This afternoon, a passenger on the Emerald Princess informed us that the cruise ship was experiencing power issues similar to the Grand Princess which suffered similar power failures en route to San Fransisco returning from a cruise to Mexico (which we mentioned yesterday).
AIS, like Marine Traffic showed the vessel speed as the cruise ship
Today I received a message stating that there was a fire on the Emerald Princess yesterday.
Yesterday. the Princess cruise ship sailed from Southampton heading toward Las Palas, which is the capital of Gran Canaria, one of Spain’s Canary Islands off northwestern Africa.
Cruise expert Professor Ross Klein’s website also contains this comment from a passenger aboard
I first heard of the fires (yes, plural) aboard the Princess Cruises’ Emerald Princess in a cruise review entitled Emerald Princess On Fire!!!
A couple on the cruise ship commented, with no other details, that on the first night (September 16th) "the staff were called to stations because of a fire in the engine room.