| dd/mm/yy |
2008 |
Incident |
| 23.10.08 |
Cruising
Talk reports: As
reported elsewhere, Navigator o/t Seas was forced to abandon docking in
Sardinia after freak weather caused a tour bus to overturn on the quay,
Navigator's ropes snapped & her gangway dropped into the sea. The
captain is reported to have taken the decision to abandon the port call
and return out to sea. No injuries reported other than the driver of
the tour bus, but Navigator has sustained minor damage. |
Docking abandoned |
| 23.4.08 |
A poster
at Cruise Critic writes that the ship is stuck in Lisbon with a
problem with a stabilizer. The ship was initially anchored in the Tagis
River but was later moved to a berth in port. According to the
discussion thread, the ship is not permitted to leave Portugal until
the problem is fixed and apparently the ship willl go to Cascais for
repairs (the stabilizer fin is apparently going to be cut off/removed).
The next two port calls (Cadiz and Malaga) have been cancelled and
there is some concern as to whether the ship will make it Barcelona on
Saturday as is scheduled. The ship also skipped its scheduled call at
Azores which means the only port calls on the transatlantic cruise were
Bermuda and Lisbon. UPDATE: The
"repairs" in Cascais involved cutting off both aft stabilizers. The
ship then left for Barcelona and arrived Friday night. As compensation
for missing the three ports and being stuck in Lisbon passengers were
given a 20% credit (based on what they paid for their cruise) to be
used toward a future cruise. |
Stabilizer problems -- Ports cancelled |
| 31.1.08 |
A 29 year old Jamaica crew members was arrested in Belize today. Ship security officers found the crew member him with a parcel of white powder believed to be cocaine taped to the inside of his thighs. The ship was 5 miles out of Belize City - but they figured he had picked up the drugs when he came onshore, so they called the CIB Office in Belize City. The crew member was arrested and the powder was sent for testing. And while it looked like cocaine and was concealed like cocaine, it was not. A test showed that it was just non-narcotic white powder. But still, police believe the man had bought what he thought was cocaine - which is still an offence - but not nearly as serious as trafficking cocaine. He was charged with the rarely used offence: "supplying a substance other than controlled drugs." | Non-drug drug bust |
| dd/mm/yy |
2007 and earlier |
Incident |
| 29.3.06 |
While docked at St. Maarten, a crew member jumped overboard
from one of the crew decks. He quickly climbed up a ladder on the pier
and started to walk briskly toward shore. Local authorities caught up
with him quickly and handcuffed him. They turned him over ship security
while drug sniffing dogs were brought aboard. Before the ship departed
the crew member was handed over to St. Maarten authorities. According
to other crew members, the man was rumored to be carrying drugs. |
Drug bust |