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Cruise ship passenger arrested

On Aug 10, 2024, the federal police arrested a Ukrainian, who was aboard the "MSC Euribia", in the port of Kiel. The 53-year-old man was arrested during entry control. The officers' routine comparison of the passenger list before entering the port resulted in the manhunt. The Hamburg public prosecutor's office had issued an arrest warrant against the man for tax evasion from a previous case. The arrest warrant had been suspended at the time in favour of deportation to Ukraine. However, it remains valid in the event of re-entry or a return to Germany. After the police measures had been completed, he must now serve the remainder of his prison sentence of 1,152 days for tax evasion. It is unclear why the man booked a cruise with a German port of call despite the entry ban. He may have assumed that there would be no border controls when traveling in the Schengen area. The arrest warrant would no longer have been valid next year, according to the federal police. He may have boarded in Copenhagen and had not taken into account that the federal police check all lists of passengers and crew members before entering a German port as part of border police measures.

Passenger fell over board and was rescued

A passenger went overboard while the 'MS Euribia', en route from Aalesund to Flåm, was sailing through the Sognefjorden on June 6, 2024, at around 3:30 a.m. LT. The incident happened near Flåm. The ship had planned to dock all day in the port. The ship stopped a little more than 50 miles west-northwest of the port, and turned around. A helicopter rescued the passenger, who was transferred to a hospital. No other details about how the man fell off the ship have been revealed. The ship has mainly stayed on schedule despite the incident, and arrived back in Kiel on Juen 8.

Positioning trips cancelled due to safety situation

After the trips had no longer been bookable for a few weeks, MSC Cruises has now finally canceled the positioning trips from Kiel to Dubai with the 'MSC Euribia'. Due to the security situation on the Red Sea, where ships are being attacked by the Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen, MSC Cruises has now reacted early to ensure security for booked guests. The 2024 summer season ends on October 19, 2024 in Kiel. The last guests of a one-week fjord cruise from/to Kiel and the guests of a six-day cruise from Copenhagen to Kiel will disembark there. MSC Cruises currently seems to be planning a trip around Africa for the 'MSC Euribia' without guests in order to safely move the ship from the summer sailing area in Northern Europe to the winter sailing area on the Persian Gulf. The first cruise in the Orient is scheduled to begin in Dubai on Nov 16, 2024. All sailings with the 'MSC Euribia' from Oct 19 to Nov 15 have therefore been cancelled. This applies to the Grand Voyage from Northern Europe to the Orient, which could also be booked in shorter sections. The period from Oct 19 to Nov 16 should be enough to take the 'MSC Euribia' from Kiel to Dubai without guests. New cruises to destinations in Africa are unlikely to be possible given the relatively short cancellation period. In addition to the 'MSC Euribia', according to the original schedule, the 'MSC Musica' is also scheduled to sail through the Red Sea in autumn 2024 to get to South Africa from the Mediterranean. Trips in the period from Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 22 cannot currently be booked. An alternative for the journey from Genoa to Durban is still unknown. Here, too, there could be travel cancellations or a new itinerary along the coast of West Africa.