| dd/mm/yy |
2010 |
Incident |
| 19.2.10 | CTV (Canada) reports a crew member aboard a ship housing 2010 Olympic security forces is bring treated for leprosy. Leprosy is typically characterized by skin rashes and nerve damage. It is easily treated with antibiotics. The crew member visited a doctor aboard the ship, who in turn referred the case to a dermatologist in Vancouver. Samples were sent to a lab and came back positive. The crew member was immediately treated. Leprosy is not highly contagious to begin with, and there is no risk of the disease spreading 24 hours after treatment. The crew member worked in the engine room so had no contact with passengers and there is no indication that it spread to any other crew members. | Leprosy |
| dd/mm/yy |
2009 |
Incident |
| 21.12.09 | The 10 day cruise ending today had a number of problems. According to a passenger, the cruise started out on a troubling note as we had a delayed departure due to mysterious "engine problems". We had a GI outbreak, which I guess you would call "code red". We were no longer allowed to help ourselves to food and had to be served, salt and pepper shakers were removed from tables, and so many of the crew got sick that other crew members who didn't normally work in the restaurants were now working in the restaurants. Luckily I didn't get sick. In addition, the call at Half Moon Cay was canceled because the captain said they had a big storm the night before which destroyed 70% of the beach, and Other ports throughout the cruise we arrived late, left late, and left early. The schedule was never stuck to and we were shorted many hours on each island. On top of this, the shore excursion had major bus problems, including one catching fire -- we had three buses with three different drivers for one tour. | Engine problems; shore excursion problems |
| 2.11.09 | The ship was cited for violating Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in September. On September 16 the ship's effluent exceeded the allowable level of pH. | Environmental |
| dd/mm/yy |
2007 |
Incident |
| 31.10.07 |
Australia's The
Age reports that the ship "...was damaged and came within seconds
of running aground while entering Port Phillip Bay (Melbourne) without
a pilot in board and without perission in December last year." A
top-level marine investigation of the December 6, 2006 incident found
serious lapses by both the ship and the Port of Melbourne.
Despite compulsory pilotage, the ship continued torard the port and
travelled at a speed well above the recommended limit. The port
was criticised for not challenging the ship's entry into the
port. One of the ship's stabiliser fins had been damaged; a full
grounding had been narrowly averted. |
Near-grounding |
| dd/mm/yy |
2006 |
Incident |
| 24.6.06 |
At approx. 5:30 AM the fire alarm (5 short blasts) went off. The fire was contained in the “stack of the incinerator that burns garbage”, and a fire crew was kept standing by to make sure it didn’t flare up. I was partially awake, therefore being able to hear the alarm. But most of our fellow cruisers did not hear the alarm. A “survey” was taken later that day asking the question about the speakers in the staterooms, etc. When I asked fellow cruisers, I found out that like in my room, the “speakers” were not operational. The captain thanked those who responded to the survey, but nothing was done to correct any of the speakers, and even to the end of the cruise, announcements were barely audible unless you opened the cabin doors. | Fire |
| 21.2.06 |
The ship aborted its planned port call at the Port of Napier
(New Zealand) because of "difficult sea conditions." Extreme
surge prevented the ship from being morred safely and no alternative
berth was available given the surge conditions. |
Cancelled port call |
| dd/mm/yy |
2005 |
Incident |
| 14.2.05 |
The following is from Carnival Corporation's Annual Report
filed today: In August 2004, Holland America
Line was notified by the National Park
Service ("NPS") that the Volendam and Statendam may have violated
opacity
standards while operating in Glacier
Bay. On November
10, 2004, NPS notified Holland
America Line in separate letters that a Violation of Record would
beentered
in the permanent park files for each ship. |
Environmental |
| dd/mm/yy |
2004 |
Incident |
| 5.1.03 |
An
elderly man was suspected to have jumped overboard the
night before disembarkation at San Diego following a roundtrip cruise
from
San Diego to Hawaii. According to a spokeswoman for Holland
America Line, "'We're a 130 year old company and it happens very
rarely, but it is not unheard of on a cruise ship' to lose a passenger." |
Person overboard |
| dd/mm/yy |
2002 |
Incident |
| 11.8.02 |
Announced
on August 7, that the August 11 cruise was
canceled because repairs to the electrical generation system was taking
longer than expected. |
Cancelation |
| 4.8.02 |
Five tug boats called to tow the ship back to Vancouver after a small fire in the ship's generator rooms knocked out four generator and the ship's two main propulsion motors. One generator continued to operate, so there were lights but no A/C. Incident happened when the ship was 24 miles from Vancouver, in Strait of Georgia (call for help came at 9 PM). Efforts to repair the problem took too long so the cruise was canceled. (The Canadian Coast Guard says there was a fire; HAL says that a breaker panel overheated and melted, tripping other generators and the propulsion system.) See: See: TSB Report on Switchboard Fire Passenger Vessel Statendam Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, 04 August 2002, Transportation Safety Board of Canada Report Number M02W0135 |
Fire |
| dd/mm/yy |
Earlier |
Incident |
| 11.8.96 |
The ship barely averted a collision with a tugboat towing a barge of propane in BC's Inside Passage, The tug/barge took evasive action, which prevented the accident. See: Near-collision Between the Cruise Ship "STATENDAM" and the Tug/barge Unit "BELLEISLE SOUND"/"RADIUM 622" Discovery Passage, British Columbia 11 August 1996, Transportation Safety Board of Canada Report Number M96W0187 | Near collision |
| dd/mm/yy |
Reported Illness Outbreaks |
| 23.3.07 |
Passengers were advised by letter from the Captain that there was a highly contagious virus aboard among crew and passengers. The number affected by the illness and the precise nature is unknown. The cruise began in Hong Kong on March 22 and ended in Osaka April 5. Given that no US ports were in the itinerary, the ship is not required to report the illness outbreak to the CDC. |
| 24.6.06 |
From a passenger: We had an outbreak of norovirus on board -- at the completion of our cruise we were told we had to vacate our staterooms by 8:00 am so the ship could have a “deep sanitization” done. We were told by our dining room head waiter that about 30-35 people had come down with it. |
| 17.4.06 |
Several hundred passengers and crew took ill
due to Norwalk virus on the cruise which began in Osaka on April 3 and
ended today in Hong Kong. The ship had guests fill out a health
questionnaire prior to embarking in Osaka, which was a sign of things
to come. The illness broke out in code red by day 3 with 75 cases and
spread like wildfire. Several hundred passengers were ill by the cruise
end. This apparently has been on-going since February, according to the
crew, but this breakout was the worst. The ship was being fumigated
room by room and all facilities were closed down throughout the cruise
due to cleaning and the spread of the illness. Guests embarking
on 4/17/06 were also filling out the same questionnaire and the vessel
was to be in code red for at least the first four days of the
subsequent sailing. According to a
passenger on that cruise: There
were many restrictions during the cruise. Regardless, many people were
ill, although Holland America staff downplayed just how many. Infected
people and their traveling companions were quarantined to their cabins for the duration of their illness plus one day. Room service was to deliver meals, but they were hard to reach, probably due to all the calls they were receiving. |
| Dec.05 |
From a
passenger: We sailed
from San Diego to Auckland Nov. 17/05
to Dec. 22/05. There was an outbreak of GI illness involving at
least 60 - 70 passengers and unknown number of crew. My husband
was very ill for 24 hours and nauseous for a week but they didn't count
him as they said he wasn't sick enough. Passengers who were
treated had to pay large fees - they said the illness came on board
with people who boarded in Peru. |
| 25.11.02 |
Reports
that 9 passengers
and 6 crew on the 10-day cruise to Mexico had "the flulike virus that
is
spread by contact." (Source: KGTV,
KFMB-TV (San Diego)) |
| 15.11.02 |
38 passangers (3.25%) and 4 crew (.73%) came down with Norwalk-like virus in the most recent cruise; the ship was the subject of a super-cleaning before embarking new passengers. (Source: KGTV (San Diego); CDC) |
| Mar. 98 |
CDC reports an illness outbreak ... no additional details. |