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Trouble waters for Carnival Cruise

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A Carnival Cruise liner, Triumph, with 4,220 passengers and crew on board lost its power 150 miles from the Yucatan Peninsula and started to drift northward a week ago.  Food shortages, dirty and clogged bathrooms and other unsanitary conditions soon began to circulate.  As of this writing, the 102,000 ton ship is few hours away from Mobile, Alabama where Carnival has a closed cruise ship terminal.  The ship left Galveston, Texas with 3,143 passengers and a crew of 1,086 for a four day cruise.  Certain supplies have been flown into the cruise liner.  Once docked in Mobile, passengers will be processed and their hotel and travel cost back home will be covered by the cruise liner.  Additionally, a $500 credit for another cruise will be given to each passenger.  The National Transportation Safety Board and the Coast Guard will inspect the cruise liner for any safety violations.

It has been a difficult time for the Carnival Cruise.  A year ago, 32 people were killed when its Costa Concordia, a luxury liner operated by Carnival’s Costa Cruise ran aground near the Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy.  A year later it is still lying on its side on a rock and efforts to salvage the ship are ongoing.