Carnival Fined over documents, notification - two ships turned away

[scejas]

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- Carnival Cruise Lines was fined 65-thousand dollars. Two of its ships were turned away from St. Thomas and San Juan, Puerto Rico, today due to a computer glitch, the Coast Guard says.

 

Miami-based Carnival also allegedly failed to notify officials in advance of their arrival.

 

The Coast Guard says the Carnival Glory was delayed from docking in St. Thomas for four hours. Carnival was fined 32,500 dollars because it hadn't sent Coast Guard officials documents listing names of passengers and crew. They also hadn't sent the ship's last five ports of call.

 

Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said the computer system, which normally sends out the documents several days ahead of time, had broken down.

 

[tumeroll]

Typical 2005 response - blame it on the computer.

[MrPete]

What was the other ship?:confused:

[Laurab23]

I read that it was the Victory.

 

Laura

[derf5585]

Carnival Cruise Lines fined over documents, notification

from

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/11894537.htm

[mc'smom]

Derf5585

 

You never cease to amaze me !

 

Always on top of things ! :)

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info !

[MrPete]

:) Google is a Derf's best friend:)

[derf5585]

:) Google is a Derf's best friend:)

 

First I went to http://www.cnn.com and searched for "Carnival" nothing. Then I went to http://www.yahoo.com and searched the news tab and bingo

 

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[serene56]

http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050614/APN/506141198

 

Two ships-- Glory and the Victory-

 

I wonder if passengers got money back because of the waiting.