The 105 foot Safari Spirit caught fire early Friday morning while docked in Seattle. The ship is currently laid up while undergoing upgrades prior to commencing her Summer Alaskan deployment. There was only the vessel owner and the engineer onboard. Both were able to escape. The pictures are pretty dramatic. She will be considered [...]
Allure’s sister, Oasis is currently docked in Port Everglades. Last night news broke via CruiseLaw and the AP that a small fire in the engine room broke out on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas. The Allure, which shares the title of worlds largest cruise ship, was sailing back to Florida from St. Maarten on [...]
On Friday we reported that the Azamara Quest caught fire and was running only on backup power. Well today she finally made it back to land safely. She sailed into Sandakan harbor on Borneo Island. She was assisted by the Malaysian coast guard. The current cruise is obviously cancelled, with current guest given the option to continue on [...]
While sailing between the Philippines and Borneo, an engine room fire broke out onboard Azamara Club Cruises’ Azamara Quest. The fire on the 30,277grt ship was first reported by a BBC Broadcast Journalist on twitter: hearing reports a cruise ship is on fire in Borneo – that there is chaos on board #Cruise #Borneo [...]
The Costa Allegra is currently still under tow with an eta of Tomorrow Morning in the Seychelles. Upon Arrival at the Seychelles, the passengers will immediately be flown to Rome for repatriation. Remember that the passengers will be permanently disembarking in the country not originally intended, therefore Rome was seen as the best viable option. [...]
photo:(AP Photo/Indian Navy via Seychelles Office of the President) Here’s the latest on the Allegra fire. Well as predicted, the internet is blowing up over this. I keep thinking, what if the Concordia never happened? Would we even be hearing about this? Funny articles headlines are popping up stating that stricken cruise ship is adrift [...]
This is a developing story……. File photo:wikiMedia The AP is reporting that fire broke out on the Costa Allegra. All passengers are accounted for and safe, but the ship is adrift without power in the Indian Ocean. In the wake of the Concordia disaster, you can bet this story will be blown out of proportion. [...]
In July we reported about the sinking of a Russian river ship. Well yesterday, fire broke out on the Sergey Abramov. A crew member is still missing as of this post and two people were taken to the hospital. She was still tied up pierside when the blaze happened. The cause is currently being speculated [...]
from Cunard: [The Fire]was swiftly dealt with by the ship’s company and had no impact to any guests, crew or to the structural integrity of the ship.
That’s what the media would want you to think: Norway: Cruise ship in danger of tilting over Norway: Cruise ship listing, may tilt over (CBS News) The sort answer is no. I mean, have we not learned anything from the Normandie? photo courtesy of local twitter user Elisabeth G. from Alesund, Norway
