All 100 passengers and 54 crew of the cruise ship Explorer are safe, says the ship’s operator and technical manager Gap Shipping.
They have been transferred from lifeboats to Nordnorge with a smaller vessel, National Geographic Endeavour. No injuries have been reported. A statement released on behalf of Gap Shipping thanked Chile’s and Argentina’s Marine Response Coordination Centres, which had been immediately, advised when the accident happened and were kept in close touch throughout the emergency. Gap Shipping praised the MRCC Services for their speedy and professional response and paid tribute to the masters and operators of the vessels, which responded so speedily to this emergency. The operator pledged a full investigation to discover how the hull was damaged.
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