Captain Of Viking Sky Cruise Ship
With the crew the cruise ship was carrying 1373 people on its hapless voyage.
Captain of viking sky cruise ship. He said he understood some people were not and that while Iceland was requiring them Viking was. A Telemark Norway native Gulleik Svalastog dreamed of the day when he would be captain of his own ship. On March 23 2019 CHC played a critical role in a dramatic cruise ship rescue operation amid treacherous conditions off the coast of Norway.
By Terje Solsvik OSLO March 24 Reuters A luxury cruise ship that had set sail with almost 1400 passengers and crew aboard arrived at a port in Norway on Sunday. The Viking Sky lost engine power in a notoriously rough stretch of. The captain of a Viking Cruises ship which collided with a smaller tourist.
A few minutes later Cruise Director Jenna announced the ship had been cleared and excursions began to leave. The first inspection was carried out onboard Viking Sky today. Viking Sky the third elegant sister ship in our ocean fleet is christened in Tromsø Norway a popular destination for viewing the Northern Lightsand a key port of call on our Into the Midnight Sun itinerary.
The vessel VIKING SKY IMO. Viking Sky is a 745-foot 930-guest ship. Mr Liseth said investigators were heading to Molde on Monday but declined to speculate why the Viking Sky captain had decided to sail to Stavanger in the first place despite the weather warning.
The 64-year-old Ukrainian captain of the cruise ship has been taken into custody. 9650420 MMSI 259186000 is a Passenger Cruise Ship built in 2017 4 years old and currently sailing under the flag of Norway. The 2017-built MS Viking Sky cruise ship is the third in a series of 10 identical vessels built for Viking Ocean Cruises.
The Skys captain Bengt-Owe Gustafsson has worked for Viking since 2017. The Norwegian Maritime Authority NMA on Monday 25 March published an investigation update regarding the incidents of the cruise ship Viking Sky and cargo vessel Hagland Captain. This was the first itinerary along an Arctic Circle route and a first for Viking in the regions Winter season.
