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Carnival Cruise Ship catches fire

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There was a serene sunrise as the Carnival Freedom slipped into Port Canaveral on Monday. It all looked so beautiful at first, until the charred exhaust funnel came into view.

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On Saturday, the ship had caught on fire while sailing to the Bahamas. Passengers safely deboarded at Port Canaveral Monday morning, but many say the experience was confusing and scary.

“We were pretty shocked, I think is the biggest reaction,” passenger Amber Wainwright said.

One passenger was on the deck when the blaze broke out and got the whole thing on video.

Wainwright says she was about to pick up her daughter from the kid’s club when the news started traveling.

“Other parents ran up shouting that there was a fire, and so we were like, OK, well, maybe not because you never really know, nobody had announced anything,” Wainwright said.

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Meanwhile, for her daughter, things were getting real. She said she was hanging out with her friends when, all of a sudden, the teachers were telling everyone to line up.

Cautioned by the crew to stay in their cabins, some say they didn’t know the ship was on fire until fellow passengers started sharing cell phone video.

“When this guy came around and had his cellphone and had a picture of it, it showed the flames coming out of the funnel,” passenger Lu Kingsbury said, adding that that’s when he thought about how bad this could actually be.

The cruise line says the fire was quickly contained.

The cause of the fire has still not been confirmed. However, some passengers say they heard a loud thunder boom and thought it could have possibly been lightning.

Originally, the cruise line had said they did not think the fire would affect any future cruises. But after a technical team assessed the ship in Freeport over the weekend, Carnival announced it was canceling cruises scheduled for Monday and Friday from Port Canaveral.

Carnival says passengers on this voyage will get a full refund, and so will those scheduled to set sail this week.

After the ship is repaired, passengers will have another chance to set sail on Freedom. That is, if the storm settles from their past experience.

This is the second time this particular Carnival ship has caught on fire. During Saturday’s fire, two firefighters were treated for minor smoke inhalation.

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REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

(CONSULTING SERVICES – INDIVIDUAL SELECTION)

 

OECS MSME Guarantee Facility Project

Loan No.: IDA-62670, IDA-62660, IDA-62640, IBRD-88830, IDA-62650

Assignment Title: Senior Operating Officer (SOO)

Reference No. KN-ECPCGC-207852-CS-INDV

 

The Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have received financing in the amount of US$10 million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of establishing a partial credit guarantee scheme, and they intend to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, and consulting services to be procured under this project. 

The consultant will serve as the “Senior Operating Officer (SOO)” for the ECPCGC and should possess extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to Micro, small and medium-sized businesses, knowledge of the internal control processes necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk mitigation procedures. The ideal candidate should possess an Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Accounting, Banking or related field, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in lending, inclusive of MSME lending. The initial employment period will be for two years on a contractual basis. Renewal of the contract will be subject to a performance evaluation at the end of the contractual period. The assignment is expected to begin on September 30th, 2021.  The consultant will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer of the ECPCGC.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be viewed by following the attached link below. 

 

https://bit.ly/3iVannm

 

The Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation (ECPCGC) now invites eligible “Consultants” to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have:

  • An Undergraduate Degree from a reputable college or university, preferably in Business, Finance, Banking or related field; and
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience in MSME lending. Applicants should also have:
  • The ability to design and implement risk management procedures 
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME lending with some direct experience lending to small and medium-sized businesses
  • Extensive knowledge of MSME banking operations
  • Knowledge of the internal controls necessary for a lending operation and the ability to design and implement risk management procedures
  • Experience developing and presenting information in public, including responding to questions in real-time
  • Experience lending to MSMEs located in the ECCU
  • Knowledge of marketing and communicating with the MSME sector
  • Ability to draft procedures to be used in a lending operation
  • Familiarity with the mechanics of a loan guarantee program
  • Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and presentation skills, and
  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite.

The attention of interested Individual Consultants is drawn to Section III, Paragraphs 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers July 2016, [revised November 2017] (“Procurement Regulations”), setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Approved Selection Method for Individual Consultants set out in the clause 7.34 of the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers. 

 

Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 0800 to 1700 hours:

Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Corporation

Brid Rock, Basseterre,

St. Kitts.

Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form by e-mail by August 11th, 2021, to [email protected]

 

For further information, please contact:

Carmen Gomez-Trigg                                                            Bernard Thomas

Chief Executive Officer                                                          Chief Financial Officer

Tel: 868-620-8144                                                                  Tel: 869-765-2385

Email: [email protected]                                          [email protected]