The Cruise Liner "Berlin" is planning to carry out a
technical call at Gibraltar on the 7th April 2020.
In line with HM Government of Gibraltar's decision to
suspend cruise liner visits to Gibraltar during the current COVID
crisis, it must be pointed out that this is not a cruise call, the
vessel does not have any passengers on board, and it will be
berthing exclusively to take on bunkers, lub oil, provisions, spare
parts, discharge garbage and undertake waste disposal. No crew
members will be allowed to disembark from the vessel, and no
attendance on board the vessel from shore based staff will be
permitted during its short stay in Gibraltar.
Government's efforts are very much concentrated on tackling
the COVID 19 crisis. However, Government is already looking ahead
and has created Task Force Future which is tasked with evaluating
and preparing Gibraltar to be best positioned as and when the
economy begins to return to normality. As confirmed in the
Government's