# MV Hondius Rotterdam Decontamination — What Ship-Wide Hantavirus Disinfection Actually Looks Like

> After the last passenger leaves Tenerife, the MV Hondius will sail to Rotterdam where Oceanwide Expeditions will offload the crew and put the vessel through a full hantavirus decontamination cycle. We walk through the IMO biosafety protocol, the timeline, and what 'biosafety clearance' actually requires before the ship can sail again.

- **URL**: https://hantacount.com/en/learn/mv-hondius-rotterdam-decontamination
- **Kind**: learn (medically reviewed explainer)
- **Published**: 2026-05-10T18:30:00Z
- **Updated**: 2026-05-10T18:30:00Z
- **Author**: HantaCount Editorial (Cruise biosafety desk)
- **Medically reviewed by**: Dr. M. Halikoğlu, MD (Infectious diseases physician (advisory))
- **Reading time**: 9 minutes
- **Keywords**: MV Hondius Rotterdam decontamination, cruise ship hantavirus disinfection, Oceanwide Expeditions biosafety clearance, Dutch maritime authority hantavirus, IMO ship sanitation certificate, Hondius crew offload Rotterdam, hantavirus environmental persistence ship
- **License**: CC-BY-4.0
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- Source of authority: HantaCount editorial desk + named medical reviewer
- Topic family: Hantavirus, Andes virus (ANDV), MV Hondius 2026 outbreak
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