EXCLUSIVE. Flemish ex-cruise captain about everything that can go wrong during a trip at sea: “Sometimes we arrived at a port and there was one person less”

A deadly virus on the cruise ship Hondius has been captivating the world for days. But it is far from the first time that something has gone wrong on such a floating city. What actually happens behind that shiny railing? Bart Gonnissen (50) is today a pilot on the Scheldt, but was a helmsman and captain on cruise ships for five years. “Before the annual Panama trip we knew: there could be fatalities.”

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