after 12 years working on fred olsen cruise ships, maria carmen spent last year at home in the philippinesith ships stuck in port, they went home. unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to some really fantastic colleagues as the ships were not moving. and then, of course, starting to plan the re—entry into service, nobody has done anything like this before. it still takes an army of people to keep the ship going. once they have been on board and tested for two weeks, crew form their own bubble with no masks or hi—vis. some have been on the ship for months. we will now go to the control room to meet the chief engineer. but it is not as simple as turning the ship off. if you compare it to your car, if you switch it off for two years, you do not know if it is going to start again, all right? so we have to keep it running, we have to maintain it so we cannot just switch it off. just like every cruise ship, there are stringent covid protocols. the cruise industry has to rebuild trust. the start of the pandemic was littered with stories about outbreaks onboard ships. some operators, like virgin, r