Carnival Triumph

Carnival Triumph at Half Moon Cay.
History
Name: Carnival Triumph
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registry:  Bahamas, Nassau
Builder:
Cost: US$420 million
Yard number: 5979[1]
Launched: July 1, 1999
Christened: Madeline Arison
Completed: 1999
Maiden voyage: 1999
In service: October 1999 – February 14, 2013, June 13, 2013 – present
Out of service: February 14, 2013 - June 13, 2013
Identification:
Status: In service[2]
Notes: [3][4][5][6]
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Destiny/Triumph-class cruise ship
Tonnage:
  • 101,509 GT
  • 10,984 DWT
Length: 893 ft 4 in (272.3 m)
Beam: 116 ft 6 in (35.5 m)
Draft: 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m)
Decks: 13 decks
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) (max)
Capacity: 3,143 passengers
Crew: 1,100
Notes: [3]

Carnival Triumph is the second of the five member Destiny-class of cruise ships. As she and her three younger sisters are each a modified version of the lead ship in the class. She is sometimes referred to as the first of the Triumph-class of cruise ships. Along with her sisters Carnival Sunshine and Carnival Victory, she is operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Carnival Triumph is home ported in New Orleans as of April 2016, joining Carnival Dream and replacing Carnival Elation.

Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was floated out on October 23, 1999, and christened by Madeline Arison,[7] wife of Micky Arison, the then CEO of Carnival Cruise Line.[8] She came to media attention in 2013 when an engine room fire stranded her at sea for several days with a loss of power that crippled not only her propulsion, but also support systems.

Design

Carnival Triumph is 893 feet 4 inches (272.3 m) long and has a beam of 116 feet 6 inches (35.5 m). Fully laden, she draws 27 feet 3 inches (8.3 m) of water. The vessel's gross tonnage, which is a measure of volume and not of weight, is 101,509.[1]

Carnival Triumph has a "Great Cities of the World" theme. Her amenities include the Paris Dining Room, the London Dining Room, the Rome Lounge, Club Rio featuring music, and a workout center and the Spa Carnival. She is structurally identical to her sister ship, Carnival Victory, and differs from her class's namesake, Carnival Destiny, by the addition of extra balcony cabins on the lido deck and various changes to placement and shapes of her public areas.

The ship has one of the first seagoing mobile phone systems, called "Cellular at Sea", provided by WMS (Wireless Maritime Services), a joint venture of AT&T and MTN (Maritime Telecommunications Network). It allows guests to use their personal cell phones to make calls directly from the ship at any time, albeit at extra cost.[9]

Like most modern cruise ships, Carnival Triumph has a diesel-electric propulsion system in which the main generators provide electricity for all shipboard consumers from propulsion motors to hotel systems such as air conditioning and lighting. Her power plant consists of six diesel generating sets, four 16-cylinder Wärtsilä-Sulzer 16ZAV40S and two 12-cylinder 12ZAV40S medium-speed diesel engines. Her two 17.6-megawatt electric propulsion motors and controllable pitch propellers give the ship a maximum speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) and a service speed of about 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). For maneuvering at ports, Carnival Triumph has six transverse thrusters.[10][11] She was completed and entered service in 1999.

Ports of call

Carnival Triumph sails four and five-day voyages from New Orleans to the western Caribbean. In February, March, October, November (2015) and January (2016) she will be operating 10-12 day cruises to the Caribbean from Galveston and San Juan.[12]

In March 2016, Triumph will be replaced in Galveston by Carnival Liberty. Carnival Cruise Lines has announced that as of April 2016 New Orleans will be the new home port for Triumph.[13]

Incidents and accidents

2012 seizure in Galveston

On March 29, 2012, a judge ordered the ship to be held in Galveston. The move came as part of a $10 million lawsuit filed in federal court in Galveston by relatives of a German tourist who died in the Costa Concordia disaster. Reports say that the warrant ordering the ship held in port states that "the court finds that the conditions for an attachment of defendants' joint and collective property within this district, mainly the MS Carnival Triumph, appear to exist upon an admiralty and maritime claim." Carnival Triumph was allowed to unload passengers and cargo and move between berths until a hearing could be scheduled.[14]

2013 engine room fire

The Coast Guard cutter USCGC Vigorous stands by to assist Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico on Feb. 11, 2013.

On Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 5:30 a.m. CST, the ship suffered a fire in the aft engine room. Although the fire was automatically extinguished and there were no injuries to passengers or crew, it resulted in a loss of power and propulsion. To make matters worse, raw sewage began to back up into passenger deck areas, creating a major health hazard. This caused the media to dub the event "The Poop Cruise."[15] While the emergency generator was providing some power, the ship was left adrift about 150 miles off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. Carnival Triumph was originally expected to be towed to the Mexican port of Progreso.[16][17] However, after being carried north by currents while awaiting arrival of large, seagoing tugboats, she was expected to dock in Mobile, Alabama, instead. This was the fourth engine room fire on a Carnival-owned ship resulting in a loss of power, including Tropicale in 1999, Carnival Splendor in 2010, and Costa Allegra, owned by a Carnival subsidiary, in 2012.[18]

By February 11, 2013, her emergency electrical generators allowed partial restoration of some shipboard functions. During the night of February 10, supplies were transferred from Carnival Elation. Carnival Legend was en route from Tampa and arrived on the scene around 3 p.m. on the afternoon of February 11 to complete a transfer of food and water and to take on a patient in need of dialysis for transport to Cozumel.[19] Carnival Conquest en route to Montego Bay, Jamaica from New Orleans stopped and delivered food and supplies during the afternoon and early evening on February 11, 2013.

A Coast Guard helicopter delivers approximately 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) of equipment, which included a generator and electrical cables, to the Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico, February 13, 2013.

Sailings through April 13 were canceled, after which Carnival announced the first phase of a fleetwide review, to include installation of back-up generator systems on the line's ships. To allow time for the generators to be installed aboard the Carnival Triumph, ten more voyages were cancelled, through June 3. On the afternoon of February 13, two seagoing tugboats were towing the ship, with a third tugboat expected to arrive that evening. The goal was to reach port in Mobile by early afternoon on February 14, but strong winds delayed the expected arrival. Eventually, four tugboats were towing the ship, with a fifth on standby. After a tow line broke, arrival was delayed still further.[20][21][22][23] The ship finally docked by 9:20 p.m.[24][25]

An incident investigation was then started by the Bahamas Maritime Authority, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the National Transportation Safety Board. The Bahamas Maritime Authority was the lead investigative agency, because Carnival Triumph is a Bahamian-flagged ship.[26][27] Initial reports from investigators on February 18 indicated the fire was caused by a leak in a flexible fuel oil return line from the No. 6 diesel engine, allowing fuel to spill onto a hot surface and ignite.[28]

Two weeks prior to the engine room fire, Carnival Triumph experienced propulsion issues that caused it to be five hours late returning to its Galveston home port on January 28, 2013, delayed the ship's departure for its next cruise from 2:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. that night, and resulted in the elimination of a scheduled stop in Cozumel because of the ship's diminished cruising speed.[29] While in port, a Port State Control (PSC) vessel inspection by the Texas City, Texas, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit was conducted, resulting in a finding that there was "a short in the high voltage connection box of one of the ships [sic] generators causing damage to cables within the connection box", a deficiency under 50AC SOLAS 2009 Ch 1 Reg 11.[30] A directive with a compliance due date of February 27, 2013 was issued following the inspection, requiring that "the condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the regulations to ensure that the ship in all respects will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board." The Coast Guard Marine Information Safety and Law Enforcement System showed that this deficiency remained unresolved at the time of the subsequent fire and loss of power while at sea on February 10.[30][31]

2013 mooring accident in Mobile, Alabama

On April 3, 2013, while Carnival Triumph was docked in Mobile, Alabama for repairs following the February 10 fire, strong winds caused the ship to break free from her moorings and strike a moored United States Army Corps of Engineers vessel, the Dredge Wheeler, sustaining a 20 ft (6.1 m) gash and railing damage on her stern above the water line before coming to rest against a cargo ship. The U.S. Coast Guard and tug boats responded on the scene. Two workers were in a guard shack on a 65-foot section of dock that also collapsed during the high winds. One was rescued from the water and hospitalized, but the other was recovered dead nine days later. Repairs for the ship were then delayed by ten days, causing cancellation of two more cruises before the ship service on June 13, 2013.[32][33][34][35]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Carnival Triumph (9138850)". Ships In Class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved 2013-02-14. (subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ Karedes, Drew. "Carnival Triumph back in Galveston, first two voyages sold out". KHOU. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
  4. ↑ "Carnival Triumph". All About Cruises. Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  5. ↑ "Carnival Triumph (495593)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard.
  6. ↑ "Carnival Triumph (IMO: 9138850)". VesselTracker. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  7. ↑ Smith 2010, p. 51.
  8. ↑ Heald, John (December 3, 2012). "A Cycle of Godmothers". John Heald's Blog. John Heald. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Guest Services". WMS. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  10. ↑ Carnival Triumph. Maritime News, 31 July 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
  11. ↑ Cudahy, B.J. (2001). The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America. Centreville, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780870335297.
  12. ↑ "Carnival Cruise Lines to Expand Capacity in New Orleans by 34 Percent With Deployment of Carnival Triumph in Nov. 2009". Carnival Cruise Lines. 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  13. ↑ "Carnival Cruise Lines News". Carnival Cruise Lines News. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  14. ↑ Calkins, Laurel Brubaker (2012-03-30). "Carnival Cruise Ship Ordered Held in Texas in Shipwreck Suit". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  15. ↑ "CNN Exclusive: Carnival knew of fire danger before cruise, documents show".
  16. ↑ Newcomb, Alyssa (February 10, 2013). "Carnival Cruise Ship Stranded Near Mexico". ABC News. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  17. ↑ Sloan, Gene (February 10, 2013). "Carnival cruise ship on emergency power after fire". USA Today. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Cruise Ship Fires & Explosions". Cruise Ship Fires. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  19. ↑ Askin, Dan. "Update: Some Power Restored to Carnival Cruise Ship Still Adrift". Cruise Critic.
  20. ↑ Sampson, Hannah (13 February 2013). "With third tug helping fire-damaged ship, Carnival Triumph declared out of commission through mid-April". The Miami Herald.
  21. ↑ Heald, John: Carnival's Senior Cruise Director. "John Heald's blog".
  22. ↑ Mark Morgenstein; Ben Brumfield; Mike Pearson (February 13, 2013). "Supplies reach befouled cruise ship in Gulf of Mexico". CNN.
  23. ↑ Saltzman, Dori (February 13, 2013). "Update: Towline Repaired, Carnival Triumph Underway Again". Cruise Critic.
  24. ↑ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (February 14, 2013). "Carnival Triumph, crippled cruise ship, finally reaches port". Los Angeles Times.
  25. ↑ Gene Sloan; Jason Blakeney; Jayne Clark; Gary Strauss (February 15, 2013). "Disabled Carnival Triumph reached port late Thursday, but passengers still have long wait". USA Today.
  26. ↑ Seiger, Theresa (February 13, 2013). "Federal officials investigating Mobile-bound Carnival Triumph engine room fire". Alabama Media Group.
  27. ↑ "U.S. Coast Guard, NTSB launch investigation on the Carnival Triumph engine fire". United States Coast Guard. February 12, 2013.
  28. ↑ Hannah Sampson (2013-02-18). "U.S. Coast Guard: Carnival Triumph fire sparked by fuel leak". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 2013-02-19.
  29. ↑ "Triumph Propulsion Problems". Carnival Funville Forum. Carnival Cruise Lines. January 28, 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015.
  30. 1 2 "Summary of Coast Guard Contacts, Activity #4523900 (Vessel Inspection/PSC)". United States Coast Guard. January 28, 2013. (Click the "Submit" button to view the Coast Guard contact summary).
  31. ↑ "U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City". United States Coast Guard.
  32. ↑ "Carnival Triumph cruise ship breaks free from moorings". WRCBtv. April 3, 2013.
  33. ↑ Sloan, Gene (April 4, 2013). "Latest incident leaves Carnival ship with 20-foot gash". USA Today.
  34. ↑ "Carnival Triumph heads to Freeport for final repairs". South Florida Business Journal. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  35. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01nPplXC_U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01nPplXC_U

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