The Westerdam cruise ship in Sihanoukville on Feb 14, 2020. - SPM
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Cambodia is preparing to build a monument to the historic docking of the MS Westerdam at the port where the cruise liner berthed in February 2020.
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, six nations refused entry to the vessel, which had been at sea for several months. Prime Minister Hun Sen stepped in at the time and granted permission for the ship to dock at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), greeting the distraught passengers in person.
