River Cruise Europe builds bridges



Thursday, April 16, 2020 - 10:31 by ce-press

River Cruise Europe (RCE) started last year and the idea was to build bridges in the river cruise industry. Bridges between sea/river ports and shipping companies, bridges between experienced organisations in the shipping industry and cities or sea/river ports with limited experience and knowledge of the river cruising industry.

A bridge is being used as safe connection for passengers to go ashore, but also to bring (new) passengers on board again. It is the only safe connection from the ship to the port, which leads into a new experience in both directions and each company is using the same kind of bridges. It is a term we use a lot in the shipping industry and it is exactly how RCE works as well. 

Now more than ever RCE is being challenged to build new bridges. The Covid-19-situation HAS shown us how much power we have when we follow up restrictions we never thought of together, when we follow up strict rules we are not used to and how inventive we are in these difficult situations as long as we stick together. 

RCE started to build bridges to stay connected to the normal situation we knew, but as well reaching out in to the new situation, a new experience into the future. It is clear that in the coming months the situation around the virus might get better, but we will face restrictions and regulations most probably for the rest of the year, not to mention a completely slowed down economy.

No matter what situation we will find once we are able to sail again, we will be confronted with different restrictions in several countries and we will need the RCE bridges to be able to move on. We will need information out of the various ports and out of involved organisations to guarantee  passengers the high quality experiences they booked. We also have to build the safe bridge, that our guests need to feel comfortable again, in order to continue the success we had before the Covid-19-situation.

The RCE community is sharing information and together preparing for the time to come with all its challenges, but also with new opportunities which were unimaginable just a few months ago.
River Cruise Europe builds bridges
Rivercruise ships laid up in Amsterdam waiting for better times (c) Port of Amsterdam





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