A-Rosa River Cruises has donated all the unused perishable goods from its Rhine ships to a charity in Cologne, following the suspension of its cruises until November 30.
The suspension follows the introduction of restrictions in November, imposed by the German government to tackle the rising infection rate of Covid-19.
A-Rosa’s ships on the Rhine had a lot of fresh food so the company contacted Cologne Tafel, a charity that distributes food to those in need throughout the city.
The charity was pleased to accept the donation and the crew assisted the volunteers who came to collect the goods.
Jorg Eichler, A-Rosa chief executive, said: “We fully support the government’s measures aimed at reducing infection rates and wanted to ensure that, despite the sudden nature with which we had to stop our cruises, the food on board our ships did not go to waste.
“Cologne Tafel is a well-known charity in our Rhine fleet’s home port city of Cologne that supports the local community and we were really pleased that we were able to give something back to those in need in these challenging times.”