Mariner of the Sea hit by another Ship in port at Grand Bahama Island

[mattnorris75]

I’m currently on board Mariner in an aft facing cabin. Our itinerary changed from a sea day to having today at Grand Bahama Island for maintenance. We are alongside the main dock. 
 

Just watched a smaller cargo ship, Tropic Freedom, come alongside the edge of the wharf at a good speed, hit the concrete edge of the wharf and then crashed right into our stern. It is now lodged into Mariner. 
 

From Deck 7 I can see a hole in the railing on deck 5 where the bridge wing of the other ship has cut into us. It made a mighty noise and a big shudder. Not sure how much damage is below below deck 5.

 

Captain has announced all is ok and will give us updates. At this stage the other ship is still stuck in us with a tug boat keeping it in place. Pilot boats around and lots of activity. Will update when we hear further. 

[Itchy&Scratchy]

wow, that's crazy!

[soremekun]

Ship mating season.  Just take the children inside for a bit.

[Ukigirl]

Yikes, all does not look ok!

[SECdawg]

We are scheduled to go on Mariner in 25 days. I will be following closely!

Thanks

[AshleyDillo]

I suppose they will now need a bit more maintenance.

[GTO-Girl]

We are supposed to board her on the 7th going to the ABC islands!!!!😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[puppycanducruise]

WOW!

Thanks for the pictures.

[RFerrington]

11 minutes ago, Ukigirl said:

Yikes, all does not look ok!

It sure doesn't !

[AshleyDillo]

13 minutes ago, Ukigirl said:

Yikes, all does not look ok!

 

It will buff out 😂

 

Glad to hear that everyone is okay, though!

[pstone1]

9 minutes ago, GTO-Girl said:

We are supposed to board her on the 7th going to the ABC islands!!!!😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Yep, us too!  😳😳😳

[OTownNick]

Darn it. I’m boarding Saturday for a B2B. Freeport is cursed.!!! Im convinced. 

[SargassoPirate]

I'm flying Friday to board on Saturday.  This don't look good.  Keep us posted!

[relic937]

Looks from the pictures that it peeled back the skin on the cargo ship. 
doesn't look good for Mariner!

 

[EntropyGuardian]

Can just go ahead and install an aquatheater in the hole and raise prices for the rest of the saling.

[twangster]

Is that the Carnival Tropic Freedom?  🤣

[mattnorris75]

Ok so they have pulled the smaller ship out of our stern. Their bridge wing suffered good damage which is what cause the hole in our deck 5. 
 

Still not sure if we have any other damage other than the deck 5 railing area. But at least now they can investigate it fully. 
 

No further updates as to any changes in itinerary but will advise.  

[zeroed]

11 minutes ago, twangster said:

Is that the Carnival Tropic Freedom?  🤣

No, it’s not rusty enough. 

[trisha1165]

I'm booked for 4/28/22! 😟

 

 

[SargassoPirate]

Thanks for the update, Matt.

[twangster]

Looks like the one guy is on his cell phone...

 

"Hey boss, remember that memo about no f-ups?  Can we start that tomorrow?"

[AshleyDillo]

4 minutes ago, trisha1165 said:

I'm booked for 4/28/22! 😟

 

Ditto.  They just sent out an itinerary update adding Grand Bahamas Island back to our itinerary today, replacing our only Sea Day, too.  Stated due to regularly scheduled ship maintenance...so I guess they weren't wrong.

[Sam Ting]

48 minutes ago, GTO-Girl said:

We are supposed to board her on the 7th going to the ABC islands!!!!😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Unfortunately i think you should start making back up plans….

[mattnorris75]

11 minutes ago, Sam Ting said:

Unfortunately i think you should start making back up plans….

I don’t think people should make back up plans!! There is a team of people working hard on this already and I am sure Royal would be doing everything to have this inspected and repaired in the absolute shortest time possible. I am on a BTB at the end of this cruise and I have no concerns. I trust Royal and am sure it will all be fine. We are in the right spot for any maintenance to be done and get this fixed in the shortest stone possible. 

[FamilyCruiserUK]

Looking at the damage i would say it is not structural and will be fine for rhe upcoming cruises. Rcl will work on making the area safe and repair at sea. 

 

However that is only the damage we can see, may be more damage out of shot. But it will be fine for sailings i think