Viking Star hit by a ferry in port of Barcelona

Here´s a news report about an Italian ferry which hit the Viking Star today in the port of Barcelona. Nobody was injured. Seems that there is only minor damage. The article includes some video footage of the incident. Reason is not known yet.

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Thanks, Carmen!

This is Bing.com's translation:

--Headline--

A ferry crashes into a cruise ship in the port of Barcelona

The incident has not caused injuries and has occurred when the first ship docked after arriving from Tangier.

--Article--

A ferry has collided first thing this afternoon in the port of Barcelona against a cruise while carrying out the docking manoeuvre, as revealed by a recording broadcast by the Dockers of the facility. None of the passengers on both boats have been injured or affected by the incident.

The incident occurred around 14.00, when the ferry Fantastic of the company Grandi Navi Speedi, coming from Tangier, has collided against the Viking Star Cruiser, which was docked in terminal B of the port, as confirmed by a spokesman for the Port.

This source has indicated that this collision is "very atypical", given the good visibility of today, but it is still unknown whether this incident is due to machine failure or a human error. The port qualifies the shock of "very slight", although it is "evaluating if there is any material damage".

Was just on Viking Star in Barcelona last week . . . glad to hear no one was injured and hopefully not much damage, she's a beautiful ship!

Gosh, and we were on the Viking Star in Barcelona just about a fortnight ago! Never would imagine something like that would happen. Hope everyone is alright.

Won't blame the captain of the Viking Star if he is angry. He tries always to be so careful, and whenever there was some wind at some ports, he was so cautious and sometimes tend to avoid them (quite rightly so). And now this other ship knocked into his beloved ship. It is a bit like someone who is proud of his lovely car, kept it pristine, kept it parked safely and then another car knocked into it !

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We're on the Star now. I hope you can see the photo in the post above. I haven't figured out how to combine photo with text in one shot when posting from my cell phone. Anyway, we have a cabin that is way forward. When I woke up this morning I took a photo of the Fantastic. She was docked parallel to us on the other side of the harbour.

When we left for our shore excursion about 1 pm we noticed that Fantastic was moving position and that she was really close to the Star. I didn't think anything of it given that the harbour was full of other ships as well so of course maneuvering could possibly be tight.

When we came back to the Star at 4:30 pm after a day out, I noticed that Fantastic hadn't left the harbour but was now docked not parallel to us as previously, but rather parallel to the bridge.

We didn't even know anything had happened as we--like the majority of passengers--weren't even on board at the time of the incident. A waiter we are friendly with told us only people on the lowest decks felt anything. A few balconies (Explorer Suites) we've damaged but it wasn't damage that prevented us from leaving according to schedule.

We've sailing towards Marseille in rocky seas right now. It's Rock A Bye Baby tonight!

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Dear Deirdre/ dln929,

Thanks for keeping us updated with the news and pic. (with so many Cruise Critic members worldwide, we probably get more up-to-date on-the-spot news than anyone else!)

And safe journey to Marseilles.

We know about the rocky seas on the Med on the Viking Star. Just pretend you are a bit drunk and dancing and that just about describes the feeling (for us anyway).

dln929, thanks very much for the first hand report! Glad to hear that the incident didn't impact your departure. Have a great cruise.

Deirdre,

Thanks for reporting back from onboard!

Good to hear that the reported damage is really just minor and does not have any impacts on your cruise!

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Thanks for the information from on board.

Enjoy your cruise.

Keith

Look at the slight ripple in the aft balcony on deck three.

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Look at the slight ripple in the aft balcony on deck three.

 

 

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Yes, we see it alright. That's quite interesting.

By the way, how do you manage to send pics to the board on CruiseCritic.com ?

We tried to look for instructions to do so but could not find it anywhere.

Looks like the clear glass(?) around that balcony must have broken as well and is boarded up. Bummer. Glad that it wasn’t any worse.

I just read that the ferry was backing up and lost power, and so drifted into the Star. The article said the ferry dropped anchor hoping to stop the ship, but it didn't work obviously. Probably prevented a worse collision, though.

Look at the slight ripple in the aft balcony on deck three.

 

 

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Deirdre,

Thank you for posting the information and picture of the damage to the Star. It brought back good memories of our Istanbul to Barcelona cruise. It was our first cruise with Viking and was on the Star in the fall of 2015. We were also on the stern of the ship, Deck 3, except we were in the starboard twin to this cabin. Your picture shows the damage to the port corner of the very large wrap-around veranda in front of the bathroom. The window shown is just above the deep soaking tub. Nice view when at sea but recommend that you pull the shade before bathing in port!😉

Yes, we see it alright. That's quite interesting.

 

By the way, how do you manage to send pics to the board on CruiseCritic.com ?

 

We tried to look for instructions to do so but could not find it anywhere.

I have the Cruise Critic app on my Android cell phone and after I've logged in, I attach a photo in exactly the same way as I would if I were using FB messenger, Whatsapp, Viber, etc. I wasn't sure the pics would actually show up to tell you the truth! Here's a photo of the old port in Marseille that we saw on our included tour today.

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Glad everyone is ok

I have the Cruise Critic app on my Android cell phone and after I've logged in, I attach a photo in exactly the same way as I would if I were using FB messenger, Whatsapp, Viber, etc. I wasn't sure the pics would actually show up to tell you the truth! Here's a photo of the old port in Marseille that we saw on our included tour today.

 

 

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The picture is wonderful!

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Thank you so much for posting more info!! We are on the Star starting on Thursday - I just saw the story and called Viking and they had no idea anything had happened lol. Gotta love it! Thanks for confirming all is good!!!

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