By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen
COPENHAGEN, Dec 21 (Reuters) – The Norwegian cruise ship MS Maud suffered an influence outage after a rogue wave shattered home windows on the bridge whereas it sailed within the North Sea, inflicting the vessel to lose its capability to navigate, Danish authorities and the ship’s proprietor stated on Thursday.
The 266 passengers and 131 crew members have been secure, and authorities aimed to start towing the vessel to a Danish port round 2230 GMT, stated a spokesperson from the Danish Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, which is accountable for coordinating search and rescue operations.
The ship, which belongs to cruise firm HX, a unit of Norway’s Hurtigruten Group, was crusing from Floroe in Norway to Tilbury within the UK.
“Earlier this afternoon, December 21, MS Maud reported a short lived lack of energy after encountering a rogue wave,” Hurtigruten stated in an emailed assertion.
“At the moment, the ship has confirmed that no critical passenger or crew accidents have been sustained because of the incident and the situation of the ship stays secure,” it stated.
Whereas crusing roughly 200 kilometers off Denmark’s west coast and roughly 330 kilometers off Britain’s east coast, sturdy winds blasted home windows on the bridge of the vessel, permitting water to enter which resulted in an influence failure on the bridge, the Danish Joint Rescue Coordination Centresaid.
The ship is at the moment being steered manually from the engine room however can’t navigate. Civil rescue vessels had arrived to assist the ship navigate till the ship may very well be towed to port.
“The scenario is beneath management,” the spokesperson stated.
The world was hit by a storm late on Thursday with hurricane-force gusts blowing from the northwest that have been forecast to proceed on Friday, the Danish Meteorological Institute stated.
(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-PedersenEditing by Chris Reese, Josie Kao and Deepa Babington)
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