18 Oct 2010 • Shanghai China • Collisione Costa Classica e cargo belga Lowlands Longevity • Costa Classica is one of the best loved ships in the fleet Crociere Costa

18 Oct 2010 • Shanghai China • Collisione Costa Classica e cargo belga Lowlands Longevity • Costa Classica is one of the best loved ships in the fleet Crociere Costa

Cancellata per danni all'imbarcazione la crociera Shanghai- Giappone- Corea del Sud- Hong Kong, prevista in partenza oggi 18 Oct 2010.
In corso indagini per stabilire la dinamica di quanto si θ verificato

- • Dinamica incidente •
L'incidente θ avvenuto in fase di avvicinamento a Shanghai mentre Costa Classica rientrava dopo una crociera di 3 giorni a Cheju (Korea del Sud).

Il comandante della nave, precisa una nota della compagnia crocieristica, ha attivato tutte le misure di sicurezza previste in questi casi dalle procedure internazionali.

• Passeggeri soprattutto asiatici •
La nave dopo l'incidente arrivata in porto alle ore 10. Tutti i passeggeri, in maggioranza asiatici, e alcuni americani e canadesi, sono sbarcati e stanno giΰ tornando a casa, assistiti dalla compagnia.
Costa Crociere, si legge nella nota, θ molto dispiaciuta dell'accaduto e sta lavorando a stretto contatto con la Marine Safety Administration of Shanghai al fine di svolgere indagini complete su quanto si θ verificato.

• • Troppi danni alla nave: crociera sospesa •
A causa dei danni riportati dalla nave (12 cabine danneggiate al ponte 5) θ stata cancellata la crociera Shanghai - Giappone - Corea del Sud - Hong Kong, prevista in partenza oggi, 18 ottobre.

Costa Crociere precisa che si sta attivando per informare della cancellazione i passeggeri che dovevano imbarcare oggi su Costa Classica, e sta lavorando con le agenzie di viaggio interessate per provvedere a tutte le esigenze di assistenza necessarie.

• • • • ENGLISH VERSION • • • •
The South Korean news agency, Yonhap, reported that 33 Chinese tourists traveling on an Italian cruise ship remain missing, after the Costa Classica arrived at Jeju Island off South Korea on Sunday.

There were initially 44 Chinese travelers – 30 men and 14 women – on the ship who were declared missing, but 11 were located by the local police and are reportedly “under the protection of the Jeju Exit-Entry Administration Office.”
An employee of the office said that the Chinese tourists left their passports on the ship but took their luggage with them, and he speculated that they had planned to work illegally in South Korea.
It is the first time that Chinese tourists to the island have gone missing, said Yonhap.
The case is being investigated and the 33 Chinese nationals are expected to be deported once they are found.

The police launched an investigation into Chinese Tourists who disappeared from their cruise ship on Jeju Island, allegedly in an attempt to find work there, according to Jeju police and the immigration office.

From the luxurious Italian cruise ship Costa Classica, which reached the island Sunday morning, 44 Chinese tourists - 30 men and 14 women - broke away without notice and disappeared, said officials.

- As the vanished tourists have taken their luggage but left their passports on the ship, we presume that they planned to get a job illicitly here, said a Justice Ministry official.

- All are to be evicted from the country immediately upon apprehension.

The police apprehended nine of them in local hotels and transferred them to the immigration office headquarters for questioning. The remaining 33 are still missing.

As the detected members were found in two different locations, authorities suspect that the missing ones spread themselves around the island to dodge inspection, said officials.

The police have stepped up inspection of foreign tourists in all airports, harbors and lodging facilities.

This is the first case in which Chinese nationals have disappeared en masse after entering the country legally as tourists.

In order to filter out illicit entries, authorities have so far generally focused more on smuggled entries and international marriages rather than tourist trips, officials said.

The 52,000-ton cruise ship left the South Korean island for Japan on Sunday afternoon as originally scheduled, minus the missing Chinese members.

The Italian company's cruise course, running from the Chinese coast via Jeju Island up to Japan, has been largely popular among Chinese Tourists, whose number is steadily increasing here.

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