Published on : Saturday, May 2, 2020
On March 18, the Vasco da Gama sailed from Phuket, Thailand to Australia to repatriate passengers. It has now returned to the U.K. after the completion of the rescue operation. Among the passengers Vasco da Gama rescued, 798 Australians and 108 New Zealand Nationals, all of whom were set to return to Fremantle, Australia. Later it sailed 6,098 nautical miles back to the United Kingdom.
So far, no positive COVID-19 cases have been found among passengers or crew on board Vasco da Gama or any other ship within the CMV fleet. This also marks the CMV ship to return to homeport. The ship had 552 crew members on board, including 8 British Nationals. The voyage included a technical call for fuel Cape Town, South Africa on April 13 before sailing to the London Cruise Terminal at Tilbury when she was due to arrive on Friday.
Christian Verhounig, CEO, Cruise & Maritime Voyages said in a press statement that the company is tremendously proud of the onboard and shoreside teams for their fantastic job with the repatriation voyages and the return of Vasco da Gama to the U.K. He mentioned on behalf of the directors, staff and especially the hard-working crew, CMV would like to thank all of our passengers for their support, patience, and understanding at the time of crisis.