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Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph Finally Docks: Lawyers and Investigators Seek Cause

After being disabled at sea for days, the Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph finally docked at Mobile, Ala.  The Triumph pulled into port around 9:15 p.m. Central Time Thursday evening as anxious passengers lined the decks cheering loudly as they approached.  

The Triumph is being pulled into a shipyard where investigations can begin.  According  NTSB spokesman Keith Holloway on Friday, a team of six investigators from the National Trasportation Safety Board will commence investigations along side the Bahamas Maritime Authority, which will serve as the primary investigative agency. 

"The Bahamian government was taking the lead because the Triumph is a Bahamian-flagged vessel and it was in international waters at the time of the fire, Holloway said."

Still, the NTSB will be taking the information from investigation to make recommendations for improving ship safety moving forward.

Carnival Cruises has announced that it will cancel future cruises in light of the ship's history of mechanical problems.

"Carnival added that it has canceled a dozen planned voyages for the Triumph and acknowledged that the crippled ship had been plagued by other mechanical problems in the weeks before an engine-room fire left it powerless in the Gulf of Mexico."

We will continue to keep you updated.

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Cruise Ship Triumph Awaits Third Tugboat and Supplies

According to recent reports, Carnival Cruise Lines dispatched a third tugboat along with much-needed to supplies to the Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph that is on its way to Mobile, Alabama. According to an official briefed on the crippled ship’s recovery, the U.S. Coast Guard boat and two helicopters carrying provisions, generators and other supplies were preparing to meet the crippled ship sometime this afternoon. Family members are also gathering and preparing to meet their loved ones dockside in the port of Mobile, Alabama. The disabled cruise ship is on track to arrive in Mobile, Alabama around 4 p.m. on Thursday.

 

Engine Fire Leaves Cruise Ship Stranded in the Gulf of Mexico

Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph has been stranded in the Gulf of Mexico after a fire in the Ship’s engine room on Sunday, leaving the ship adrift at sea since Sunday.   Reportedly, a total of 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crewmembers aboard the ship had to endure foul conditions such as cold food, no hot water, overflowing toilets and sweltering indoor temperatures.

The Triumph had a fire in its engine room as the vessel was sailing 150 miles off the Yucatan Peninsula. 

Today, two tugboats will tow the Carnival Cruise Ship Triumph to port Progreso, Mexico.  The ship expects to reach port sometime on February 13. 

California Tour Bus Company Shut Down

The Department of Transportation have ordered a tour bus company involved in a Southern California tour bus crash to cease operating immediately due to its buses not being properly maintained and its drivers unqualified. 

On Friday, Scapadas Magincas, LLC, based in Naitonal City, California, were ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to stop operations because they posed an imminent hazard to public safety following a February 3 accident which left 8 dead and more than 40 injured. 

During a post-crash inspections of the company’s buses, investigators found multiple mechanical safety violations and stated that the company failed to regularly inspect their vehicles or take the necessary action to remedy its safety management deficiencies.

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