Second Bermuda-Flagged Ship Barred
A second Bermuda-flagged ship was barred by provincial authorities from docking in Argentina yesterday as a diplomatic row between the South American country and Britain intensifies.
The P&O cruise liner “Adonia” [pictured], which is on a South American tour from Southampton, England was turned away from a port at the country’s southernmost tip, Tierra del Fuego.
The ship “was this morning refused permission for its scheduled docking in the Argentinian port of Ushuaia by the local mayor on the grounds that it had visited the Falklands Islands two days before,” said CNN correspondent Robin Oakley, who was aboard the “Adonia” as a lecturer.
The Bermuda-flagged “Star Princess”, with 2,580 passengers aboard and 900 crew, was also barred from Ushuaia on Monday. Both ships had visited the disputed Falkland Islands before attempting to call in Argentina. The disputed South Atlantic British territory is also claimed by Buenos Aires, which refers to the remote islands as the Malvinas.
“Adonia” is operated by P&O Cruises out of Southampton while the “Star Princess” is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but is run by Princess Cruises from Southampton.
P&O Cruises and Princess Cruises are Carnival Corporation cruise brands and the vessels in both fleets are flagged in Bermuda.
Cruise Critic member Scrapchick onboard “Star Princess” and commented on the message board: “We … were due in Ushuaia today after two days at sea since leaving Stanley, Falkland Islands [the islands' capital]. Last night we were told a container ship was in our berth and its crew were on strike so we could be delayed arriving in Ushuaia. At 7AM this morning the captain announced we were being denied entry to Ushuaia, along with the P&O ‘Adonia’, because both ships had come from the Falklands.”
The incidents come amid rising tensions between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands and its newly-discovered oil reserves. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the brief war between the two countries over possession of the South Atlantic Islands.
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Hmmm, now britains foreign entanglements are threatening our earnings from our shipping registry……
Independence Anyone?
Irrelevant question is still irrelevant.
Wondering how this actually impacts us and our relationship with UK
It doesn’t.
If you look around at the other news sites, the 2 ships last port of call was the Falkland Island. That is the reason to the denied access not because they are registered in Bermuda.
It is extremely short sighted of the Argentinian Authorities to turn away cash bearing tourists. But this has nothing to do with the ships being Bermudian, they would have turned away any ship that was classed as British.
Do we get any income from the ship registration on an ongoing basis?