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2 Carnival Cruise ships collide in Cozumel, Mexico; at least 6 people injured

Two Carnival Cruise ships collided at the port of Cozumel, Mexico, on Friday morning, causing damage to at least one of the ships and at least six reported injuries, according to the company.

"Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside," a spokesperson for the company wrote in an emailed statement. "We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship."

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Initially, there was only one reported minor injury of a Carnival Glory guest that occurred when a group was being evacuated from the dining room of one ship's decks 3 and 4. But the cruise line said that since its preliminary evaluation, six guests with minor injuries "have presented themselves to the Carnival Glory medical center for evaluation."

Makenna Morris, 21, from Salt Lake City, Utah, said that she was on the fourth deck of the Carnival Legend taking pictures when she noticed the Carnival Glory moving toward her ship. She said that as the Carnival Glory approached, she could hear passengers screaming as they prepared for the impact.

"I started hearing people yelling and screaming on the Royal Caribbean," Morris told NBC News. "That’s when I heard sounds of cracking and glass breaking.”

Morris also recalled hearing what sounded like scraping as the Carnival Glory made impact with the Carnival Legend.

“They ran into us and I was like 'holy crap'," Morris said. “The whole dining hall caved in and shattered.”

I hope everyone is ok on the Carnival Glory after it crashed into the Carnival Legend. @CarnivalCruise #MayYouAllBeSafe #Travel #cruise #FridayThoughts https://t.co/60eZJm8gGG — Journey with Josh 🩺 (@JheadRN) December 20, 2019

Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line and the largest one globally, according to the trade publication Cruise Market Watch.

Eight ships from various cruise lines were scheduled to dock at the Port of Cozumel on Friday. The Carnival Glory, which left its home port in New Orleans on Sunday, was scheduled to dock in the port at 10 a.m Friday, while the Carnival Legend was scheduled to dock at 8 a.m.

The ships' passengers have been advised to spend their day ashore in Cozumel.

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Six people sustained minor injuries after the collision, the cruise line said.

Six people sustained minor injuries after two Carnival Cruise Line ships collided Friday at a port in Cozumel, Mexico , according to the company.

Those injured presented themselves to the Carnival Glory medical center for evaluation following the incident, a statement from the cruise line read.

A Carnival Glory ship was attempting to dock in the morning when it hit a Carnival Legend ship, according to a statement from the cruise line.

"We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel," the statement added.

Megan Skora was in her room aboard a nearby cruise ship when she heard the crash.

"I couldn’t believe my eyes seeing what I did," Skora told ABC News, noting it was the "first time I've ever been scared on a cruise line."

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6 Passengers Injured After 2 Carnival Cruise Ships Collide Near Port in Cozumel, Mexico

The Carnival Glory was "maneuvering to dock" when it crashed into the already-docked Carnival Legend

Two Carnival cruise ships were involved in a collision on Friday morning that left six passengers injured.

In a statement to PEOPLE, the cruise line said the “Carnival Glory was in the process of docking” when it collided with the already-docked Carnival Legend near the port of Cozumel, Mexico.

The company considered the incident to be an allision — when a moving vessel collides with a stationary object — between the two ships.

Shocking footage captured by several witnesses showed the moment where the Legend’s front end slowly glided into a portion of the Glory’s windows, sending debris from the crash into the ocean.

Despite the damages, which all seemed to be above the water line, Carnival says they don’t anticipate the collision to affect their travel plans.

“There is no impact to the ships’ itineraries,” the Carnival spokesperson says. “We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship.”

“We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel,” the spokesperson added.

The company also confirmed that six guests went to Carnival Glory’s medical center for evaluation after the collision but only suffered minor injuries.

Several passengers who were on the cruise ships at the time of the incident spoke to CNN and said they barely felt the collision, which they were told in separate onboard announcements was a result of currents or high winds.

Carnival Legend passenger Mary Anne McKinley told the outlet that “the crash wasn’t too bad,” and compared the feeling to “a big wave crashing into the ship.”

Carnival Glory passenger Maddison Haynes told CNN she thought the boat was rocking from choppy waves because guests had felt them the night prior.

“Last night we experienced some major motion on the boat so this morning we assumed something similar was happening,” Haynes explained. “We felt a jolt and didn’t really think anything of it.”

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Carnival cruise ships collide at port in Mexico; six minor injuries reported

Carnival Cruise Line ships collide in Mexico

Two ships for Carnival Cruise collided at a port in Cozumel on Monday morning. The company confirmed that one passenger was injured during an evacuation.

Two Carnival Cruise Line ships collided at port in Cozumel, Mexico, Friday morning, with six minor injuries reported as of Friday afternoon.

Around 8:50 a.m., the Carnival Glory ocean liner  was steering to dock when it made contact with the Carnival Legend vessel, "which was already alongside," according to a statement from Carnival.

At least one person was initially reported to be injured in the collision, while evacuating the dining room on Decks 3 and 4, a spokesperson for the cruise line confirmed to Fox News. A total of six ultimately "presented themselves to the Carnival Glory medical center for evaluation" by 1:30 EST, per a Carnival spokesperson.

Neither of the ship’s itineraries will be impacted by the incident, the company said.

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“Carnival Glory had an allision with Carnival Legend this morning in Cozumel. Carnival Glory was in the process of docking when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already docked,” the representative said.

The cruise ships collided at a port in Cozumel on Monday morning. (Matthew Bruin/Reuters)

“We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel. "Since our initial assessment, six guests with minor injuries have presented themselves to the Carnival Glory medical center for evaluation,” the rep added.

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Now-viral videos and photos of the dramatic crash have since surfaced on social media, some of which show the damage to the Carnival Glory.

“We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel," Carnival said. (Jordan Moseley)

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The Carnival Glory is based in New Orleans, while the Carnival Legend frequently departs from Baltimore, Tampa, Fla., New York City, Barcelona, Spain, London, Rome and Venice, Italy.

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A Carnival cruise ship smashed into another cruise ship — and nearly clipped a second vessel — while docking at a port in Mexico, according to videos from the scene.

The massive Carnival Glory was sailing into a dock in Cozumel when it struck the Carnival Legend, which was already anchored nearby, the cruise ship company told Fox61.com .

New York Post reports of the incident, which happened Friday morning local time, one person suffered a minor injury on Glory as groups of guests were being evacuated from third- and fourth-floor dining rooms after the crash, according to the outlet.

Dramatic video footage shows the mangled Glory — with smashed-out windows and a bent railing — after it passed too close to the prow of the Legend.

Carnival Glory had an allision with Carnival Legend in Cozumel. The Glory was in the process of docking when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already docked. We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. — Carnival Cruise Line (@CarnivalCruise) December 20, 2019

“Holy s – t!” an onlooker can be heard shouting in video footage after a loud crash.

Additional video shows Glory nearly struck a second ship, Oasis of the Seas, which was also in the port.

One person was lightly injured while evacuating a dining room on the massive ship named Carnival Glory, according to Carnival, the world’s largest cruise operator. A passenger said the incident occurred during rough sea conditions.

“Carnival Glory was manoeuvring to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside,” the company said in a statement on Friday.

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“We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship.” Carnival added that the ship itineraries were not affected.

Civil protection authorities in Cozumel said the incident took place at around 8.30am local time on Friday and that officials were investigating. Passenger Jordan Moseley said he was eating breakfast on the docked Carnival Legend, a 294m ship that can hold more than 2000 passengers, when he felt the crash.

“All of a sudden we felt the ship rock to one side and then back into place,” Moseley told Reuters.

“A few minutes later, the cruise director announced that the Carnival Glory had crashed into our ship while docking due to the high winds and rough ocean conditions in Cozumel.”

A video taken from an upper deck of Carnival Glory, which can carry nearly 3000 passengers, shows pieces of the ship tumble on to the deck of the oncoming vessel, with some splashing into the churning water.

“Oh my God, look at that ship!” an onlooker can he heard saying in the video posted on social media.

Other images of the battered vessel show a railing along the Carnival Glory stern bent downwards at a roughly 45-degree angle, revealing a twisted and mangled ship interior.

Christopher Macijeski, who was on a third cruise ship nearby, said there was a loud boom from the impact.

“Could see it coming before it happened,” he said.

The Legend is reportedly based in Tampa, Florida, and the Glory is based in New Orleans.

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Passengers watched in shock as a couple of Carnival cruise ships collided near Cozumel Mexico on Friday, December 20. The collision was caught on video by several onlookers. It involved Carnival Legend and Carnival Glory . The shipowner is assessing the damages to both ships. 

Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement that Carnival Glory had a collision with Legend this morning in Cozumel. Glory was maneuvering to dock when she made contact with Carnival Legend which was alongside. According to the cruise company, there had only been one minor injury reported from a Carnival Glory guest as a result of the accident. The passenger had been hurt while being evacuated from the dining room on decks 3 and 4.

Carnival also said there were no issues that impacted the seaworthiness of either ship. They had advised passengers from both vessels to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel.

Videos and photos taken by people at the scene showed a gash through the middle decks at the stern of Carnival Glory. All damage to the liners appears to be above waterline.

According to Carnival, there will not be any disruptions to the planned itineraries. The next voyage for both vessels was "not impacted." Carnival Legend is scheduled to sail back to Tampa FL Sunday morning, December 22.

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A Carnival Cruise ship that leaves from New Orleans collided with a second ship Friday morning in Mexico.

The cruise line says the Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock in Cozumel when it made contact with another ship, the Carnival Legend. Both ships are owned and operated by Carnival Cruises.

In a statement, the company said it is "assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel." One guest on the Carnival Glory reported a minor injury that occurred when a group of guests were evacuated from the dining room on Decks 3 and 4.

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Panic ensued aboard Carnival Glory when its dining area was left in shambles following a close encounter with sister ship Carnival Legend at Cozumel, Mexico's port.

Ty Harris (@Thugle), a Twitter user on a nearby vessel, said: "Have the only footage I know of, of the cruise ships crashing as it happened."

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His commentary included: "Excuse the language, the loud explosion and the sudden realization of a ship inside of another ship was very startling lol. Carnival glory and carnival legend."

From a nearby ship, frightened passengers shriek in terror fearing they might be struck.

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Adding to the online buzz, Matthew Bruin (@BruinMatthew) tweeted a dramatic take: "Carnival Glory just crashed into Carnival Legend and almost crashed into Oasis of the Seas at the Cozumel cruise port."

Carnival Cruise issued a statement after the crash. A spokesperson said: "We are assessing the damage to both ships."

Details of the incident include: "There is one reported minor injury of a Carnival Glory guest that occurred when a group of guests were evacuated from the dining room on Decks 3 and 4."

Through ongoing discussions, the company reassured: "We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel."

They further added: "The next cruise for both ships is not impacted."

Morgan Saxton of KUTV News tweeted that it appears "all damage is above the water-line."

Rudy Harper of WXYZ 7 Action News reported: "The Carnival Glory crashed into the Carnival Legend while trying to leave the port of Cozumel this morning, according to a viewer."

"Check out the damage to the stern," he added.

Images shared on Twitter reveal several windows on the Carnival Glory have been shattered.

Parts of the balcony are hanging loose and one corner of its stern is smashed in.

The Carnival Glory is currently on a seven-night cruise to the Western Caribbean out of New Orleans, while the Carnival Legend is also on a week-long cruise to the same area from Tampa, Florida.

The collision reportedly occurred at 8.50am local time.

In an official statement, Carnival said the Carnival Glory was manoeuvering to dock when it collided with Carnival Legend, which was already alongside, as per ABC Action News reports.

Carnival described the crash as an allision, a nautical term describing when a moving ship collides with a stationary ship.

This would imply that the Carnival Legend was already docked.

Carnival Legend passenger Mary Anne McKinley told CNN: "The crash wasn't too bad. Just felt like a big wave crashing into the ship."

Carnival Glory passenger Maddison Haynes shared with CNN: "Last night we experienced some major motion on the boat so this morning we assumed something similar was happening."

"We felt a jolt and didn't really think anything of it."

Mary Anne reported that an announcement was made on the ship suggesting currents caused the crash.

Maddison also mentioned that an announcement on the Carnival Glory attributed high winds as a factor.

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In the video, people filming the incident from the shore and a neighboring cruise line could be heard reacting with gasps of astonishment, yelling and cursing as the ends of cruise ships plowed into one another.

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Two Carnival Cruise Line ships collided off the coast of Cozumel, Mexico, on Friday.

Video footage of the incident captured the Carnival Glory sliding into the Carnival Legend, and the moment of impact shattering the Glory's back windows.

A spokesman for Carnival Cruise Line told The Washington Post that the crash was an "allision," because technically one was not moving. The Legend was docked when the Glory crashed.

Passengers aboard the ships — who felt the collision firsthand — shared their varying experiences when from the point of impact.

Jordan Moseley, a passenger on the Carnival Legend, told Reuters that he was eating breakfast on the ship when he felt the crash.

"All of a sudden we felt the ship rock to one side and then back into place," Moseley told Reuters. "A few minutes later, the cruise director announced that the Carnival Glory had crashed into our ship while docking due to the high winds and rough ocean conditions in Cozumel."

Another Carnival Legend passenger, Christian Maxey, was in his cabin below deck during the crash. He told The Washington Post that the ocean had been rough throughout the duration of the cruise, so he didn't think much of the crash.

"I don't think people really understood that we had actually hit something, given that our weather had been rocky," he told The Post.

Mary Anne McKinley, another passenger aboard the Carnival Legend, echoed a similar sentiment of mistaking the crash for a big wave.

"The crash wasn't too bad," McKinley told CNN . "Just felt like a big wave crashing into the ship."

The same could be said for one passenger aboard the opposite ship Carnival Glory, Maddison Haynes.

"Last night we experienced some major motion on the boat, so this morning we assumed something similar was happening," Haynes told CNN. "We felt a jolt and didn't really think anything of it."

Carnival Legend passenger Makenna Morris, who was on the fourth deck of the boat when the crash happened, told NBC News that she could hear passengers screaming as the Carnival Glory moved closer to their ship.

"I started hearing people yelling and screaming on the Royal Caribbean," Morris told NBC News . "That's when I heard sounds of cracking and glass breaking."

Being on one of the upper decks, Morris was able to see the damage of the crash first-hand.

"They (the Carnival Glory) ran into us and I was like 'holy crap'," Morris said. "The whole dining hall caved in and shattered."

Six passengers sustained "minor injuries" in the crash, The New York Times  reported.

"We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship," Chelsea Stromfeld, a spokeswoman for the cruise line, told The Times. "We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel."

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Carnival Glory (right) sheered off a chunk of its deck when it collided with Carnival Legend while trying to maneuver into port Friday morning in Cozumel, Mexico. Matthew Bruin via Reuters hide caption

Carnival Glory (right) sheered off a chunk of its deck when it collided with Carnival Legend while trying to maneuver into port Friday morning in Cozumel, Mexico.

Ship happens.

That, at least, is one lesson to be learned from an accident Friday at the port in Cozumel, Mexico, where one Carnival cruise ship ran into another while trying to dock. Carnival Glory , a 952-foot vessel, raked the bow of the 963-foot Carnival Legend , which had been stationary in port when its counterpart made crunching, cacophonous contact.

The Carnival Glory appeared to have sustained damage to its aft decks in the incident.

Luckily, Carnival, the world's largest luxury cruise operator, tells NPR that just six guests have reported minor injuries, nothing worse. Also lucky: A witness shot video of the incident as it unfolded.

Be warned before listening, though: Folks on the video shout some graphic language that's far saltier than the clumsy pun that leads this story.

Carnival Glory just crashed into Carnival Legend and almost crashed into Oasis of the Seas at the Cozumel cruise port. #FoxNews #RoyalCaribbean #CarnivalLegend #CarnivalGlory #OasisoftheSeas pic.twitter.com/5ITBCfz99L — Matthew Bruin (@MatthewBruin) December 20, 2019

"We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship," a Carnival spokesperson told NPR in an emailed statement, promising that passengers' itineraries will not be affected. "We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel."

For all the spectacle of the moment, passengers themselves seemed relatively unfazed.

"All of a sudden we felt the ship rock to one side and then back into place," Legend passenger Jordan Moseley told Reuters . "A few minutes later, the cruise director announced that the Carnival Glory had crashed into our ship while docking due to the high winds and rough ocean conditions in Cozumel."

Here are some more angles on the big bump and its aftermath. With more salty language — for which, given the circumstances, you may wish to forgive the witnesses.

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Injuries Reported After 2 Carnival Cruise Ships Collide In Mexico

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Two Carnival cruise ships collided Friday morning at the port in Cozumel, Mexico causing extensive damage to one of the ships.

The collision took place between the Carnival Glory and the Carnival Legend.

Six people were hurt but their injuries are not serious, according to Carnival.

Carnival CEO Arnold Donald spoke exclusively to CNBC and portions of the interview are on CNBC.Com.

"There was probably a sudden squall of wind that pushed the ship. But occasionally ships will touch in port but of course, you try to avoid that. This is not serious--but any allision we take seriously —but there's no real major damage to the ships," he told CNBC's "Closing Bell" Friday.

A passenger on the Oasis of the Seas posted a video on Twitter of the incident in which you can see the Glory swiping the back portion of the Legend.

Carnival Glory just crashed into Carnival Legend and almost crashed into Oasis of the Seas at the Cozumel cruise port. #FoxNews #RoyalCaribbean #CarnivalLegend #CarnivalGlory #OasisoftheSeas pic.twitter.com/5ITBCfz99L — Matthew Bruin (@MatthewBruin) December 20, 2019

CBS News spoke to its travel editor who also believes Mother Nature is to blame.

"Suddenly a 30 knot squall showed up at the most critical time of that particular maneuver and there was no way for that captain to recover." CBS News' Travel Editor Peter Greenberg said. "You probably don't see the captain going in full reverse and still moving forward. It takes a while for any ship to stop."

A statement released by Miami-based Carnival reads, "Carnival Glory had an allision with Carnival Legend this morning in Cozumel. Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside. We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship. We have advised guests from both ships to enjoy their day ashore in Cozumel."

An allision is a nautical term used to describe when a moving ship collides with a stationary object, such as another ship.

The statement also says, "There is one reported minor injury of a Carnival Glory guest that occurred when a group of guests were evacuated from the dining room on Decks 3 and 4."

Here is another Tweet showing the damage from the dock.

A Carnival passenger spoke to the CBS Tampa affiliate, WTSP, Friday.

"We noticed we were really close to them, and next thing you know we just felt this big bump that rocked the boat a little bit," Logan Humphrey said.

The cruise line says the incident does not impact either ships' itineraries.

The Legend departed from Tampa on December 15.

The Glory is based out of New Orleans.

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Germany’s Scholz pledges that his government will help rescue a troubled cruise ship maker

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BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government will help rescue a major German shipyard that has solid orders for new cruise ships but has run into financial difficulty, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday.

Meyer Werft employs more than 3,000 people in Papenburg on the Ems river in northwestern Germany, near the Dutch border. The company has build 58 cruise ships so far, according to its website.

Its customers include Disney Cruise Line, with which it announced an agreement earlier this month to build another four ships. Even before that, the company said it had full order books through to 2028.

However, it has run into financial trouble because it has had to pay much of the cost of building cruise ships up front. Scholz cited the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic as one factor in its troubles and said the company is “systemically relevant” to shipbuilding in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy.

Scholz, who traveled to Papenburg to speak at a staff meeting, praised the company’s ships as “state of the art” and told employees that “what you build here are actually little cities,” according to remarks released by his office. He said 17,000 jobs across Germany depend in one way or another on Meyer Werft.

He said there had been “great progress” in negotiations with management, banks and the state of Lower Saxony, but “there’s still a bit of detailed work to do.”

The federal government “will contribute its part to the solution, and I have the clear expectation that all other participants join in,” he said.

German media reported that the planned solution would involve the federal and state governments temporarily taking a stake in the company and financing a capital increase for the shipyard.

“If the federal government and the state government now come on board for a certain time, they they will not do that to remain partners for ever — we are not shipbuilders — but to lay the foundation for a good future on a private-sector basis,” Scholz said in a later statement to reporters.

He did not give financial details, but pointed to similar previous moves such as a temporary stake the government took in airline Lufthansa after the pandemic started.

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