Several cruise majors have begun to use their own cruiseships to repatriate non-essential crew stranded on board idled vessels.
That these ships are set to make extended voyages from the US and Europe to Asia indicates that companies foresee bleak prospects of a resumption of trading in the forthcoming months.
Cruise industry sources said a small armada of cruiseships is heading to Asia to repatriate crew back to the Philippines and Indonesia.
