![]() ![]() Meantime, a press release from Turks and Caicos Islands government said after the Department of Disaster Management and Emergencies (DDME) was notified of the incident, Deputy Governor Anya Williams along with the Acting Director of DDME and TCI Regiment, visited Grand Turk to assess the situation.Ī meeting was convened with the Carnival Terminal Management Team and was co-chaired by Deputy Governor and Otis Morris, Minister of Home Affairs, Transportation and Communication. Carnival apologized to all those guests who are impacted and offered special thanks to the crew who handled the situation on the ship effectively and according to safety protocols." ![]() Guests booked on the impacted sailings on Carnival Conquest and Carnival Freedom voyages have been notified of these changes. The May 28 departure of Carnival Freedom from Port Canaveral has been cancelled. "Once guests are transferred from Carnival Freedom, the ship will proceed to Freeport for a repair to the funnel. Carnival Conquest will then return to Miami, and her May 30 departure will be shortened by one day, with guests embarking on May 31," the cruise line said. Carnival Conquest will arrive to Grand Turk on Saturday, May 28 and guests aboard Carnival Freedom will transfer to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back to Port Canaveral, arriving on Monday, May 30. Carnival Conquest’s next cruise, departing May 27 from Miami has been cancelled and that ship will be deployed to Grand Turk to transport Freedom guests back to Port Canaveral. "There are 2504 guests and 972 crew on board. The statement said while the majority of Carnival Freedom’s guests went ashore in Grand Turk on Thursday following the fire, Carnival’s technical team completed an initial assessment of the funnel and related features, and the shoreside team completed a plan to get guests back to Port Canaveral. The company says it will also waive additional port parking fees and reimburse for independent air expenses up to $200 per person.A fire inside the funnel of cruise ship Carnival Freedom which was docked in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, on Thursday, May 27th, 2022, was extinguished by the ship's emergency response team, with no injuries to passengers or crew.Ī press statement from the Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines said "All guests and crew are safe, and all other ship, hotel, and guest services, along with safety equipment are fully functioning". Carnival says that once everyone is brought on board, the ship will sail Saturday evening and arrive at Port Canaveral on Monday.Ĭarnival is giving passengers a $100 onboard credit, extending the beverage and Wi-Fi packages for those who bought them, and giving everyone a 50% future cruise credit. “In order to get you home as soon as possible, we have made arrangements to send Carnival Conquest to Grand Turk to sail back to Port Canaveral,” Carnival said.Ĭonquest is Freedom’s sister ship. On Thursday Carnival sent a letter to guests onboard the Freedom, notifying them that the ship would have to make repairs in Grand Bahama and would not return to Port Canaveral. The ship was due to return to the port on Saturday, May 28. Records show that ship departed from Port Canaveral on May 23. The company later confirmed that Freedom caught fire. One poster identified the ship as the Carnival Freedom. See video of the fire in the player below: Pictures posted to Twitter show smoke and flames coming from the right fin of the ship’s smokestack. Carnival Freedom left Port Canaveral on Monday on a five-day cruise.” Matt Lupoli, Senior Manager of Public Relations, Carnival Cruise Line All guests and crew are safe, and the ship’s guests were cleared by local authorities to go ashore. “Carnival Freedom’s emergency response team quickly activated and extinguished a fire inside the ship’s funnel while the ship was in Grand Turk. News 6 reached out to Carnival Cruise Line for comment and the following statement was released: Now Carnival is sending another cruise ship to pick up stranded passengers and bring them back to Port Canaveral, which means a delay in getting home. Flames erupted from the smokestack of a Carnival cruise ship as it was docking Thursday morning in Grand Turk, according to the cruise line.
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