COPENHAGEN–The Norwegian cruise ship MS Maud suffered an influence outage after a rogue wave shattered home windows on the bridge whereas it sailed within the North Sea, inflicting the vessel to lose its means to navigate, Danish authorities and the ship’s proprietor stated on Thursday.
The 266 passengers and 131 crew members have been protected, in line with the Danish Joint Rescue Coordination Centre.
“There isn’t a energy on the ship. The principle engine is functioning however the navigation techniques and radars are usually not,” a spokesperson for the middle, which is answerable for coordinating search and rescue operations, stated.
Whereas crusing roughly 200 kilometers (120 miles) off Denmark’s west coast and roughly 330 kilometers off Britain’s east coast, sturdy winds blasted home windows on the vessel’s bridge, permitting water to enter and leading to an influence failure on the bridge, the middle stated.
The ship, which belongs to cruise firm HX, a unit of Norway’s Hurtigruten Group, left Floroe in Norway on Thursday and was as a result of arrive in Tilbury within the UK on Friday.
“Earlier this afternoon, December 21, MS Maud reported a short lived lack of energy after encountering a rogue wave,” Hurtigruten stated in an emailed assertion.
“Presently, the ship has confirmed that no critical passenger or crew accidents have been sustained on account of the incident and the situation of the ship stays steady,” it stated.
A towage vessel from the civil rescue firm Esvagt was scheduled to reach on the ship round 2230 GMT.
The ship is presently being steered manually from the engine room however can not navigate. Esvagt help vessels had arrived to assist the ship navigate till the ship could possibly be towed to port.
“I don’t suppose there’s any hazard to the ship now. If the captain thought so, he would have requested to be evacuated which he hasn’t,” the rescue heart spokesperson stated.
The realm was hit by a storm late on Thursday, with hurricane-force gusts blowing from the northwest that have been forecast to proceed on Friday, the Danish Meteorological Institute stated.
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