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Carnival Cruise Lines Fined!
Hi Everyone,
I saw this Associated Press article and I thought it may be of interest. http://tinyurl.com/72pfj If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are archived on my web site. Best regards, Ray LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL 800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905 http://www.lighthousetravel.com |
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Ray Goldenberg wrote: Hi Everyone, I saw this Associated Press article and I thought it may be of interest. Carnival Cruise Lines fined over documents, notification The Associated Press CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands Carnival Cruise Lines was fined $65,000 and two of its ships were turned away from St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Tuesday due to a computer glitch, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Miami-based Carnival also allegedly failed to notify officials in advance of their arrival. The Carnival Glory was delayed from docking in St. Thomas for four hours and Carnival was fined $32,500 because it hadn't sent Coast Guard officials documents listing names of passengers and crew, along with the ship's last five ports of call, said Lt. Eric Willis, a Coast Guard spokesman. Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said the computer system, which normally sends out the documents several days ahead of time, had broken down. He said it had since been repaired and Glory's 3,500 passengers would be given extra time in St. Thomas to make up for the delay. The 950-foot ship arriving from Nassau, Bahamas, was ordered back to international waters - 12 miles out to sea - until Coast Guard officials could examine the security documents, Willis said. The ship was due to arrive in the U.S. Caribbean territory at 9 a.m. but did not dock until after 1 p.m. Carnival was fined another $32,500 when its ship Victory failed to notify the Coast Guard within 24 hours of its scheduled 5 p.m. arrival in San Juan, Willis said. Coast Guard officials examined the Victory's documents to determine everything was in order, he said. Neither Gulliksen nor Willis could immediately say if the computer breakdown had affected other Carnival ships entering U.S. ports. --- |
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:15:18 -0400, Temporarily Insane wrote:
Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said the computer system, which normally sends out the documents several days ahead of time, had broken down. He said it had since been repaired and Glory's 3,500 passengers would be given extra time in St. Thomas to make up for the delay. A lie or a massive screwup. Or both. They have redundancy built in. -- http://www.no2id.net/content/flash02.html |
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