Engineering:Century Harmony
 Century Harmony as Carnival Fascination
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| Owner: |
 Carnival Corporation & plc (1994–2020) Century Harmony Cruise Ltd (2020–2021) |
| Operator: |
Carnival Cruise Lines (1994–2020) Century Harmony Cruise Ltd (2020–2021) |
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| Yard number: | 487 |
| Launched: | 1 July 1994 |
| Sponsored by: | Jeanne Farcus |
| Completed: | 1994 |
| In service: | 1994 |
| Refit: | 2006 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fantasy-class cruise ship |
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| Length: | 855 ft (261 m) |
| Beam: | 103 ft (31 m) |
| Draft: | 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in) |
| Decks: | 10 |
| Installed power: | |
| Propulsion: | Two propellers, 3 bow thrusters, 3 aft thrusters, |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
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| Crew: | 920 |
Century Harmony, originally Fascination and then Carnival Fascination, is a Fantasy-class cruise ship built at Helsinki, Finland in 1994. For most of her service with Carnival Cruise Lines she operated out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In 2017 Caribbean Fascination was chartered to the US Government to assist with hurricane relief work in the Virgin Islands. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic the ship was withdrawn from service and in November that year sold to Century Harmony Cruise Ltd for conversion to a hotel ship. However in October 2021, cruise blog Cruise Hive reported she had set course for Alang, India, where she would likely be scrapped.
Carnival Cruise Line
The ship was the fourth of Carnival Cruise Lines' Fantasy-class built by Kværner Masa-Yards at its Helsinki New Shipyard in Finland. She was floated out on July 1, 1994, and christened Fascination by Jeanne Farcus.[2] The ship was registered under the Panamanian flag and mostly home-ported in San Juan, Puerto Rico, sailing in the Caribbean year-round.[3][4] In 2000 her port of registry was changed to Nassau, under the Bahamas flag.[3] During 2007, in common with all of her Fantasy-class sisters, she had the prefix Carnival added to her name.[5]
After the destruction caused in the United States Virgin Islands by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Carnival Fascination was chartered to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from October 15, 2017 until February 3, 2018 to house relief workers at St Croix.[6][7] This charter cost FEMA $74.7 million.[8] At the end of the charter, the ship was given a further refit prior to returning to Carnival's services out of Puerto Rico.[9]
In July 2020, as a result of Carnival Cruise Line reducing fleet capacity, Carnival Fascination entered a long term lay-up, with no planned date for the ship to return to service.[10] In November 2020, the cruise line announced that the ship had been sold to Century Harmony Cruise Ltd.[11][12]
Refits
Fascination was given a multimillion-dollar refurbishment while in dry dock during September 2006.[13][14]
In January 2010 Carnival Fascination was again dry docked to be refurbished.[15]
In January 2013, Carnival Fascination underwent another dry dock.[citation needed]
Areas of operation
Fascination sailed from New York between July 24 and September 4, 1994 before moving to San Juan, Puerto Rico.[4] As Carnival Fascination, she sailed from Jacksonville, Florida to the Bahamas.[16]
In 2013 and 2014, Coco Cay replaced Key West on some of Carnival Fascination's itineraries. Coco Cay is a private island in the Bahamas owned by rival cruise line Royal Caribbean International.[17] In April, 2016, Carnival Fascination re-positioned to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she undertook Southern Caribbean cruises.[18]
Incidents
Power loss
In June 2010, Carnival Fascination lost engine power due to a technical malfunction while returning to Jacksonville, Florida. Power was restored after several hours, and the ship was able to return to Jacksonville, Florida under her own power.[19]
Health inspection failure
In April 2013, it was reported that on February 21, 2013 Carnival Fascination failed a U.S. CDC health inspection after inspectors found insects in food preparation areas, dried food waste, insufficient chlorination in the pools, and insufficient sneeze guards at the salad bars. A satisfactory rating from the CDC is a score of 85 or higher. Carnival Fascination scored 84.[20]
SARS-CoV-2
In February 2020, the ship canceled a call to Saint Lucia over a scare of COVID-19 pandemic, after a crew member reported illness, with flu like symptoms. The Carnival Fascination docked in Barbados but was not allowed to disembark passengers until the individual was declared negative for SARS-CoV-2.[21]
Century Harmony Cruise
When sold by Carnival to Century Harmony Cruise Limited and renamed Century Harmony, it was reported that the ship would be come a hotel ship in Asia.[22][23] Later, after being taken to China for refurbishment, a cruise start-up intention was reported.[24] In October 2021, Century Harmony was sold for demolition at Alang, India.[24]
References
Notes
- ↑ http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=209350
- ↑ Smith 2010, p. 37.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Century Harmony". French Ministry of Transport. http://www.equasis.org/EquasisWeb/public/HomePage?fs=Search.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Fun Ship From Fun City". Cruise Travel: 31. March–April 1994. https://books.google.com/books?id=ODADAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA31.
- ↑ Dake, Shawn J. (January 2008). "Cruise Ships 2007 the year in review". Ocean Times (Steamship Historical Society of America: Southern California Chapter) 12 (1): 2–8. http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/sshsasocal/docs/ocean%20times%2008%20january%20v12.1.pdf.
- ↑ "Carnival Cruise Line News - Statement Regarding Carnival Fascination". 12 October 2017. https://carnival-news.com/2017/10/12/statement-regarding-carnival-fascination/.
- ↑ "Carnival Fascination chartered to FEMA, San Juan departures canceled: Travel Weekly" (in en). http://www.travelweekly.com/Cruise-Travel/Carnival-Fascination-chartered-to-FEMA-San-Juan-departures-canceled.
- ↑ Staff, CIN (2018-01-08). "FEMA Carnival Charter Cost $74.7 Million" (in en-GB). https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/18379-fema-carnival-charter-cost-74-7-million.html.
- ↑ "Carnival Fascination". https://carnival-news.com/2017/12/14/carnival-fascination-to-undergo-multi-million-dollar-dry-dock-prior-to-resuming-year-round-service-from-san-juan-in-february-2018/.
- ↑ "Carnival Cruise Line Announces Update to Fleet Plan - Carnival Cruise Line News". 23 July 2020. https://carnival-news.com/2020/07/23/carnival-cruise-line-announces-updates-to-fleet-plan/.
- ↑ Line, Carnival Cruise. "Carnival Cruise Line Announces Modifications To Fleet And Sailing Plans For Certain Ships" (in en). https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/carnival-cruise-line-announces-modifications-to-fleet-and-sailing-plans-for-certain-ships-301131966.html.
- ↑ Leggate, James (2020-09-16). "Carnival Cruise Line cancels more voyages, sells 2 ships" (in en-US). https://www.cruisemapper.com/ships/Carnival-Fascination-610.
- ↑ "Carnival's Fun Ship Fascination to Undergo Signficant [sic] Upgrades". Carnival Cruise Lines. 2 August 2006. http://www.carnival.com/CMS/Articles/fascination_refurb.aspx.
- ↑ Carnival Cruise Lines - News Release
- ↑ "Carnival Fascination Returns to Service from Jacksonville Following Extensive "Evolutions of Fun" Upgrades". 2 February 2010. http://cruisetalk.org/2010/02/carnival-fascination-returns-to-service-from-jacksonville-following-extensive-%e2%80%98evolutions-of-fun%e2%80%99-upgrades.html.
- ↑ Sloan, Gene (1 August 2011). "Carnival adds more four- and five-day cruises out of Jacksonville, Fla". USA Today. http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2011/08/carnival-fascination-jacksonville-florida/179490/1.
- ↑ Sloan, Gene (27 February 2013). "New port for Carnival ships is owned by Royal Caribbean". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2013/02/27/carnival-cruise-coco-cay-island/1950527/.
- ↑ "Carnival Further Strengthens Leadership Position". Carnival Cruise Lines News. 2 March 2015. http://carnival-news.com/2015/03/02/carnival-further-strengthens-leadership-position-in-new-orleans-with-a-significant-expansion-of-short-cruise-program-carnival-triumph-to-reposition-to-big-easy-in-spring-2016/.
- ↑ Carter, Adam. "5 troubles on Carnival cruises". CBC News (CBC). http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/02/28/f-carnival-cruise-ship-incidents.html.
- ↑ Golden, Fran (11 April 2013). "Carnival ship fails health inspection". USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/cruiselog/2013/04/11/carnival-fascination-cdc-health-inspection/2074175/.
- ↑ "Carnival Cruise line employee on 'Fascination' tests negative for coronavirus" (in en). 2020-02-27. https://www.al.com/news/2020/02/carnival-cruise-employee-to-be-tested-for-coronavirus-fascination-off-coast-of-barbados.html.
- ↑ "The Last Six Cruise Ship Secondhand Transactions". Cruise Industry News. 6 January 2021. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/24142-the-last-six-cruise-ship-secondhand-transactions.html.
- ↑ Murray, Jo (1 January 2021). "On the Water: Tsunami History, Catching Up". The Grunion (Long Beach CA: MediaNews Group). https://www.gazettes.com/sports/on_the_water/on-the-water-tsunami-history-catching-up/article_0c1ebff6-492f-11eb-a1e7-274a86dc16db.html.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Boonzaler, Jonathan (14 October 2021). "Former Carnival Corp cruiseships face breakers as new owners get cold feet". TradeWinds. https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/former-carnival-corp-cruiseships-face-breakers-as-new-owners-get-cold-feet/2-1-1081974.
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