A group of 157 people who went on a new year’s cruise were all allowed to return home after testing negative for COVID-19, the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Keelung Hospital said yesterday.
The Explorer Dream cruise ship, which belongs to Hong Kong-based cruise operator Genting Hong Kong Ltd (雲頂香港), had suspended operations in the Port of Keelung in May last year after the government raised the COVID-19 alert to level 3. It resumed operations on New Year’s Eve by taking 157 people on a three-day tour around Taiwan proper.
“All 157 people aboard tested negative and are allowed to return
Accumulated revenue of all the companies listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange grew 16.5 percent year-on-year to NT$34.6 trillion (US$1.24 trillion) in the first 11 months of this year, with the shipping, steel and plastic sectors leading the increases, exchange data showed.
Revenue of the shipping sector advanced 83 percent year-on-year to NT$1.33 trillion in the first 11 months, the steepest growth among all sectors, as many of the 23 listed shippers or forwarders benefited from rising freight rates and strong demand, the exchange said.
Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運), the nation’s largest container shipper in terms of fleet size, posted 139 percent
Taipei, Oct. 4 (CNA) Shares in Taiwan finished lower by more than 160 points Monday, as the stock market failed to maintain earlier gains resulting from a technical rebound on the U.S. markets at the end of last week, dealers said.
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