Cruise Ship Towed. A third tugboat was sent to pull a stranded carnival cruise ship to san diego after one of two tugboats was forced to turn back because it wasn't powerful enough. Houston (ap) — the operators of a cruise vessel stranded in the gulf of mexico after a weekend engine fire said monday evening that the craft had drifted so far north of its original position that they now will tow the ship to mobile, ala., instead of their original plan for progreso, mexico.
Venice Cruise Ship Towing Editorial Stock Image Image Of Towing Cruise 108687229 from thumbs.dreamstime.com Houston (ap) — the operators of a cruise vessel stranded in the gulf of mexico after a weekend engine fire said monday evening that the craft had drifted so far north of its original position that they now will tow the ship to mobile, ala., instead of their original plan for progreso, mexico. Norway cruise ship towed to port after nearly 500 people rescued. In february, the carnival triumph was crippled by an onboard fire in the gulf of mexico, leaving passengers stranded for days while the ship was towed back to land. After being towed to port, those aboard the carnival triumph will be flown home at no cost to them, the cruise line said. In 2010, the carnival cruise ship splendor lost power after an engine room fire, leaving it drifting off the pacific coast of mexico.
The damage must be repaired to stabilize the ship so it can withstand the coming winter, when seas and winds will whip the luxury liner, which is to be towed and turned into scrap sometime in 2014.
Plugging in a large ship at the cruise terminal eliminates the need to run the ship's engines for up to 10 hours in order to keep onboard systems running. Norway cruise ship towed safely to port after passengers evacuated by airlift it was like what you see in the movies, one passenger told nbc news. The damage must be repaired to stabilize the ship so it can withstand the coming winter, when seas and winds will whip the luxury liner, which is to be towed and turned into scrap sometime in 2014. People on spanish fort watch as the disabled carnival lines cruise ship is towed to harbor off mobile bay, ala., feb. A cruise ship stranded offshore after a fire in the engine room cut its power supply is being towed slowly into a mexican port, but it will not arrive until at least wednesday night, the us. After losing all its engines on march 23, 2019, signalling a mayday distress c.