footage indicated that the crew member intentionally went overboard 9:45 p.m. on April 12, while the ship was transiting between Cuba and Key West. In response, investigative units from the Broward County Sheriff's Office, including the Homicide and Crime Scene teams, have been dispatched to Port Everglades for further inquiries. Concurrently, the U.S. Coast Guard has been notified and conducted search operations to locate the missing crew member.

Medevac off San Juan

A crew of the Coast Guard Station San Juan medevaced a passenger from the 'Rotterdam' in the morning of Jan 23, 2023, just off San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico. Medevaced is an 84-year-old man, U.S. citizen, who was experiencing an acute pulmonary condition and required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan received a communication from the crew of the cruise ship, requesting Coast Guard assistance to medevac the passenger to a local hospital. The vessel was approximately 84 nautical miles northeast of Puerto Rico when the incident was reported to the Coast Guard. Watchstanders directed the launch of a Station San Juan 45-foot boat that rendezvoused with the cruise ship just off San Juan Harbor and embarked the patient, his wife, and a cruise ship nurse.