Cruise ship residents stranded in Cambodia as fuel costs soar

Hundreds of residents living aboard a US cruise ship were forced to disembark in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, after the operator suspended a three-year global voyage. The vessel, which marketed its cabins as floating homes, ceased operations because fuel price increases linked to the Iran war made the journey prohibitively expensive. Approximately 200 passengers have been stranded in Asia as the operator determined that the rising costs of fuel rendered the continued operation of the ship unsustainable.