Cruise ferryboat Caribbean Fantasy is lugged to Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Saturday,Aug 20, 2016. 511 individuals were left from the ship complying with a fire Wednesday,Aug 17, 2016
AUGUST 21, 2016– The cruise ship ferryboat Caribbean Fantasy was tied securely Saturday at Pier 15 in San Juan Harbor.
Salvage and also fire combating groups boarded the vessel Friday to examine the condition of the fire, examine damages to the vessel and also establish the security of the vessel. They situated the remains of 2 missing out on family pets near the disembarkation location. They had actually been left aboard when 511 individuals were left from the ship complying with a fire Wednesday,Aug 17, 2016.
When the salvage and also firefighting groups boarded the vessel, the fire was still energetic however was included inside the engine space and also stated to be in the degeneration phase. Teams accessed most of the vessel however were unable to remove the engine space, the generator space or the guiding equipment.
The vessel was refloated around 10 p.m. Friday and also a tow line was developed around 2 a.m. Saturday by yank watercrafts.
Dive groups evaluated the vessel’s hull around 8 a.m. Saturday and also reported no substantial damages.
Ardent, the reacting salvage business, completed a vessel salvage and also hauling strategy that was accepted by the Coast Guard and also the vessel was ultimately lugged right into San Juan Harbor.
The Unified Command is establishing an analysis and also disposal prepare for possible unsafe and also non-hazardous waste.
The Coast Guard has actually developed a 100-yard security area around the vessel. There have actually been no records of sheening or contamination near the vessel currently.
The vessel is being carefully monitored and also 2,500 feet of boom has actually been released around the vessel as a preventive step versus possible discharge from the vessel.
The Unified Command has actually executed an air tracking strategy at the vessel and also Pier 15 to make sure the security of -responders and also the neighborhood area.
The Caribbean Fantasy Response Unified Command includes the Coast Guard, the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and also Environmental Resources and also Baja Ferries (proprietor of the Caribbean Fantasy).
Also helping the feedback initiatives are American Cruise Ferries, Ardent, the UNITED STATE Fish and also Wildlife Service, the Department of Planning and also Natural Resources, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Response Corporation, the National Oceanic and also Atmospheric Administration, O’Brien’s Response Management, the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Agency and also the Puerto Rico Fire Department.
A joint aquatic casualty examination with the Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board, RINA Services and also the flag state, Panama, is underway.
The 1989-built Panamanian- flagged vessel has a much less than gleaming assessment document. According to the Equasis information base, which classifies the ship as a Passenger/Ro-Ro Cargo Ship, 10.53% of the vessels evaluations in the previous 36 months have actually caused apprehensions.
A UNITED STATE Coast Guard assessment in San Juan previously this month located 4 shortages connected to discharge precaution and also one pertaining to the propulsion and also complementary equipment. None was serious sufficient to require apprehension of the vessel.
The newest apprehension videotaped in the Equasis information base remained in Gibraltar in July this year and also was for 6 days and also pertaining to shortages connected to the complementary engines.
In October of in 2014, the vessel was apprehended in San Juan for 3 days by the UNITED STATE Coast Guard for 3 shortages relevant: fire precaution (worldwide coast link); staff certifications (certifications of expertise) and also ship’s certifications and also papers (security manning record).
