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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
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posted 11-17-2002 03:50 PM

November 16, 2002 - Fred Olsen's expansion plans for America have apparently been thwarted by new immigration and security measures imposed by US authorities.

Fairplay reports that "there was a lot of hassle and expense" involved in Braemar's inaugural US East Coast calls at Charleston, Port Canaveral and Key West, with lengthy processing of passengers and crew significantly reducing time ashore.

On Olsen spokesman said they were not anticipating returning to the US but remained "dedicated" to the Caribbean and would continue using Barbados as a home port and Havana as a turnaround port.

November 12, 2002 - Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines has announced a new series of cruises on Black Prince and Braemar in late 2003 and early 2004.

Black Prince will embark on a series of ex-UK winter sun cruises, starting with a 14-night Canaries cruise out of Southampton on November 9 calling at Madeira, La Gomera, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gibraltar.

Braemar will sail out of Dover on September 24 for a 15-night Baltic cruise before she repositions to Havana with an 18-night itinerary from Dover on October 9 to start her Caribbean fly/cruise season.

Source: Seaview

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Blizzard54
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Member # 1824

posted 11-30-2002 07:05 PM

It is a shame the it is now nessisary for the US to have such security. I can see where it a cruise ship using US cities as port calls could be used as a means of entering the US.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 12-01-2002 04:02 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Blizzard54:
It is a shame the it is now nessisary for the US to have such security. I can see where it a cruise ship using US cities as port calls could be used as a means of entering the US.

If anyone slipped into the US off a cruise ship they would be known about. The ships have to report any non-shows on sailing. I suspect the agro given to Braemar was perhaps because two weeks beforehand a couple of crew members from Aurora jumped shiped in Philly. The rest of the P&O crew suffered the consequences then. Braemar had no problem with the CDC, it's all the hassle and not worth it it seems, especially if it delays port time.
In April when Victoria entered Norfolk, 27 armed guards boarded for a search. A ship of 700 odd silvered haired pax! They crept round corners as if it was a movie set; very much to the amusement of everyone on board, searching the whole ship, but [b]not[/] the cabins. So what was the point? complete overkill, a waste of time for everyone, but a good show. [This ship had already made 2 calls on the east coast prior to Norfolk so not direct from a foreign country either].
Pam

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