Royal Caribbean isn't taking any chances when it comes to weather following its nightmare cruise into a hurricane force storm earlier this month, cutting Anthem of the Seas' latest voyage short to avoid a storm off the mid-Atlantic seaboard. The cruise ship giant said Saturday that it was closely watching a "large storm" off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, making the decision … [Read more...]
Royal Caribbean Faces Two Lawsuits Over Nightmare Cruise Into Storm
By Jonathan Stempel Feb 25 (Reuters) - Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd faces at least two lawsuits by passengers accusing the company of negligently endangering their lives by letting its Anthem of the Seas cruise ship sail into a fierce Atlantic storm this month. The lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court in Miami claim that Royal Caribbean knew, or should have known, … [Read more...]
U.S. Coast Guard: Anthem of the Seas Azipod Damaged in Storm
One of two diesel-electric azipod units used to propel Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas sustained damage as the ship battled an intense hurricane-force storm off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on Sunday. The storm-damaged cruise ship returned to the Liberty Cruise Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey on Wednesday evening and as crews continue to test the … [Read more...]
Anthem of the Seas — Is She Seaworthy?
On Wednesday night, the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, made it safely back to its berth in Cape Liberty in New York harbor, a bit battered, but generally in good condition. Her roughly 4,500 passengers disembarked after a harrowing cruise to nowhere. The obvious first lesson of this unfortunate voyage is that a winter cruise from New York harbor around … [Read more...]
Royal Caribbean’s Nightmare Cruise: What Did the Weather Forecasts Say?
The Anthem of the Seas departed Bayonne, New Jersey last Saturday with about 4,500 guests and 1,600 crewmembers for what was scheduled to be a 7-day roundtrip cruise to the Bahamas. But during Sunday the vessel was sailing southward to a scheduled port call at Port Canaveral, Florida when it encountered a large, hurricane-force storm off of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, … [Read more...]
NTSB Urged to Review Anthem of the Seas Cruise
The NTSB has been urged to look into the Anthem of the Seas' nightmare cruise earlier this week into the middle of hurricane-force storm, but the agency will otherwise not likely be launching its own investigation into the incident. In a statement provided to gCaptain, the National Transportation Safety Board said that since the incident occurred in international … [Read more...]
Coast Guard to Investigate Cruise Ship’s Wild Ride into Hurricane-Force Storm
The U.S. Coast Guard says it will inspect the storm-damaged Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas upon its scheduled return to New York Harbor Wednesday evening following a nightmare cruise into a hurricane-force storm off Cape Hatteras. Once the vessel docks in New Jersey, a team of inspectors from the Coast Guard Sector New York will board the vessel to … [Read more...]