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What ails the cruise ship industry

Last updated on: February 15, 2013 14:59 IST
The tugs Resolve Pioneer and Dabhol tow and steer the Carnival Triumph cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico to Mobile, Alabama, following an engine room fire.

From the Costa Concordia disaster to the stranded Carnival Triumph, a look at recent problems plaguing the cruise ship industry.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

Last updated on: February 15, 2013 14:59 IST

The cruise ship lost propulsion after an engine room fire on February 10 and was adrift off southern Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

A small boat from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous patrols near the cruise ship Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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The Costa Concordia cruise ship which ran aground off the west coast of Italy at Giglio island lies on its side, half-submerged and threatening to slide into deeper waters.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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Passengers line up on the side of the Italian cruise liner Costa Concordia and move down along the side of the vessel during the evacuation operation.

The Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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A fisherman's boat sails near the stricken luxury cruise ship Azamara Quest docked at the port in Malaysia's town of Sandakan on Borneo island during sunrise.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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Passengers of the stricken luxury cruise ship Azamara Quest arrive at a hotel after the ship docked at a port in Malaysia's town of Sandakan on Borneo island.

The Azamara Quest suffered an engine room fire that disabled the engines and left the ship temporarily stranded off the southern Philippines coast in waters prowled by pirates.

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The Costa Allegra cruise ship is pictured in this photo taken by an Indian Navy maritime surveillance aircraft following their distress call in the Indian Ocean.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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A passenger walks with his luggage after alighting from the Costa Allegra cruise ship at Mahe port in Seychelles Island.

An engine room fire on the Costa Allegra knocked out the ship's main power supply in the Indian Ocean, leaving it adrift with more than a thousand people on board in waters vulnerable to pirate attacks.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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The Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship C/V Splendor is towed into San Diego harbour.

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Passengers clap as the Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship C/V Splendour docks after being towed into San Diego harbour.

The luxury liner and its 3,300 vacationers had been left stranded off the Mexican coast by an engine-room fire.

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What ails the cruise ship industry

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Seagulls fly above the ship, the Bellriva, in Wiesbaden. 

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Paramedics dressed in protective attire enter the ship, the Bellriva, in Wiesbaden.

The Bellriva was quarantined after at least 30 passengers were found to be suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting. Authorities believed it was caused by the Norovirus, a virus that is spread from person-to-person and causes flu-like symptoms.

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Firefighters and ambulances are seen at the bow of the Queen Mary 2 in Saint-Nazaire, western France. 

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A French policeman stand guard nearby the gangway that collapsed on the site of the Queen Mary II shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, western France.

Twelve visitors died and 32 were injured when a dockside gangway to the world's biggest and most expensive cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, collapsed.

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Passengers on the British cruiser Aurora wave a banner demanding help in Gibraltar. 

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P and O cruise liner Aurora docks at Southampton in southern England,

The ship returned to Britain from a trip marred by a diplomatic storm after hundreds of passengers fell ill with a stomach infection.