Pacific princess hit breakwater In port nice

Hi everyone.

Just found this article.

http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2016/10/articles/collisions/pacific-princess-hits-breakwater-at-port-of-nice/index.html

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A passenger on the October 16th sailing out of Barcelona received an email saying that cruise has been cancelled.

I wonder if the following cruise out of Civatavecchia (sp?) on October 28th will be cancelled?

Most likely not unless they dry dock it. Welding repairs can be made under water. Most likely it will go to drydock in Italy.

Onboard the Pacific Princess, and a great blog to follow in general:

http://pescadoamarillo.blogspot.com/?m=1

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A passenger on the October 16th sailing out of Barcelona received an email saying that cruise has been cancelled.

 

I wonder if the following cruise out of Civatavecchia (sp?) on October 28th will be cancelled?

I hope not. We are on that 12 day cruise with you and also the following 12 day cruise from Venice. We have our fingers crossed!

John & Patsy

Onboard the Pacific Princess, and a great blog to follow in general:

 

http://pescadoamarillo.blogspot.com/?m=1

 

 

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Yes, I've been following along on her blog. I can't wait to read what she reports about this incident.

We're on the 12-day cruise beginning on Nov. 9th, with two non-refundable overnights already booked in Venice pre-cruise, so I sure hope our cruise happens. A lot of people like us are going to be waiting for the decisions that will be made. Hopefully Princess decides that the ship is not too old and small to be worth fixing. Thanks to the person who began this strand and to others who can provide new information.

To OP that should be 'Nice' - I am sure it was not very nice :D

Thak God every one is fine. More info here

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2198812&page=11 at the end of the thread.

Hi everyone.

Just found this article.

http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2016/10/articles/collisions/pacific-princess-hits-breakwater-at-port-of-nice/index.html

I hope the damage is not too serious.

Thak God every one is fine. More info here

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2198812&page=11 at the end of the thread.

If I am understanding the Roll Call thread right, the next cruise is canceled?

If I am understanding the Roll Call thread right, the next cruise is canceled?

Yes. The October 16th cruise Barcelona - Rome has been cancelled.

Do I assume correctly that the harbor pilot would have been in control of the ship?

Princess is handling things right.

Princess will provide a full refund and future cruise credit for the affected sailing. It also will cover transportation and accommodations for passengers through October 16, when the cruise was originally scheduled to conclude.

I hope not. We are on that 12 day cruise with you and also the following 12 day cruise from Venice. We have our fingers crossed!

 

John & Patsy

That sucks you wait a long for the cruise planning everything, and then it gets cancelled :(. I hope it works out not just for you but all that have booked already.

Maybe I go back to sleep. I didn’t want to hear this when I woke this morn. We are supposed to begin winging our way to Venice on Nov. 17th in order to board the Pacific Princess on Nov. 22 for a three weeker.

Do I assume correctly that the harbor pilot would have been in control of the ship?

No. The harbor pilot advises but the captain continues to command the ship. The only exception I know about is the Panama Canal where the canal pilots do take the controls.

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Thak God every one is fine. More info here

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2198812&page=11 at the end of the thread.

Thanks for that link. PescadoAmarillo has posted on that thread.

Princess is handling things right.

 

Princess will provide a full refund and future cruise credit for the affected sailing. It also will cover transportation and accommodations for passengers through October 16, when the cruise was originally scheduled to conclude.

What is Princess doing for the PAX who were on this sailing and the 10/16, which is canceled and are on the cruise after that one? (PAX doing B2B2B)?

Just read 28th October cruise is cancelled.

Oops poster of that got it wrong he was on the 16th to 28th cruise he forgot to put 16th up and just put 28th so fingers crossed for those sailing on that one.

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Do I assume correctly that the harbor pilot would have been in control of the ship?

The harbor pilot is never in charge of the ship. He is on board to advise the captain. The captain is in charge at all times.

Just read 28th October cruise is cancelled.

 

 

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Oh my! What a mess.

Oh my! What a mess.

See my updated post on that the poster/cruiser got dates wrong or miss typed dates he was actually on 16th to 28th but just put up 28th.

Fingers crossed for those leaving on 28th.

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No. The harbor pilot advises but the captain continues to command the ship. The only exception I know about is the Panama Canal where the canal pilots do take the controls.

 

 

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The Panama Canal pilots do not "take the controls" if you mean actually steering/handling the ship. Neither does the Captain, except for the actual close docking from the wings. As a third party, the Canal pilots are not authorized to operate any ship's equipment, so the normal bridge crew of two officers of the watch and a helmsman will take the pilot's commands and move the helm or signal on the engine telegraph. Pilots have to ask permission even before changing the range display on the radars.

The other location where the Captain relinquishes command is entering/leaving drydock. In both drydock and the Panama Canal, the shipyard or Canal Authority take financial responsibility for the ship, so they are allowed to command.

That must have been a nasty shock to everybody!