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The 'Viking Star' skipped its scheduled call at Santorini on Feb 10, 2025, with around 900 cruise passengers on board instead the ship headed to the port of the city of Chania because of the ongoing earthquakes that continued to shake Santorini. Normally the "Viking Star" would have been the ship that opened this year's cruise season for the island, where a record was set in Aug 2024 with more than 15,500 people during one day. Due to the high number, the island community planned to enforce a limit of 8,000 cruise tourists per day. But now it could be that no cruise ships will be arriving for the time being, because the earth is still shaking several times an hour and with peaks of magnitude 5. Seismologists and geologists cannot predict when and how the phenomenon will end. This week, schools on Santorini and the neighboring islands of Ios, Anafi and Amorgos will remain closed following a government decision. Most of the population - especially women, children and the elderly - have left the island and sought safety on the mainland.

The ferry "Fantastic" got out of control while unmooring in Barcelona Port in the afternoon of Jan 12, 2018, around 2 p.m. and drifted towards the cruise terminal B where the "Viking Star" was berthed. The ferry struck the cruise ship’s portside by her stern, she wasn’t able to prevent collision even by dropping anchor or both anchors. The "Fantastic" was taken back to its berth, both ships were investigated but had avoided serious damage. The "Fantastic" resumed her voyage at 5.30 p.m., bound for Genova. The "Viking Star" left Barcelona at 6 p.m., headed to Marseille. Videos: https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/951833872886575105 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=CsUfR26-uTo

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=CsUfR26-uTo