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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. 

Carnival Cruise Ship Accident Injures 61

Carnival Cruise Ship Accident: Galveston, Texas

The Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Ship was involved in an accident which injured 61 of its passengers.   The Ecstasy was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico on a five-day cruise out of Galveston, Texas.  During the cruise ship’s return, the Carnival Ecstasy sharply veered to avoid a floating buoy causing the ship sharply lean to one side.  Passengers aboard the ship estimate that the ship listed 30 Degrees to the port. 

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Carnival Cruise Ship Accident Attorney Update: Sixty passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Ecstasy were injured when the crusie ship listed at sea.

Sixty passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Ecstasy were injured on April 21, 2010 when the passenger ship listed at sea off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Our cruise ship attorneys are representing victims of this Carnival list accident.

The ship perform a severe maneuver allegedly to avoid a large buoy that "was adrift and mostly submerged, thereby preventing it from being detected by the ship's radar."  It is unclear why the buoy was not seen by the crew prior to the pint where an emergency turn was required, causing the list.  It is also unclear why the ship was designed such that such a severe listing could occur through steering input, given the high risk of injury from severe listing.Some passengers are suggesting that the boat made its emergency turn to avoid a sand bar.  Other passengers have reported the crew initially reported a gyroscope malfunction which caused the severe turn and resulting risk.  Carnival is refusing to release any real information about the cause.

Similar to the Crown Princess cruise ship listing accident several years ago, pools emptied and debris became airborne as the boat began to severely heel. Passengers lost their footing or were otherwise thrown to the low side of the ship, suffering injuries ranging from bruising to more serious injuries. 

Traverse Legal's cruise ship attorneys represented the largest number of Crown Princess passengers in the 2007 listing accident. We have already been retained by passengers of the Carnival Ecstasy Cruise Ship.  If you have been injured on a cruise ship, contact a cruise ship accident attorney or call 866.936.7447.

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Carnival Crusie Ship Accidnet Attorney Update: Sixty passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Ecstasy were injured when the crusie ship listed at sea.

Sixty passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Ecstasy were injured on April 21, 2010 when the passenger ship listed at sea off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

The ship perform a severe maneuver allegedly to avoid a large buoy that "was adrift and mostly submerged, thereby preventing it from being detected by the ship's radar."  It is unclear why the buoy was not seen by the crew prior to the pint where an emergency turn was required, causing the list.  It is also unclear why the ship was designed such that such a severe listing could occur through steering input, given the high risk of injury from severe listing.

Similar to the Crown Princess cruise ship listing accident several years ago, pools emptied and debris became airborne as the boat began to severely heel.Passengers lost their foot or were otherwise thrown to the low side of the ship, suffering injuries ranging from bruising to more serious injuries. 

Traverse Legal's cruise ship attorneys represented the largest number of Crown Princess passengers in the 2007 listing accident.