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# rabaul shipping Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Papua New Guinea
ktotam 22:21 UTC 15 Apr 2011 | rabaul shipping (starships) have refused to sell tickets or allow boarding in lae this friday (route lae-kimbe-rabaul-kieta). they said it was now absolutely forbidden for all foreigners to travel on their ships, that there was no way to get around this, and even produced an official paper to that effect. did i miss anything lately? upd. i did Edited by: ktotam |
Laszlo 00:26 UTC 16 Apr 2011 | VERY bad news! | 1
ozziegiraffe 10:48 UTC 16 Apr 2011 | Is it specifically because it is the Easter holiday, and they know the ships will be crowded? Expats are far more likely to report safety abuses, after all. | 2
ktotam 01:51 UTC 17 Apr 2011 | no, i don't think so, see the link above. looks like a general policy of star ships now. lutheran shipping does not seem to have any problem with the foreigners (yet?), and they also sail to rabaul, although less frequently (which means one might be stuck for weeks in the port, e.g. the next departure for rabaul is on may 2). | 3
Laszlo 09:44 UTC 17 Apr 2011 | And to make it even more mysterious, Star's ships are actually far nicer and more acceptable to tourists than Lutheran's. Maybe an idiotic tourist tried to sue them for something once, and now all others pay for it? Just a guess... | 4