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Cruise Ships Skipping Curaçao over U.S.-Venezuela Tensions

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The cruise ship Norwegian Epic skipped docking in Curaçao on Wednesday and instead continued to Barbados. The captain reportedly said he was avoiding Curaçao due to naval exercises in the area, according to passengers on social media. He was reportedly acting at the request of the management of the cruise line NCL.The Minister of Economic Development on the Caribbean island, Roderick Middelhof, confirmed that the cruise ship sailed directly from…

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The ship skipped the island at the last minute and sailed to Barbados. For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic, a cruise ship has skipped Curaçao, which is located just off the Venezuelan coast, for safety reasons.

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The Norwegian Epic cruise ship did not dock in the port of Curaçao on Wednesday. The Norwegian Cruise Line vessel, carrying approximately 4,200 passengers and 1,700 crew members, removed the island from its itinerary at the last minute due to concerns about military activity in the region. This is the first time since the coronavirus pandemic that a cruise ship has skipped Curaçao for safety reasons. According to Norwegian Cruise Line, the decis…

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SocialNetherlands active war zone! Willemstad avoided, troops exhausted. Because off the Venezuelan coast, and therefore next to Curaçao, lies, according to Trump, the "largest Armada ever assembled in the history of South America. It will only get bigger (...)." These fleet aircraft nearly caused two air collisions around Curaçao this weekend (although KLM will continue flying), and now Norwegian Cruise Line is so worried that it decided last n…

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The cruise ship Norwegian Epic opted not to dock in Curaçao on Wednesday and instead continued on to Barbados. The captain reportedly said he was avoiding Curaçao due to naval exercises in the area, according to passengers on social media. He was reportedly acting at the request of the management of the cruise line NCL.

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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NOS broke the news in Netherlands on Wednesday, December 17, 2025.
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