The meeting was attended by Kerala Maritime Board Chairman N S Pillai, CEO Salim Kumar, NORKA General Manager Ajith Kolassery, MDC President C E Chakunni, office bearers M K Ayyappan, Zubair, and others. Passenger releases new single ‘What You’re Waiting For’ watch the lyric video Music By Pip Ellwood-Hughes MaPassenger has released his new single ‘What You’re Waiting For’. The idea is to start the ship service using this amount also, he said. In a Facebook post, the minister said the LDF government has allocated Rs 15 crore in this year's budget to solve the travel problems of expatriates. The government is planning to launch the ship service with the cooperation of the Department of Non Resident Keralites' Affairs (NORKA), the official body of the diaspora of Kerala ethnicity, said Devarkovil. The minister said the project was planned at the high-level meeting organised by the Malabar Development Council and the Kerala Maritime Board. They are forced to set aside the lion's share of their meagre savings for travel, Devarkovil said. The minister said airline companies charge exorbitant money from ordinary expatriates for their travel during festive seasons. “We've never had this kind of situation before, and then to have it compounded with somebody else needing assistance is kind of unheard of,” she said.Thiruvananthapuram, June 1 (PTI) The CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala is planning to launch a passenger ship service between the coast of the southern state and the Gulf countries to provide affordable travel for Malayali expatriates in the Middle East who are forced to pay exorbitant airline charges for their trips home.Ī high-level meeting held here on Wednesday decided to devise a plan to start a passenger ship service between Kerala and the Gulf, state Port Minister Ahammad Devarkovil said. “It’s also a little concerning, because when they made the first announcement you’re like ‘Oh my gosh is our ship on fire?’” she recalled of the rescue. Greenleaf said it was a passenger of the Princess and unrelated to the fire incident. Later, another helicopter was sent to rescue a passenger having a medical emergency. She said the passengers of the Discoverer were on the larger ship for less than an hour before another vessel came to transport them. They released just one album before calling it quits, but Rosenberg, the groups. ““Everybody seemed in good spirits for the most part.” Upon returning to Brighton, he co-founded the folk-rock band Passenger in 2003. “It’s been a wild day to say the least,” Laura Greenleaf, a passenger on the Sapphire Princess, told CTV News. Video Passenger Biography Passenger was born Michael Rosenberg on in Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, England to an English mother and an American father. “The quick launch of our assets and the teamwork among the Sapphire Princess helped in the timeliness of this rescue,” he continued. Maximilian Carfagno, the command duty officer at the Coast Guard’s Sector Juneau command center, in a statement. "Our primary concern is ensuring the safety of the passengers and the crew," said Lt. Coast Guard.Ĭoast guard cutter ships and a helicopter were sent to the area to assist the Discoverer. Coast Guard and local authorities to support these passengers in their forward travel,” the company wrote.Įleven crew members remained on board the Discoverer, which was scheduled to be towed by a tug boat to Ketchikan, Alaska, according to the U.S. “Princess Cruises continues to work with the U.S. There were no injuries, according to a statement from Princess Cruises. The Princess, also owned by a California-based cruise line, sent a water shuttle to transfer the passengers and crew to their ship. that the Discoverer was nearby and needed help. Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship that departed from Vancouver Wednesday, was alerted by the U.S. All passengers were rescued from a cruise ship in Glacier Bay, Alaska Monday morning after a fire broke out in the ship’s engine room.įifty-one passengers and 16 crew members were evacuated from the Wilderness Discoverer, a small expedition ship owned by California-based Adventure Smith Explorations.
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