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Korea’s first cruise company sets sail
South Korea’s first cruise company, Harmony Cruise, has been set up by dry bulk shipowner Polaris Shipping. The company purchased
25,558gt Costa Marina from Costa Cruises late last year. Renamed Club Harmony, it was scheduled to begin sailing South Korea-Japan routes on 16 February. V Ships Leisure has been hired as technical and hotel operation manager. The 176m-long vessel will initially sail three- and
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigation report into a power blackout on board Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 in September 2010 has highlighted a number of safety lessons.
At 0425 on 23 September
2010 as Queen Mary 2 was approaching Barcelona, a loud explosion was heard from the direction of the aft main switchboard (MSB). Within a few seconds, all four of the podded propulsion motors shut down. A few seconds later, the vessel suffered an electrical blackout. Thick black smoke was seen coming from the aft MSB room. Fortunately, the vessel was clear of navigational hazards and no-one was injured. By 0439 the crew confirmed that the explosion had taken place in the aft harmonic filter (HF) which was situated
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From bulkers to cruise ships, Polaris's new Club Harmony
four-night cruises out of Pusan to Nagasaki, Fukuoka and Kagoshima. Longer term, cruises to China and Russia are on the drawing board. The ship will carry mainly Korean, Japanese and Chinese passengers.
MAIB reports capacitor failed on QM2
in a compartment next to the aft MSB room. The aft HF and MSB were isolated from the rest of the 11,000V electrical network. Some electrical power supplies were restored and by 0523 QM2 was underway using two propulsion motors powered from the forward MSB. Subsequent inspection of the aft HF revealed that one of its capacitors had failed catastrophically due to internal over-pressure and another had developed a severe bulge. The vessel had a history of such HF capacitor failures, averaging one a year.
Although the exact cause of the capacitor failures could not be determined, it was concluded that capacitor degradation was probably caused by a combination of transient high voltage spikes due to frequent switching operations ›››
in brief
• Passat Kreuzfahrten will begin operations with Delphin sailing from Venice in April 2012 following a major refurbishment at the Viktor Lenac shipyard in Croatia.
• CMA CGM has conceded ownership of Compagnie du Ponant to its parent company, Merit, in line with its strategic refocusing on its core business.
• Cunard Line has transferred its fleet to the Bermuda flag and can offer weddings at sea for the first time in its 171-year history.
• Select Voyages, part of Euro Shipping which belongs to Van Meegen Holding, declared insolvency after four of the six ships – Switzerland, My Story, Serenade I, Serenity, Serenade 2 and Royal Crown – were arrested on behalf of ABN Amro.
• Fincantieri’s Palermo yard will refit and refurbish Bleu de France prior to its renaming as Saga’s Saga Sapphire. Work began in November and its inaugural voyage from Southampton will be on 26 March 2012.
• Costa Cruises’ Costa Voyager began sailing in its new colours on 20 November following a €2.5 million renovation at the San Giorgio shipyard, Genoa.
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