Passengers to be compensated after algae spoils Australia-New Zealand cruise
Viking Cruises will compensate hundreds of passengers on its Orion cruise ship after cruisers were forced to stay on board and miss multiple stops because officials blocked port access due to marine growth on the ship's hull. The 930-guest capacity Viking Orion docked in Sydney on Wednesday, the final stop on what is normally a 15-day, 9-stop cruise of New Zealand and Australia. The front of the Viking Orion cruise ship, which has been stranded at sea for eight days after a potential harmful "marine growth" was found on its hull, is seen from the ship's observatory deck off the coast of Australia January 3, 2023. Julie Reby Waas/via REUTERS But plans went awry, local media reported, after New Zealand officials asked the ship to leave the country's waters part way through its crui...
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