A Carnival Corp. (CCL) (CCL) cruise liner was released to sail of a Texas port by a U.S. judge who ordered that in the batter 30 March in a lawsuit over a death in the Costa Concordia shipwreck from Italy.
U.s. Magistrate Judge John Froeschner released the MS Carnival triumph yesterday from an order of the seizure the cruise liner keep in his home port of Galveston, said John Eaves Jr., a lawyer for the family of the victim.
The triumph, which is owned by the same company that owns the Costa Concordia, was wanted as security in a lawsuit (CCL) that was also placed on March 30 in Galveston Federal Court by the family of Siglinde Stumpf, a German tourist who died in the shipwreck.
"The issue related to the Carnival triumph is resolved," said Jennifer De La Cruz, a spokeswoman for Miami-based Carnival, the world's largest cruise ship operator.
The triumph was allowed to Board passengers and freight, while the seizure order in fact was. The 2,758-passenger ship offers year-round service from the Houston area to ports in the Caribbean and Mexico. It left about 4: 30 pm local time for a five-day trip to Yucatan and Cozumel.
Eaves said in a telephone interview earlier yesterday that the triumph could be freed from the seizure order as the cruise line agreed to a $ 10 million bond in safety of the German tourist lawsuit. Details of the resolution, which was achieved about 30 minutes before the scheduled time of departure, the ship shall be confidential, eaves said in an emailed statement.
Eaves, based in Jackson, Mississippi, said he is part of a movement of the international consumer lobby for more surveillance and safety standards in the global cruise industry. He said 16 cruise ships sunk worldwide in the last 20 years. At least 25 people died after the Costa Concordia ran hang from Italy in January.
Eaves said he served Stumpf the lawsuit in Galveston to focus on the triumph, what he said "the same inadequate safety standards as the Costa Concordia, exactly the same. ''
"We have not managed to get the attention of our Carnival, so this shot over the arc is to let them know that we are serious about changing the law and maritime standards are," said Eaves. "We want a uniform set of safety standards, and we will not stop until we get it."
Carnival said on March 9, had a net loss of $ 139 million in the first quarter, compared with net income of $ 152 million in the period last year.
Consequences of the shipwreck of the Costa Concordia, which ran aground off the Italian island of Giglio, will extend until 2012, the company said in a statement accompanying the release of the profit.
Carnival problems exacerbated when another Costa Cruises ship, Allegra, was towed to shore in the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean after catching fire on 27 February and 22 guests on the Carnival splendor were deprived to land in Mexico.
The case is Kai Stumpf v. Carnival Plc, 3: 12-cv-0099, u.s. District Court, Southern District of Texas (Galveston).
To Contact the reporter on this story: Laurel Brubaker Calkins in Houston on laurel@calkins.us.com.
To Contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha on mhytha@bloomberg.net
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