Japanese cruise ship holed in collision in Apra Harbor, Guam
Cruise ship NIPPON MARU with 524 passengers on board collided with Delta Pier in inner Apra Harbor, Guam, at night Dec 30, on arrival from Japan, inflicting damages both on the ship and the pier.
Pier is fitted with fuel pipe line, it wasn’t said if pipe was damaged or not. NIPPON MARU starboard hull sustained a hole 1.5×2.1 meters, understood above waterline.
About Nippon Maru measures 97 metres (318 ft) long, with a beam of 12.95 metres (42.5 ft) and a draft of 6.90 metres (22.6 ft).Her gross tonnage is 2,286.She is rigged as a four-masted barque, with 32 sails covering 2,397 square metres (25,800 sq ft), and two 600-horsepower diesel engines for auxiliary functions. During her career as a training ship, she was manned by a crew of 27 officers, 48 seamen, and 120 trainees.
