After touching the quay wall when docking at the Hamburger-Steinweder cruise terminal, the cruise ship “Aidabella” is not allowed to continue for the time being. A corresponding ban was issued by the water police on Thursday morning, said a police spokesman.
According to him, the incident caused minor damage to the ship’s hull. “There was a small crack,” he said. People were not harmed. A technical defect is suspected to be the cause. The “Hamburger Abendblatt” reported about it first.
The ship will immediately undergo a technical inspection, the cruise line said. “For Aida Cruises, the safety of all guests and crew members is always the top priority.” The ship returned to Hamburg from a 26-day trip on Thursday morning and was originally supposed to set off again for the Caribbean in the evening. This trip will now “probably only start in a few days”, it said.
