Sunday, May 31, 2026

Ship-loads roll in

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With a multitude of cruise ships rolling in, thousands of passengers will be landing on these shores.

Five ships landed yesterday and six more are expected on Sunday. The combined maximum capacity of the vessels yesterday equalled 7 568 passengers and included the Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas, which has a passenger capacity of 3 844 and was calling at Barbados for the first time. The other ships due to arrive yesterday were the Aurora (1 878), Evrima (214), Viking Sea (930) and Sirena (702).

The next very busy day will be Sunday when the Queen Victoria (2 014), Iona (5 206), Marella Discovery (1 830), Sea Cloud (64), Sea Cloud II (74), Club Med 2 (372) all are scheduled to arrive, totalling 9 560 passengers. (CA)

Carlos Atwell
Carlos Atwell
Carlos Atwell is a Reporter II with the Nation Publishing Co. Limited, with decades of experience, writing mainly news and current events stories. He has been described as “tall, dark and ridiculous” . . . by himself.

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