Carnival Triumph to be towed to Mobile, not Mexico
FEBRUARY 12, 2013 — The cruise ship Carnival Triumph, which lost power after an engine room fire on Sunday morning, is now to be towed to Mobile, Alabama, not Progreso, Mexico. In
FEBRUARY 12, 2013 — The cruise ship Carnival Triumph, which lost power after an engine room fire on Sunday morning, is now to be towed to Mobile, Alabama, not Progreso, Mexico. In
FEBRUARY 11, 2013 — In an update issued at 11.25 a.m. today, Carnival Cruises said that the cruise ship Carnival Triumph remained without propulsion, awaiting the arrival of two tugboats which will
May 22, 2012 — Capt. Eric Christensen, chief, Commercial Vessel Compliance at U.S. Coast Guard headquarters has sounded what he calls a “high-level alarm for detentions of U.S.-flag vessels.” Coast Guard analysis
The cruise ship Azamara Quest arrived at Sandakan (Sabah), Malaysia, on April 1, 2012, at approximately 9:23 p.m. local time. Power had been restored following an engine room fire that broke out
The Carnival Splendour, which was damaged during an engine room fire on Nov. 8, has been towed from San Diego to the Port of San Francisco for repairs. The engine room fire
Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled additional departures of the Carnival Splendor, the ship that had to be towed back to San Diego after a November 8 engine room fire. To allow for
Carnival Corporation expects fourth quarter earning to take a hit as a result of voyage distruptions following last week’s engine room fire on Carnival Splendor. Carnival Cruise Lines has canceled Splendor sailings
Things went wrong after an early morning engine room fire turned an “at sea” day into a nightmare of failed air conditioning, non-working toilets. And hours of waiting on line for a less-than-gourmet buffet of Spam and Pop Tarts dropped from a Navy helicopter.
Carnival’s Senior Cruise Director John Heald who was on the Carnival Splendor, blogged from the ship:
“There will be those who will say this has been ‘the cruise from hell.’ However, when you see the local news reporter with the huge hair talking to Mr. Angry remember that there are many many many many more who will tell you what they have been telling me and the crew and that is that Carnival as a company have done everything they can and continue to do so to help them through this difficult situation.
“One thing is for certain though … I doubt anyone onboard will ever ever want to eat a sandwich ever again.”
Still unanswered is the question of what caused the fire that broke out in the ship’s aft engine room at 6.A.M. Monday. The CoastGuard says that a preliminary investigation has been started and that the fire “was extinguished by onboard ship responders using installed systems. As a result, the ship’s generator lost power, disabling the vessel.”
Least likely cause? The one put forward by various blogosphere nuts who claim to have seen internal Russian security reports that the cruise ship was disabled by an EMP missile fired from a Chinese submarine.
November 12,2010