Jakarta – An overall of 241 Indonesian crew members of the MS Island Princess cruise liner arrived at the Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta, on Wednesday.
The crew members were carried from the cruise liner to the dock with the assistance of 4 linking vessels with a capability of 40 guests each.
Their disembarkation was carried out by a job force group, in accordance with the health protocols. The ship’s crew and their baggage was sprayed with disinfectant liquid as soon as they came to the dock.
Their belongings were likewise scanned using X-rays at the Customs and Armed Force Cops Base, Navy AL III/ Jakarta.
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Leader of the Indonesian Navy Base III, Brigadier General Hermanto, who functioned as the job force’s leader, said the crew will be taken to the Pullman Central Park Hotel in Jakarta, where they will also go through COVID-19 screening.
” If there are any (test) results that come back positive, the (concerned) ship crew members will be taken to the Professional athlete’s Town Emergency Medical facility in Kemayoran, Jakarta,” Hermanto stated in a declaration gotten here on Wednesday.
The team will likewise be needed to undergo independent isolation for 3 to 4 days, provided that each person inhabits one hotel space, he informed. The crew will then continue the independent seclusion in their home towns, he included.
The Bermuda-flagged MS Island Princess cruise ship sailed from Cape Town, South Africa, to Jakarta to complete the permit, Hermanto stated.
The cruise liner, which operates out of Great Britain and the United States, will dock in Jakarta for five days, prior to continuing its trip to Manila, Philippines.
The return of 241 Indonesian crew members of the MS Island Princess cruise liner was the 13 th such disembarkation supervised by the Navy’s Fleet Command I Job Force in Jakarta.
Previously, on June 8, 2020, the Jakarta Fleet Command Job Force had assisted 343 Indonesian team members disembark from the MV Rotterdam cruise ship at the same area. It was the 12 th ship from which Indonesians were repatriated by the task force.
Up until now, a total of 3,402 Indonesian team members have been repatriated to Jakarta, and the number is anticipated to increase till the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
The stakeholders associated with the repatriation efforts consist of the National Armed force Force, Police Force, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, immigration officers, port authorities, and Customs authorities.
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