Carnival Valor
![]() Carnival Valor in Costa Maya, 2022 | |
History | |
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Name | Carnival Valor |
Owner | Carnival Corporation & plc |
Operator | Carnival Cruise Line |
Port of registry | Panama City, ![]() |
Builder |
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Cost | US$500 million |
Launched | March 27, 2004 |
Sponsored by | Katie Couric |
Christened | December 17, 2004 |
Maiden voyage | 2004 |
In service | December 2004–present |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
Notes | [1][2][3][4][5] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Conquest-class cruise ship |
Tonnage | 110,000 GT |
Length | 952 ft (290.2 m) |
Beam | 116 ft (35.4 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Decks | 13 |
Installed power | 63,400 kW (85,000 hp) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two shafts |
Speed | 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
Capacity | 2,974 passengers |
Crew | 1,180 |
Notes | [1] |
Carnival Valor is a post-Panamax Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. The vessel was built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia (northern Italy). She was floated out on March 27, 2004, and christened by American journalist Katie Couric in Miami on December 17, 2004.[3]
History
The 952-foot (290 m) vessel can hold up to 1,180 crew members and 2,974 guests. The ship's homeport is New Orleans, Louisiana.[6]
Carnival Valor sails 4 and 5-night itineraries to the Caribbean.[7] Some of Carnival Valor's public areas were refurbished during a drydock from April 23 through May 8, 2016.[8] In 2017, the ship earned a perfect health score of 100 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was part of the agency's Vessel Sanitation Program, whose purpose is to prevent the transmission and spread of gastrointestinal disease.[9]
On February 13, 2020, a rock music-themed cruise, known as ShipRocked, took place onboard Carnival Valor. Performers included Lzzy Hale and her band Halestorm, Alter Bridge, and Beartooth.[10]
Port calls
On September 4, 2018, due to heavy rain and flooding in Galveston, Texas, Carnival Valor's departure was delayed.[11]
On January 23, 2019, the ship lost power at sea for an hour when she left Galveston on her way to Cozumel.[12] On May 10, 2019, the ship repositioned and switched homeports with Carnival Dream to begin short sailings.[13] On July 11, 2019, the ship docked in Mobile, Alabama instead of New Orleans due to a tropical storm.[14]
On April 3, 2020, the ship along with other three cruise ships departed from the port of Gulfport, Mississippi after Governor Tate Reeves announced a “shelter-in-place” order to contain the spread of coronavirus.[15]
Incidents
A crewmember broke his back onboard Carnival Valor in 2014. In September 2018, a Monaco judge ruled that Carnival should pay the crewmember $1.4 million, but the company refused to pay. The crewmember then took the company to a U.S. Federal court in Miami which ruled in his favor; the crewmember won the suit.[16]
On August 3, 2017, the ship contacted the Houston-Galveston Coast Guard station and requested assistance for a woman who was injured from a fall. She was then medically evacuated by helicopter near Galveston after the ship left port for Cozumel.[17]
On October 10, 2019, a 23-year-old male passenger was critically injured when he fell from where he was sitting onto a lower deck.[18] He was medically transported by a Coast Guard Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin from New Orleans.[19]
On December 22, 2021, a 53-year-old man started experiencing stroke-like symptoms. He was picked up by a Coast Guard MH-65 218 miles (351 km) south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana and transported to New Orleans.[20]
On February 16, 2022, a 32-year-old woman fell overboard while the vessel was around 150 miles (240 km) from the coast of Louisiana when heading to New Orleans after a port call in Cozumel, Mexico.[21]
On 24 November 2022, a 28 year old man fell overboard 20 miles off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. He was found and rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter over 15 hours later.[22]
Coronavirus pandemic
During the coronavirus pandemic, the CDC reported, as early as April 22, 2020, that at least one person tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after disembarking.[23] On March 15, a 49-year-old man from Ohio tested positive with COVID-19 after displaying symptoms.[24] On April 8, 300 crew members who tested negative for COVID-19 disembarked at the Port of New Orleans.[25]
References
- ^ a b Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 978-9812467393.
- ^ "Carnival Valor moving toward Miami". South Florida Business Journal. December 1, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ a b "Couric to serve as ship godmother". South Florida Business Journal. September 20, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ "Carnival Valor (IMO: 9236389)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ "Carnival Triumph (732488)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard.
- ^ "Cruise Lines & Itineraries | Cruises | Port of New Orleans". Port NOLA. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Line, Carnival Cruise. "Carnival Valor | Valor Cruise Ship". Carnival Cruise Line. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Carnival Valor Undergoes Makeover In Preparation For Cruises Out of Port Canaveral". Space Coast Daily. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ "Carnival Cruise Ship Earns Perfect 100 Health Score During Recent Inspection". March 21, 2020.
- ^ "ShipRocked 2020: A Daily Diary and Photo Gallery of Rock's High Seas Adventure". February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Galveston Floods Delay Departure of Carnival Valor". Travel Agent Central.
- ^ EST, Katherine Hignett On 1/23/19 at 5:23 AM (January 23, 2019). "Cozumel-bound cruise ship lost power at sea". Newsweek.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Two Carnival Cruise Line Ships to Begin New Short Sailings". May 10, 2019.
- ^ "Carnival cruise ship Valor rerouted to Mobile due to tropical forecast". FOX10 News.
- ^ "Cruise Ships Depart Port Due to "Shelter-In-Place" Order". April 3, 2020.
- ^ Dolven, Taylor (September 25, 2019). "Injured Carnival crew member may finally get the $1.36 million the company owes him". miamiherald. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Woman From Carnival Valor Near Galveston". Cruise Law News. August 3, 2017.
- ^ Oliver, David. "Carnival passenger critically injured after falling onto lower cruise ship deck". USA TODAY.
- ^ "Coast Guard Medevacs Passenger in Critical Condition From Carnival Valor". Cruise Law News. October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger off Southwest Pass | Coast Guard News". coastguardnews.com. December 23, 2021. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ "Coast Guard searches for woman who jumped off Carnival cruise into Gulf of Mexico". New York Post. February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ Gozzi, Laura. "Cruise passenger rescued after 15 hours in the sea". BBC News. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
- ^ Self-Checker (April 22, 2020). "CDC's role in helping cruise ship travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic | CDC". Archived from the original on April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ Lee, Anita (March 15, 2020). "Former passenger on Carnival ship docking in Gulfport tested positive for coronavirus". sunherald. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Healthy workers disembark Carnival Valor to head to home countries, COVID-19 patients remain". WWL.
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