Two Carnival Cruise Line ships collide in Cozumel; six passengers injured

Two Carnival Cruise Line ships collided at the port in Cozumel, Mexico, Friday morning, leaving six passengers injured, the company said.

The Carnival Glory ship hit the Carnival Legend ship and then narrowly missed the Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Oasis of the Seas ship. At the time, the Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock at the port, and the Carnival Legend and Oasis of the Seas ships were docked.

Photos posted on Twitter show damage to at least two decks of the right rear of Carnival Glory. Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line said via email that the company is assessing the damage to both ships, but the damage will not prevent either ship from sailing.

Six passengers reported minor injures, the company said.

At the time of the collision, Carnival Glory was on a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise from New Orleans and due to return Sunday. The ship is 952 feet long and can hold 2,980 passengers. The Carnival Legend is 963 feet long and can hold 2,124 passengers.

The company said that future sailings on both ships will not be affected.

This story was originally published December 20, 2019 at 10:54 AM.

Taylor Dolven

Miami Herald

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Taylor Dolven is a business journalist who has covered the tourism industry at the Miami Herald since 2018. Her reporting has uncovered environmental violations of cruise companies, the impact of vacation rentals on affordable housing supply, safety concerns among pilots at MIA’s largest cargo airline and the hotel industry’s efforts to delay a law meant to protect workers from sexual harassment.