A cruise ship coming into Canada Place in Vancouver Harbour Saturday collided with another cruise ship.
A statement from Holland America, which owns both the Oosterdam and Nieuw Amsterdam ships involved, says the ships rubbed against each other while docking stern to stern.Susan Carrusca, her mother and two friends had just sat down to breakfast on the Nieuw Amsterdam when she felt a jolt.
Carrusca had been on a repositioning cruise from San Diego and they were due to leave the ship within the hour, she said. Carrusca said the captain later announced what had happened, explaining that the Oosterdam hit the rear of the Nieuw Amsterdam and that some passengers who were in cabins near the stern of the ship were not allowed to return.
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