Carnival Triumph
Carnival Triumph on the Hudson River in New York
Lloyd 's Register of Shipping
IMO no. 9192387
The Carnival Triumph is a post -Panamax cruise ship in the U.S. shipping company Carnival Cruise Lines. It is based on the Carnival Destiny and is run as a type of ship Triumph class. The ship has eight penthouses, 40 suites and 428 cabins with balconies. In addition there are 326 outside cabins without balcony, 519 inside cabins and 540 cabins for the crew.
History
Construction and commissioning
The Carnival Triumph was laid in 1998 on the Italian Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone on Kiel and delivered to Carnival Cruise Lines in July 1999. After the baptism by Madeleine Arison, the ship left for its first cruise on 27 July 1999.
Areas of application
The Carnival Triumph is used by different base ports on the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Atlantic coast on routes in the western and eastern Caribbean.
Incidents
The ship had been seized as security for damages to the company by U.S. authorities on 30 March 2012 in the short term in the port of Galveston. The demand was based on the wreck of the Costa Concordia, Costa Crociere, a subsidiary of Carnival Cruise Lines heard. The Carnival Triumph was allowed, after the parties had agreed, shortly after leaving the port again.
During a four-day cruise in the Gulf of Mexico erupted on February 10, 2013 in the rear of the engine rooms of Carnival Triumph a fire out. At this time the ship was 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew members on board about 240 miles off the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula. Although the fire could be extinguished by the on-board systems, fell from the main power supply and drives. The main board systems could be operated via the emergency power supply on.
In addition to the tractors ' Resolve Pioneer "and" Dabhol " until in the afternoon, the " Carnival Elation "and" Carnival Legend " the wrecked ship and provided support. After the sanitary facilities and the power supply partially could be put into operation again, saw first before planning to tow the ship to be repaired in Progreso de Castro.
Since the Carnival Triumph was driven off by strong currents about 160 kilometers to the north, it was decided the ship with the help of another tractor in the port of Mobile ( Alabama) to bring. After the tow lines were repeatedly broken by flow and strong wind, the tow reached until the evening of February 14 the port of Mobile. On the morning of February 15 passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph could go. In order to assess the damage caused and to fix the ship was hauled later to the shipyard BAE Southeast Shipyards. The shipping company said anyone traveling from the ship until mid-April 2013. The cause of the fire was due to the rupture of a fuel pipeline in the area of machine unit 6. Leaking fuel oil had kindled there on hot components.
When the repair work at the shipyard, the Carnival Triumph on his own, drove several hours in port, damaged other vessels until it was captured by a tug again. The repair work was then continued no longer in the yard, but at the Alabama Cruise Terminal.