NCL's Norwegian Dream collided with a cargo vessel today as it left its port, Montevideo, in Uruguay. Damage is above the waterline and said to not be serious. The other vesel is ok, too, although some containers and a vehicle or two may have been knocked into the shallow water.

The Dream will stay in Montevideo for a couple of extra days for repair, and will miss a couple of ports on its 14 day trip to Ushuaia.

Apparently, no one was hurt.

Sandy

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It was not a cargo vessel, but a barge under tow.

Glad to hear no one was hurt.

Hello,

here you can see pictures from the collision (The second thread, the pics in the first thread are from 1999):

To the Pictures

Best regards from germany
Mathias K.

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It was not a cargo vessel, but a barge under tow.

Thanks for the clarification. I haven't seen anything else about the collision since this morning. Have you heard anything about itinerary modifications, which ports will be eliminated, etc?

Sandy

Hello Sandy,

my fist information from board the Norwegian Dream was eliminated the stops on the falkland´s an in Puerto Madryn an the cruise going together from Usuhaia, Punta Arenas, Chacabuco and Puerto Montt to Valparaiso.
At this time the Norwegian Dream stay at Montevideo , the passenger leave (?) the ship ???

when i have more informatinos ...

best regards from germany
Mathias K.

Hello,

the passengers make the cruise ! Now is the route: Montevideo (Depart: 7pm), Cape Horn, Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt and Valparaiso.

The passengers became back 50% off the cruiseprice, 150 $ for the bordaccount and 15% for the next NCL cruise wehn boocket onboard the ship.

Here more photos from the damage ...

best regards from germany
Mathias K.

Mathias, thanks for the information and the pictures.

Sandy

Norwegian Dream Collision in Montevideo, Uruguay. Photo link posted on this page were of previous collision in England in 1999. I was on another cruise ship in Montevideo when the Dream collided with the barge on December 10, 2007. I saw the Dream as she returned to port and photographed the damage and it was much less extensive than in the previous collision in England. There were 5 shipping containers and 3 vehicles that were knocked into the channel, not onto the Dream. It took almost 24 hours to complete recovery of lost cargo and fully re-open the harbor.

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Originally posted by Svein:
It was not a cargo vessel, but a barge under tow.

From the accounts I've read, the barge wasn't under tow, but adrift in the middle of the channel, at the time of the collision.

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Originally posted by Mathias K.:
Hello,

the passengers make the cruise ! Now is the route: Montevideo (Depart: 7pm), Cape Horn, Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt and Valparaiso.

The passengers became back 50% off the cruiseprice, 150 $ for the bordaccount and 15% for the next NCL cruise wehn boocket onboard the ship.

Here more photos from the damage ...

best regards from germany
Mathias K.

Actually, the amount of the onboard credit was $211.

Also, the ship stopped at Ushuaia.

The ship also made an unscheduled stop at the Amalie Glacier, where it put a boat into the water to retrieve a piece of the glacier.

Drinks that night were cooled by ice that was 1000 years old. They were delicious!

I finally managed to get a picture posted (ed. on Cruise Critic) of the hole in the ship from the collision in Montevideo.

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