Westerdam in 2008 The USCG just issued a statement that they are investigation and incident that recently took place in Alaska. The United States Coast Guard is investigating an allision between the 935-foot cruise ship Westerdam and ice in the vicinity of Yakutat Bay Wednesday, May 11. The Westerdam was reportedly maneuvering through ice near [...]
Update:Click here for full size image I preface by saying that this may or may not be a pic of the actual incident. Now that having been said, a 127m long river cruise ship carrying mostly Elderly German pax, collided with a cargo ship carrying corn on the Danube River. No one was hurt, but [...]
In what seems to be a yearly occurrence, the 5,000 ton Polar Star, operated by Polar Star Expeditions, hit a rock and while not sinking, did have its outer hull breached. The 80-pax vessel hit this rock while attempting to anchor off of Detaille Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. All passengers were safe and accounted [...]
The Costa Classica, that has involved in the collision in china, has been “repaired” in Changxing, China. It took just 96 hours. I say repaired in quotes because, my understanding, she was just made seaworthy. That means they made the hull watertight, checked for breaches in structural integrity, etc. The cabins have not been fully [...]
UK news site, Daily Mail, have posted pictures detailing the damage the Costa Classica sustained from the Cargo vessel yesterday.
Quite the story I came home to. The Costa Classica of Costa Cruises collided this morning with a cargo vessel in China. The incident occured in a deep water channel near the Yangtze River. The 1,300 pax ship was traveling from Korea to Shanghai when the cargo vessel broadsided her in the early morning hours. [...]
Sergei Kirov / Image via sealetter.com 100 passengers on the chartered ship, Sergei Kirov, got the scare of a life time when their cruise ship collided with a barge on the Volga River. Fortunately there were no deaths or injuries. 3 crew members suffered very minor injuries while they were rescuing passengers belongings from the [...]
UPDATE: Ok listening to the first video with audio, the people are pretty funny! What do you think? Remember last week when the Legend hit the Enchantment in Cozumel? Well I found another video of it. This one also from the Carnival Legend. Click here for last weeks video. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQJC0ZJhC-Q] Here is another quick one: [...]
Saga Cruises ship, the Saga Ruby, hit the pier while docking in New York Saturday Morning. While making a 90 degree turn into Pier 88 on Manhattan’s upper west side, the bow gently grazed up against a bollard. The hole was apparently big enough that “it was possible to see daylight through the gash in [...]
