![]() Freedom is currently sailing without Carnival's new hull livery with red lines and a blue section at the bow and the brand name on the hull's sides.ĬCL said it was investigating the cause of the fire. However, the cruise ship returned to service without her signature "whale tail."ĬCL said that the funnel would be restored when the liner undergoes its next scheduled drydock refurbishment, reportedly in 2024. The engines' exhausts were repositioned, and grill work along the rear of the funnel was repaired and repainted. To expedite the return of the cruise ship to service, Carnival Cruise Line working with Grand Bahama, removed the wings from Freedom's funnel and placed a new grill work along the top. Protruding from the funnel's main body were 2 wings giving the funnel its shape referred to as the "whale tail," which is similar to the famed 1962-built ocean liner France.Īfter the fire on Carnival's Freedom, one of the pair of wings was destroyed. The 2007-built ship featured a signature red, white, and blue funnel, just like all of the line's modern ships. Freedom was docked at Grand Bahama for less than 2 weeks and departed on Monday, June 13, for Florida. Carnival Freedom sailed directly to the shipyard after all passengers were transferred to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back home to Port Canaveral/Orlando (Florida USA). Pictures and drone footage released by Carnival showed the cruise ship repaired at Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport Bahamas. A fire onboard Carnival Freedom Thursday morning in Grand Turk left half the ship’s iconic funnel completely destroyed. No passengers or crew members were injured in the fire, which was quickly extinguished but caused damage to a portion of the vessel's 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.Two weeks after the funnel fire accident on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Freedom, CCL confirmed that the vessel resumed operations on June 11, with regular itineraries from homeport Port Canaveral. “Guests aboard Carnival Freedom will transfer to Carnival Conquest for the voyage back to Port Canaveral, arriving on Monday, May 30. Today’s sailing of the Carnival Conquest from Port Canaveral was cancelled since the vessel will be used to ferry affected passengers from the TCI back home.Ĭarnival Conquest is expected to arrive at Grand Turk tomorrow. Carnival Cruise Line’s cruise ship Carnival Freedom experienced a fire this morning shortly after it docked at Grand Turk in the Turks. ![]() ![]() The company noted most guests were onshore when the fire occurred.Ĭarnival said an assessment of the funnel was completed by a technical team and a plan was developed to safely move the vessel from the TCI to Freeport, The Bahamas for repairs. Published 9:43 AM by The Maritime Executive. Videos and photos of the incident showed guests in shock as they watched crew try to extinguish the blaze.Ī statement from Carnival Cruise said damage was confined to the funnel and all other all other ship, hotel, guest services and safety equipment are functioning.Ĭarnival said 2,504 guests and 972 crew were onboard the vessel and they are all safe. The funnel of Carnival Freedom caught fire yesterday while the vessel was in port at Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands. ![]()
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