Blast reported aboard small cruise ship; crew member taken to hospital

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• Coast Guard classifies cruise ship explosion in Portland as 'major marine casualty'
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• Blast reported aboard small cruise ship; crew member taken to hospital
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The Portland Fire Department was responding to a generator explosion on board a cruise ship along the waterfront Wednesday morning. Herring gathered her husband and walked into Portland’s Old Port neighborhood, while questions remained about the health of the injured crew member and the sea-worthiness of the small cruise ship left behind. After nearly seven hours in the terminal, the passengers and crew boarded the ship again to offload luggage, then busses arrived, loaded passengers, and transported them away. An American Queen Voyages spokesperson told NEWS CENTER Maine in an update guests on the ship would be housed at a local hotel. "The investigation continues and testing of the ship’s generators and propulsion systems are ongoing to determine impacts and operational capability," Ryan Koroknay with the U.S.

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Nearly 130 passengers and more than 80 crew members were evacuated, Gautreau said, adding one crew member was taken to a local hospital for serious burn injuries on their hands and arms. All passengers and crew members have been accounted for, according to Gautreau. Big ships carrying thousands of passengers and crew were sidelined until this year because a Canadian travel ban and federal regulations prevented them from sailing to U.S. waters, too.

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Coast Guard classifies cruise ship explosion in Portland as 'major marine casualty'

Partly, the town was worried that hurried regulations could open it up to lawsuits from deep-pocketed cruise lines. Cruise passengers in Maine spent about $70 each at every port they visited, according to a 2019 study by the Maine Office of Tourism. Last year, overnight travelers staying at paid accommodations spent about $200 a day, while day-trippers spent about $87 based on a traveling group of 2.7 people, according to the tourism office’s research. Most big cruise ships visit Maine in the fall “shoulder” season to coincide with the changing leaves and take advantage of fewer crowds. Even without them, the state was packed with tourists last year through mid-October and even later, said Khaled Habash, owner of The Scenic Route Maine Tours in Portland.

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The ship was docked at a pier in Portland, Maine, where the city’s fire department received reports that a possible explosion broke out inside an engine room, suggesting it could be linked to a generator on the ship. A crew member on a visiting cruise ship to Portland was seriously injured on Wednesday morning after an explosion inside the ship's engine room. The town intends to negotiate with the cruise companies to reduce the number of ships coming this year instead of enacting new regulations, said Town Council Chairman Jeff Dobbs.

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Country music star Luke Bryan took a tumble while on stage in Vancouver on Saturday night, and he and fans laughed it off. According to Vessel Finder, an online marine tracking system, the ship is currently sailing under the flag of the Bahamas. Officials said the cruise line will be responsible for making sure passengers have food and housing sorted out if they can’t get back aboard. NEWS CENTER Maine asked Gautreau about any potential contrast when working a scene on a ship, as opposed to structures on land.

Blast reported aboard small cruise ship; crew member taken to hospital

Fire officials say that they were able to evacuate the ship within about 15 minutes, and there were no other injuries. When cruises were suspended in 2020, Habash mothballed his Portland-area tour company, The Scenic Route. Still, Largay said that in his experience, cruises produce repeat visitors.

"Depending on these tests/results, the ship may need to be towed to a yet to be determined location where necessary repairs can be completed." Passengers and crew could be seen waiting in a nearby terminal and have now been transported to hotels while they wait to hear what will happen to the ship, WMTW reported. Town councilors in Bar Harbor recently considered steep restrictions on the number of cruise passengers to the state’s most popular port. New regulations responded to residents’ growing dissatisfaction with crowding and congestion brought on by cruise passengers. Municipal governments also have lost money during the pandemic from the lack of ship fees.

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The ship had 128 passengers and 82 crew members aboard, Portland fire Chief Keith Gautreau said Wednesday morning. They were all taken off the ship and waited in the nearby terminal while authorities responded. Koroknay said he was informed by the ship’s owners that arrangements were being made for passengers to be put up in local hotels Wednesday night, and for those who did not want to remain in Portland to book a flight out.

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Still, the town’s budget for cruise revenue is set at 70 percent of the amount earned in 2019, indicating how many fewer ships and passengers the town would like to see, he said. Old Port Card Works on Portland’s Commercial Street was a regular destination for cruise passengers. Crowds would blow through owner Tom Largay’s gift shop and nearby candy store, buying up anything “Maine” – chocolate-covered blueberries, candy lobsters, mugs and postcards. The same circumstances might not line up again, and cruise ship tourists will contribute to the overall economy, Flink said. Visiting on a cruise may also lead passengers to consider a future trip to Maine on their own, she added. The explosion may have been related to the ship’s onboard generator, according to the release.

In a 2021 survey of more than 1,300 residents, over half said that cruise ship tourism was more negative than positive, degrading the quality of life in Bar Harbor and detracting from the overall image and visitor appeal of the town. Fewer than a quarter of survey respondents said the economic impact of cruise ships was important to themselves, their friends, family, neighbors, businesses or employers. Passengers and crew were evacuated shortly after the ship docked Wednesday morning at the Ocean Gateway Pier. It had been scheduled to spend the night in Portland before leaving Thursday. The statement went on to note that the the fire happened "in the engine room on a generator" and added that the exact cause of the fire was still under investigation. The Coast Guard was working to determine if the Ocean Navigator could continue to be "seaworthy" as crews ventilated it after the fact, CBS affiliate WGME reported.

It was another big summer and fall for cruise ships in Portland, but for one ship that season was cut short after an explosion and fire in its engine room, leading to it being towed away for repairs. Portland firefighters and the cruise ship’s fire brigade extinguished the blaze. A crew member was burned after an explosion in the engine room of a cruise ship in Portland on Wednesday. The injured person, a member of the crew, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries while 128 passengers were removed from the ship, said Sean Donaghue, spokesperson for the Portland Fire Department. The injured person, a member of the crew, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries while 128 passengers and 80 other crew members were removed from the ship, said Sean Donaghue, spokesperson for the Portland Fire Department. The Portland Harbor Master confirmed to Maine's Total Coverage that one person was burned when the generator exploded, sparking a small fire in the engine room.

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