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A crew member serves food on the MSC Grandiosa. MSC was the first large ship line to launch sailings during the pandemic.
As cruise ships prepare to launch service again this summer, they are faced with a potential shortage of crew for their fleets, members of the industry said this week.
Speaking during a Seatrade virtual event, Bernhard Stacher, vice president of global hotel operations for MSC Cruises, said that most crew members are eager to come back to work, but the discrepancies in vaccine priority, in addition to a slowdown in visa issuance in the EU, combine to stymie the company s ability to bring crew to their ships.