Cruise ship NORWEGIAN ESCAPE with passengers on board ran aground at around 2110 UTC Mar 14 while leaving Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. According to track, she was refloated at around 0430 UTC Mar 15 and taken back to port, as of 0530 UTC she was already docked.
Passenger Ship NORWEGIAN ESCAPE is currently located at CARIBS – Caribbean Sea at position 21° 28′ 29.1″ N, 072° 34′ 58.0″ Was reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-03-14 05:43 UTC (1 day, 3 hours ago)
NORWEGIAN ESCAPE (IMO: 9677076) is a Passenger Ship that was built in 2015 (7 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Bahamas.
Its carrying capacity is 164998 Gross Tonnage and her current draught is reported to be 8.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 325.9 meters and her width is 46.5 meters.
Sources: Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko + Marine Traffic
