Īndy Stuart, then-president and CEO of NCL, announced on The Kelly Clarkson Show on 10 September 2019 that Kelly Clarkson would be the godmother to Norwegian Encore.

Norwegian Encore was delivered to NCL on 30 October 2019 in Bremerhaven. The ship began her scheduled conveyance along the Ems towards the Eemshaven for her sea trials on 30 September 2019 and completed it on 1 October. Norwegian Encore's float-out was on 17 August 2019 and the ship was towed from the building dock to receive her funnel cladding and further outfitting.

Her keel-laying ceremony was performed on 28 November 2018, accompanied by a performance from the musical Kinky Boots. Ĭonstruction started with the ship's steel cutting on 31 January 2018, the day her name was also announced as Norwegian Encore. However, in January 2018, it was later announced that the ship would instead be designed for the Western market like her other sister ship, Norwegian Bliss. In February 2017, it was announced that the ship scheduled for delivery in 2019 would be designed for the Chinese market, much like her sister ship, Norwegian Joy. Each ship was initially estimated to be approximately 164,600 GT and have 4,200 passenger berths. On 14 July 2014, NCL announced that it had reached an agreement with Meyer Werft for a €1.6 billion order of two new Breakaway Plus-class ships, scheduled for delivery in 20, respectively. Norwegian Encore at Meyer Werft, 2019 Planning and construction She is the fourth Breakaway Plus-class ship in the fleet, following sister ships Norwegian Bliss, Norwegian Escape, and Norwegian Joy, and debuted in November 2019. Norwegian Encore is a Breakaway Plus-class cruise ship operated by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). Hull art designed by Eduardo Arranz-Bravo 'That may minimize some of the risk, at least.Norwegian Encore approaching Juneau, 2022 'From a passenger perspective, one should always be using caution no matter where they are on a cruise ship or off,' Klein said. More common, Klein said, is for passengers to fall over the side of the gangway, though he noted that does not happen often, either.

'It's not unheard of, but it certainly isn't something that happens with any frequency at all,' he said.Ī passenger on an MSC Cruises ship was rescued in 2009 after falling into the water following a gangway collapse, and more than a dozen people were killed in a similar incident on a gangway leading to Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2 in 2003. Ross Klein, a cruise industry expert and a professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, said that this kind of incident is uncommon. Norwegian Encore is currently on a 21-day Panama Canal cruise from Seattle to Miami.Ĭhange of plans:: Tropical Storm Nicole disrupts major cruise line itinerariesĬruise lines change COVID-19 rules: Norwegian Cruise Line drops all mask, vaccine and testing requirements How common is a cruise ship gangway collapse? The cruise line did not specify how many guests were injured, how severe their injuries were, or provide a reason for the collapse. 'We have dispatched our CARE Team to Panama City to offer additional support to these guests,' the spokesperson said. The line's Norwegian Encore ship was in Panama City at the time. Passengers who sustained injuries were taken to a medical facility nearby, a spokesperson for the cruise line told USA TODAY in an emailed statement. A gangway collapsed while a Norwegian Cruise Line ship was stopped in Panama on Tuesday, injuring multiple guests.

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