Ngesikhathi somcimbi osemthethweni wokubeka i-keel laying e-Monfalcone, e-Italy, i-Princess Cruises iveze amagama okaputeni ababili abazokwengamela i-Star Princess, umkhumbi wesibili we-Sphere Class wemikhumbi yabo.
Ukaputeni uGennaro Arma, oholayo njengamanje esakhiweni esisha esibhekele ukwakhiwa kwe-Sun Princess kanye ne-Star Princess, uzophatha umkhumbi we-17th Princess lapho uqala khona ehlobo lika-2025. U-Commodore Nick Nash uzothatha okwesikhashana izibopho zokuzulazula nobuholi be-Star. Princess ngesikhathi sokuhamba kukaCaptain Arma.
UCommodore Nick Nash, umakadebona weminyaka engu-33 Princess Cruises, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yi-commodore yemikhumbi yenkampani yomhlaba wonke ngo-2020. Njengamanje, ungukaputeni we-Enchanted Princess futhi wayikhipha ngempumelelo Fincantieri indawo yemikhumbi yohambo lwayo lokuqala. U-Nash wajoyina i-Princess Cruises ngo-1989 futhi waba ukapteni wabasebenzi ngo-1997. Ngo-2002, waqokwa njengokaputeni futhi useke walawula imikhumbi eyahlukene ye-Princess. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uNash useke waphatha izikhundla ezinjengoMongameli weNautical Institute futhi njengamanje uyilungu lomkhandlu. Ngokuhlonishwa kwenkonzo yakhe evelele, uhlonishwe ngendondo yase-United Kingdom's Merchant Navy ngo-2018. U-Nash uyi-Chartered Master Mariner kanye noFellow of The Nautical Institute, The Royal Institute of Navigation, kanye ne-Royal Geographical Society. Futhi ungumfowabo Omncane we-Trinity House.
Ukuzinikela kukaCaptain Gennaro Arma olwandle bekulokhu kungantengantengi. Waqala uhambo lwakhe lwePrincess Cruises ngo-1998, eqala njengeCadet futhi enyuka kancane ezinhlwini. Ngo-2015, wathatha indima yakhe yokuqala njengoKaputeni we-Sea Princess, ehola umkhumbi ngobuchule ohambweni olubili lomhlaba wonke. Ngo-2018 nango-2020, wathatha isikhundla se-Diamond Princess, ethola izindondo ezihlonishwayo njenge-Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, udumo olunikezwa abaphumelele kakhulu eRiphabhulikhi yase-Italy, nokuqokwa njengomunye wabaphumelele kakhulu e-Vanity Fair's 20. Izibalo zase-Italy ezinethonya zonyaka ngoDisemba 2020. Izimpumelelo eziphawulekayo zika-Arma zihlanganisa nokuhlonishwa njengeMantshi ye-Amalfi Impucuko yonyaka omusha waseByzantine, ukuthola umklomelo ka-Emanuela Loi ngesibindi, kanye nokunikezwa umklomelo we-Assarmatori ovela enhlanganweni yasolwandle yase-Italy Ungqongqoshe Wezokuthutha. Muva nje, u-Arma usebenze ngokuziqhenya njengokaputeni weDiscovery Princess.
