dd/mm/yy
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2008
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Incident
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2.10.08
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The Juneau
Empire reports that the ship reportedly violated its
wastewater discharge permit in August (2008), according to Alaska state
regulators. Wastewater
samples from the ship twice had higher-than-permitted copper. |
Environmental |
25.9.08
|
The Juneau
Empire reports the ships violated its
wastewater discharge permit in May, June
and July (2008), according to Alaska state regulators. Wastewater
samples from the ship had higher-than-permitted effluent limits on
several parameters.
|
Environmental |
11.1.08
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From a passenger:
There was a fire in the
incinerator room on deck 3 on the Star Princess this morning (Jan 11).
We knew that something was up when the captain called for an assessment
crew for the incinerator room on deck 3. I was at the purser's desk
when a bell sounded an alarm and the captain announced that the crew
was to respond to an emergency. The pursers ran out of the room, the
gift shops closed and we could see the crew with their life jackets on.
In a few minutes the captain came on and announced that a small fire in
the incinerator had been put out. I was impressed with how fast the
crew responded and that the captain let us know what was going on as
soon as he could. The ship left Buenos Aires yesterday and is
en route to Port Stanley (Falkland Islands).
|
Fire |
dd/mm/yy
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2007 and earlier
|
Incident
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4.10.06
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A security breach while the ship was in St. John's
(Newfoundland) resulted in passengers being forced to disembark while
the ship was searched. According to police, some passengers had
reported seeing a stranger onboard the vessel, although the
unidentified man left the ship before the search. Three
suspicious packages were found onboard and removed. The ship left
port three hours past its scheduled departure. See
article here.
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Security
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23.3.06
|
At approximately 3:10 AM, as the ship was en route from
Grand Cayman to Montego Bay, a fire broke out in the passenger
accommodations, and spread to adjacent cabins. About 150 cabins were
damaged by the fire which may have
been started by a cigarette.
Passengers were
immediately notified of the fire using the public address system and
requested to report to their muster stations. The company confirmed
that one passenger had died following a cardiac arrest, two passengers
had significant smoke
inhalation injuries and nine passengers with had minor complications
resulting from smoke inhalation. The fire was extinguished, and the
ship proceeded to Montego Bay which it reach around noon.
Passengers
in the cabins affected by the fire were provided hotel rooms ashore in
Montego Bay; other passengers
remained on the ship until their flights home were
arranged. The cruise began
March 19 in Fort Lauderdale. All cruises are cancelled until May
15th. See: Report
of the investigation of the fire onboard Star Princess off Jamaica 23
March 2006. UK Marine
Accident Investigation Branch Report No 28/2006,
October 2006 |
Fire
|
19.6.05
|
The New
Orleans Times-Picayune reports on an incident in which a couple was
told upon disembarkation that their luggage had been "dumped"
overboard. Princess assured them that the cruise line would take
care of everything, including monetary compensation and a free
cruises. What they actually received, after wrangling and
hassles, was $500 per passenger for the lost luggage and belongings and
nothing more. The possessions lost with the luggage were valued
at over $5000.
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Luggage overboard
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