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Cruise ship suffered fire in galley
A fire broke out aboard the 'Island Princess' on the morning of July 15, 2025, one day after the vessel departed from New York City. At 6:00 a.m. Halifax time, a general alert sounded on the ship. A few minutes later, the captain announced that there was a fire in the galley on Deck 12. At 6:20 am, the captain said that crew members were putting the fire out with extinguishers and foam and that there was no concern for passengers. At 6.335 a.m. the Captain announced that the fire was out, but another team was going to the area to make sure the fire was completely out. At 7:10 a.m. the crew was told to stand down. The ship was on time to arrive in Halifax on the morning of July 16. The 'Island Princess' was on an 18-night cruise to Greenland and Canada from New York City, calling at Halifax, Sydney, St. Johns, Nanortalik, Qaqortoq, Paamiut and Nuuk. The cruise will also have 10 sea days and return to New York on Aug 1.
SA crew disembarked in Cape Town
The 'Crown Princess' and the 'Island Princess' arrived in Cape Town on May 16, 2020. The 'Crown Princess' brought 2139 crew members, of which 30 were South African. The ship has used by the owners to repatriate crews stranded aboard their vessels and is due to proceed to other international ports in order to disembark other crew members. The vessel disembarked SA crew and SA medical team in Cape Town, who have been on-board the vessel for some time and required to be relieved by a fresh crew. All South African Crew disembarked and special permission was granted for a fresh medical team to embark to allow for the vessel to meet safe manning requirements before it can proceed to another port. The disembarked crew was subjected to the local COVID-19 regulations and will quarantine for 14 days before they can proceed to join their families. The vessel also took bunkers and supplies, before it sailed on May 16. The 'Island Princess' also arrived in Cape Town on the May 16 with 1416 crew, of which 62 were South African. The vessel will disembark the South African crew before leaving Cape Town.
Medevac off Hinchinbrook Island
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew, forward deployed to Cordova hoisted a passenger of the "Island Princes" near Hinchinbrook Island, Alaska, on Sep 4, 2019. At 10:13 a.m., Anchorage Command Center personnel received a medevac request from the cruise ship, reporting a 55-year-old female passenger was suffering symptoms of a stroke. A MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely hoisted the passenger and the ship’s nurse were taken to Cordova for a wing-to-wing transfer with a Guardian Flight team, who then transferred the patient to Anchorage for further medical care.
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