A Princess Cruises ship carrying nearly some 4,000 people smashed into a pier in San Francisco this week while the vessel was trying to dock, officials said.
In a statement, the company said that the ship “made unexpected contact” with the Pier 27 dock at the Port of San Francisco on Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating the incident, an official also said.
“There were no injuries and at no time were any guests or crew in danger,” the company told several news outlets. “The ship is safely alongside and disembarkation is complete.”
Another passenger told the outlet that the effects of the crash were minimal but said “you could definitely” feel it. “It wasn’t like things falling off the shelves or anything like that, kind of like when you get the tugboats coming up against us. So yeah … it was different,” Jeremy Jordan said.
“It was so funny, because one of the dock guys, you can hear him yell out like ‘whoa’ and then you can kind of hear it just slowly going in,” Mr. Jordan said.“It’s ironic, because I think it was yesterday the captain was talking about how he goes into docks and how unpredictable the currents are. So yeah, it’s a challenge for them to be able to do that.”
Another passenger, Jim Simpson, said that he and his family are among those who are still waiting to go back to Alaska.
A similar incident took place in 2019 when an MSC Cruises ship hit a dock and a riverboat in Venice, Italy. A Norwegian Cruise Lines ship also hit a dock in San Juan, Puerto Rico that year as well.