etwas MEERzeit wrote a new article:
Blockade vor Marseille: Warum die MSC Orchestra abdrehen musste
ZitatOn February 2, 2026, passengers and crew of the MSC Orchestra faced a test of patience off the coast of Marseille that exemplifies current tensions in the Mediterranean. Instead of entering the port early in the morning as scheduled, the cruise ship was blocked at the "Passe Nord" by a fleet of small boats operated by the FNSM-CGT union. The background to this maneuver was not an environmental protest, but a fierce labor dispute. Union members used the MSC Orchestra as a highly visible lever to demonstrate against so-called "social dumping" and the use of international flag registers by the parent company, MSC Group—which also owns the ferry operator GNV.