Paul Racette, who operates the Foyer des Marins seafarers' club in the port, said the workers, who hail from Mexico, Cuba and Guyana, aren't used to winter.

The Coastal Renaissance, with more than 500 passengers aboard, departed Duke Point in Nanaimo at 8:15 p.m. on Sunday bound for Tsawwassen in Delta, B.C.

The Costa Concordia cruise liner began its final voyage Wednesday, slowly being towed away from the tiny Italian island where it capsized more than two years ago, killing 32 people.