Passengers on a luxury New Year's cruise have reportedly been stranded on board for a week because of a 'marine growth' on the ship's hull.
File: Cruise liner Viking Orion is moored at Station Pier in Melbourne.SYDNEY - Passengers on a luxury New Year's cruise around New Zealand and Australia have reportedly been stranded on board for a week because of a"marine growth" on the ship's hull.
The cleaning was required to protect Australia's waters from"potentially harmful marine organisms", the fisheries department said in a statement sent to AFP. But the cruise ship had made no port calls since leaving the New Zealand capital Wellington on December 26, the tracker said, apparently missing scheduled stops in Christchurch, Dunedin and the Tasmanian state capital of Hobart.
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