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Oceania Crew Members Pay the Price When Norovirus Hits

By Jim Walker on February 21, 2016
Posted in Norovirus

Oceania Riviera The Oceania Riviera, which was scheduled to be on a cruise until tomorrow, returned to the port yesterday with passengers sickened by norovirus. 

The virus has reportedly sickened at least 119 of 1,225 passengers, which is 9.72% of the passenger population on the ship. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has verified that…

Netherlands Fines Royal Caribbean Over $750,000 for Overworking Crewmembers

By Jim Walker on October 15, 2014
Posted in Worst Cruise Line in the World

A newspaper in the Netherlands reports that Royal Caribbean has to pay at least €600,000 in fines for violating labor rules and regulations while the Oasis of the Seas was in the Netherlands. The newspaper says that ship employees lacked proper residence papers and worked excessive hours. Some of the crew members worked "up to 16 …

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