Yesterday afternoon, the Carnival Triumph’s mooring lines were broken due to violent storms and strong winds moving through Mobile, Alabama. After the lines had been broken, the Carnival Triumph began to float down the Mobile River until it came to a rest against a cargo ship.
Once the ship had come to a rest, tugboats immediately began to secure the ship’s lines to tow the Triumph back to the dock. The Coast Guard was also on the scene to assist in docking the ship. The Carnival Triumph was eventually towed back to the Alabama Cruise Terminal and tied up alongside.
The Carnival Triumph did sustain moderate damage to her stern on the starboard side between decks 5 and 6. The damage appears to only be aesthetic and shouldn’t cause any further damages.
The violent weather has moved out of the Mobile area and shouldn’t cause any more problems. The Carnival Triumph is currently undergoing repairs and minor renovation in Mobile, Alabama.
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One reply on “Storms Break Carnival Triumph’s Mooring Lines”
Unfortunately, I’ve noticed the media (aka “national propaganda machine” in recent decades) is already labeling Carnival Triumph the “jinx ship.”
Even our A/C serviceman, making his semi-annual system check-up at home today, volunteered he’d never cruised before and would never even consider cruising because of “jinx ships” like Triumph. “I don’t want to swim around, in the dark, in all that poop after paying a fortune for a cruise.”
YIKES!!!! Comments like that are enough to make a seasoned cruiser shudder at the ignorance and wholesale public acceptance of such misinformation!