Está mais que provado que os cruzeiros efectuados em navios de luxo, sem sempre são seguros.
100 passageiros deste luxuoso navio, sofrem e intoxicação alimentar.
Segundo notícias divulgadas na imprensa de Singapura, o luxoso navio Super Star Virgo, em cruzeiro entre Singapura e o Vietname, 100 passageiros foram acometidos de intoxicação alimentar.
O jornal The Singapore daily refere que a companhia the Star Cruise company informou que os passageiros ficaram doentes depois de o Super Star Virgo ter atracado no Vietname.
As investigações ainda decorrem afim de apurarem a causa dos sintomas, incluindo diarreias, vómitos, dores de estomago e febre.
Após o regresso do navio a Singapura, na passada Sexta-Feira, contactos os passageiros eles descreveram a cena a bordo do navio como caótica.
Segundo declarações da passageira Cynthia Lim de 22 anos de idade, igualmente afectada, e que foi tratada a bordo nos cuidados intensivos, disse que a se comida tivesse sido comprada nas ruas do Viertname a culpa seria dos passageiros, mas não, a comida que provocou o caos, foi fornecida a bordo pela Star Cruises.
SuperStar Virgo
SuperStar Virgo at Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand | |
Career | |
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Name: | SuperStar Virgo |
Owner: | Star Cruises |
Operator: | Star Cruises |
Port of registry: | Panama City, Panama |
Ordered: | 22 November 1995 |
Builder: | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
Cost: | $350 million |
Yard number: | 647 |
Laid down: | 18 November 1996 |
Launched: | 23 December 1998 |
Completed: | 1 August 1999 |
Acquired: | 2 August 1999 |
In service: | 10 October 1999 |
Identification: | IMO number: 9141077 |
Status: | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Leo class cruise ship |
Tonnage: | 75,338 GT (gross tonnage) |
Displacement: | 8,530 metric tons deadweight (DWT) |
Length: | 268.60 m (881 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 32.3 m (106 ft) |
Draught: | 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in) |
Depth: | 11.50 m (37 ft 9 in) |
Decks: | 13 (10 passenger accessible) |
Installed power: | 4 × MAN-B&W 14V48/60 diesels combined 58,800 kW |
Propulsion: | Two propellers 3 thrusters |
Speed: | 25.5 kn (47.23 km/h; 29.34 mph) maximum 24 kn (44.45 km/h; 27.62 mph) service |
Capacity: | 1974 passengers (lower berths) 2800 passengers (all berths) |
Crew: | 1300 |
SuperStar Virgo is a Leo class cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1999 by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.
Concept and construction
The SuperStar Virgo was ordered by Star Cruises on 22 November 1995 from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany as the second ship of the Leo class, and the second newbuilding for Star Cruises. Like her sister ship SuperStar Leo, she was designed specifically for the Asian cruise market. The keel of the SuperStar Virgo was laid on 18 November 1996, and she was floated out of drydock on 23 December 1998. She was delivered to Star Cruises on 2 August 1999.
Service history
Following the lengthy transit from Papenburg to Singapore the SuperStar Virgo entered service on cruises from Singapore on 10 October 1999. On 24 April 2003 the SuperStar Virgo was relocated from Singapore to operate cruises out of Perth, Western Australia due to the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in Southeast Asia.Initially the redeployment was planned to last only a one-month evaluation period, but due to the success of the cruises out of Australia the SuperStar Virgo was based in Perth until July 2003.
In 2004 the SuperStar Virgo became the sole "mega-ship", and the only purpose-built ship, in Star Cruises' fleet, when her sister SuperStar Leo was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises' subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line (newbuildings planned or ordered by Star Cruises after the SuperStar Virgo had either been cancelled or moved to the NCL fleet prior to delivery).
On 2 April 2008 the SuperStar Virgo relocated from Singapore to Hong Kong as her port of departure until 26 October 2008, the redeployment coinciding with the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.She was then returned to Singapore late October 2008 and resumed her current itinerary.
Decks and facilities
Only including decks and facilities accessible to passengers.- Medical center
- Outside and inside cabins
- Main dining room, Chinese restaurant (The Pavilion Room), outside and inside cabins
- Casino, cafeterias, karaoke bar, reception, Chinese and Italian restaurants, showroom (lower level), promenade deck
- Meeting rooms, cinema, shops, Japanese and Indian restaurants, showroom (upper level)
- Suites, outside and inside cabins
- Children's center, games arcade, sun deck, swimming pool, jacuzzi, suites, outside and inside cabins
- Bridge, sundeck, outside and inside cabins
- Observation lounge/nightclub, card room, mahjong room, library, beauty salon, saunas, gym, sundeck, swimming pool, buffet restaurant
- Discothèque, deck bar, sundeck
- Para quem andou no mar durante 25 anos, fazer cruzeiros, mesmo em navios luxuosos, e nada baratos, não estão nos plano do articulista.
2 comentários:
Estimado confrade e amigo António Cambeta!
Creio que você foi um destemido homem do mar, sempre pautado pela lisura e transparência!!!! Certamente se você tivesse vivido no tempo do nobilíssimo Infante Dom Henrique de Avis (1394-1460) seria seu assecla dileto!!!!
Caloroso abraço! Saudações desbravadoras!
Até breve...
João Paulo de Oliveira
Diadema-SP
Estimado Confrade e Ilustre Prof. João Paulo,
O meu mui obrigado por seu gentil comentário.
Penso eu que de, nos tempos do Dom Henrique, não teria as qualidades navegadoras para a época.
As minhas cascas de nóz que comandei, a Mondego e a Tejo, era motorizadas e possuiam todas as facilidades de navegação.
De navegação à vela, fico a ver navios!...
A remos ainda naveguei, mas isso faz já muitos muitos anos.
Abraço marítimo, enviado de um 10 andar com vista para o mar.
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