Last week, five people onboard the 196-meter-long vessel tested positive for COVID-19 at the ship’s last port of call, Willemstad, Curaçao.
On March 12, the cruise line decided to change course and head to the Bahamas, the ship’s flag state, hoping it would be able to disembark there. It arrived there on March 14 and was given safe haven to anchor approximately 25 miles southwest of Freeport.
However, the Bahamas government did not give permission to Braemar to dock in the port and disembark passengers and crew. It only confirmed it would provide humanitarian assistance.
