The ship that had been stranded in the Atlantic Ocean and was rescued by the Uruguay, returns to the Port of Montevideo.
The ship Greg Mortimer was stranded in the Atlantic Ocean and the Uruguay helped its passengers during the pandemic.
The Australian ship Greg Mortimerwho in 2020 was stranded for almost two months in the Uruguay during the pandemic caused by a covid-19 outbreak, he returned to the Port of Montevideo to make a technical stopover before continuing your journey to the Argentine city of Ushuaia.
According to the EFE agency, the vice minister of Tourism, Remo Monzeglio, confirmed the return of the ship and also highlighted the significance of that ship returning to the country. However, this is the second visit since, in October 2022, the Greg Mortimer had already returned to Montevideo, on that occasion to thank the assistance provided by Uruguay.
That trip was carried out by several passengers who had been stranded in the country. One of them was the Australian Jesz Fleming, who was remembered for kissing the floor of the Carrasco Airport before returning to his country in 2020.
What was the Greg Mortimer case like?
In March of that year, the Greg Mortimer came to Montevideo from Ushuaia after one of its occupants, the first who had to be evacuated, on March 31, had physical problems and no other nearby authority allowed disembarkation on its coasts.
From that moment on, the ship remained in Uruguayan waters for almost two months in which they organized “humanitarian corridors” so that 126 passengers could return by plane to their countries. For this, crew members were accommodated in hotels and health care was provided to a group of people who needed it and who had to be taken off the ship at different times.
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That case put Uruguay on the map of many tourists New Zealanders, Australians and several European nationalities who showed their love for the country at the time of leaving it with knotted flags, hearts drawn on posters and messages of all kinds on social networks.
The odyssey of Greg Mortimer At that time, it caused such an impression on the Montevideo population that part of it went to the entrance of the hotels to applaud the evacuees or looked out on the balconies to say goodbye to those who were leaving for the airport.
Source: Ambito
