New York, NY – A 637-foot cruise ship carrying approximately 1,200 passengers and crew is being detained in New York Harbor after a routine safety inspection revealed significant hull damage and numerous discrepancies. All passengers were let off the boat.
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The ship is the Clipper Pacific which is based in the Bahamas, but was inbound from Greenland.
A six-person examination team from Coast Guard Sector New York boarded the ship, to conduct a routine safety inspection and found that the vessel had significant hull damage prior to coming to New York Harbor and was leaking.
Additional inspections by the Coast Guard identified 66 discrepancies such as fire safety, lifeboat damages and life jacket issues on the vessel during an inspection that lasted from Sunday morning to Tuesday evening.
Coast Guard Sector New York issued a Captain of the Port order because of the ship’s hull damages. The ship was declared detained after the examination concluded Tuesday and will remain in this status until the master can provide a repair proposal and can make necessary repairs that directly impact the ships passengers and crew.
The repair proposal will be reviewed and approved by the Coast Guard and the vessel’s classification society.
After reading up on this ship online, all I could say is HAHAHAHAHA!!!