FEMA requests 25,000 cruiseship berths

[Paul J. Gallie]

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

[David Harrison]

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 :-)