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Title: FEMA requests 25,000 cruiseship berths
Post by: Paul J. Gallie on September 03, 2005, 01:30:09 AM

From LLoyd's List on-line 02-Sep-05
http://www.lloydslist.com

Passenger Shipping
FEMA requests 25,000 cruiseship berths
Breaking News
By Rajesh Joshi in New York - Friday September 02 2005

AS the full extent of the humanitarian dislocation of Hurricane Katrina began to emerge, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency authorised the chartering-in of cruiseships totalling 25,000 berths to house the storm

Title: Re: FEMA requests 25,000 cruiseship berths
Post by: David Harrison on December 07, 2005, 05:55:28 PM

I understand  US Government has chartered from Carnival cruise ships the following - Ecstasy, Holiday and Sensation.
Possibly the car ferry Scotia Prince and the Baltic ferry Finnjet has been chartered as well

regards Glencairn :-)