Posted on 04/02/2019 5:23:18 AM PDT by Gamecock
Eight people were injured in the accident, but none of the injuries is considered life-threatening.
Video from the Great Bahamas Shipyard near Freeport shows the crane resting on the side of the company's Oasis of the Seas.
As the ship was out of service and in dry dock, no passengers were on board. However, it was not immediately known how many construction personnel may have been on the ship when the accident occurred.
“We are responding to a construction site incident at the Great Bahamas Shipyard, where Oasis of the Seas is currently in dry dock," the company said in a statement. "As of 1:45 pm EDT, we are accounting for the whereabouts of all site personnel and working with local authorities to determine if there have been any injuries. We are aware of damage to the dock structure and to construction cranes. We are assessing damage to the ship.”
According to the ship's itinerary, the Oasis of the Seas, which sails out of Port Canaveral, finished its last passenger cruise on Sunday. It was reportedly scheduled to be moved to Miami for the fall/winter schedule
One of the largest ships in the world, the Oasis of the Seas made news in January when it was forced to return to Florida early after nearly 300 guests and crew members were hit with an outbreak of Norovirus.
That’ll buff right out.
Look at all those JLGs!
Ya hate it when that happens..
Saw this yesterday, I though,’ gotta be April Fool’s’. Nope. So that immobilizes the dry dock so they can’t move the ship to another dock, adds a lot of time to refurbishing.
Oops.
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“Great Bahamas Shipyard near Freeport”
Hey mon, me got my crane operatas’ licenze from da intanet!
That looks expensive and the Insurance adjustors will have some questions.
“FLORIDA CRANE”!!!
Not sure if this is astonishing enough for Astonishing Tales of the Sea.
It is an argument for a rubber bladder system, though.
Yeah, I would rather have a bunch of Chamorro’s running the shipyard than Bimini’s.
Instills all kinds of confidence when exploring the high seas.
Well, you definitely won’t need your Cabana Wear.
Been on probably half dozen cruises. One thing a person needs to understand about cruises (except for probably Alaska) is when your on them you are not in the U.S. any more. Every ship I’ve ever seen is registered in some other country.
“We’ll get someone to clean that up.”
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