Carnival Valor

Carnival Valor is a post-Panamax Conquest-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. Built by Fincantieri at its Monfalcone shipyard in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, she was floated out on March 27, 2004, and christened by American journalist Katie Couric in Miami on December 17, 2004.[3]

Carnival Valor departing Port Canaveral, USA
History
Name: Carnival Valor
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival Cruise Line
Port of registry: Panama City,  Panama
Builder:
Cost: US$500 million
Launched: March 27, 2004
Sponsored by: Katie Couric
Christened: December 17, 2004
Maiden voyage: 2004
In service: December 2004–present
Identification:
Status: Not in service; transporting crew to respective home countries
Notes: [1][2][3][4][5]
General characteristics
Class and type: Conquest-class cruise ship
Tonnage: 110,000 GT
Length: 952 ft (290.2 m)
Beam: 116 ft (35.4 m)
Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Decks: 13
Installed power: 63,400 kW
Propulsion: Diesel-electric; two shafts
Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Capacity: 2,974 passengers
Crew: 1,180
Notes: [1]

Carnival Cruise Line announced the suspension of all North American itineraries until June 26, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

History
Carnival Valor docked in Grand Cayman.

The 952-foot ship can hold up to 1,200 crew members and just over 3,750 guests despite normal guests capacity is 3,000. The vessel is homeported in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has a "Heroes and Heroics" theme.[7]

Carnival Valor sails 4 and 5-night cruises to Cozumel, Mexico.[8] Some of Carnival Valor's public areas were refurbished during a drydocking from April 23 through May 8, 2016.[9] In 2017, the ship earned a perfect health score of 100 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was part of the agency's Vessel Sanitation Program, whose purpose is to prevent the transmission and spread of gastrointestinal disease.[10]

Crewmember Genti Jankula broke his back onboard Carnival Valor in 2014. In September 2018, a Monaco judge ruled that Carnival should pay him $1.4 million, but the company refused to pay. He then took the company to a U.S. Federal court in Miami before Judge Ursula Ungaro, who ruled in his favor; Jankula won the suit.[11]

On February 13, 2020, a rock music-themed cruise, known as ShipRocked, took place onboard Carnival Valor. Performers included Lzzy Hale and her band Halestorm, Alter Bridge, and Beartooth.[12]

Port calls

On September 4, 2018, due to heavy rains and floods on Galveston, Texas, Carnival Valor's departure was delayed.[13] On January 23, 2019, the ship lost power at sea for an hour when she left Galveston on her way to Cozumel.[14] On May 10, 2019, the ship repositioned and switched homeports with Carnival Dream to begin short sailings.[15] On July 11, 2019, the ship docked in Mobile, Alabama instead of New Orleans due to a tropical storm.[16]

On April 3, 2020, the ship along with other three cruise ships departed from the port of Gulfport, Mississippi after Governor Tate Reeves announced a “shelter-in-place” order to contain the spread of coronavirus.[17]

Incidents

On August 3, 2017, the ship contacted the Houston-Galveston Coast Guard station and requested assistance for a woman who was injured from a fall. She was then medically evacuated by helicopter near Galveston after the ship left port for Cozumel.[18]

On October 10, 2019, a 23-year-old male passenger was critically injured when he fell from where he was sitting onto a lower deck.[19] He was medically transported by a Coast Guard Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin from New Orleans.[20]

Coronavirus pandemic

During the coronavirus pandemic, the CDC reported, as early as April 22, 2020, that at least one person who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 had tested positive within 14 days after disembarking.[21] On March 15, a 49-year-old man from Ohio tested positive of the COVID-19 after he started displaying symptoms.[22] On April 8, 300 crew members who tested negative for COVID-19 disembarked at the port of New Orleans.[23]

References
  1. Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 978-9812467393.
  2. "Carnival Valor moving toward Miami". South Florida Business Journal. December 1, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  3. "Couric to serve as ship godmother". South Florida Business Journal. September 20, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  4. "Carnival Valor (IMO: 9236389)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
  5. "Carnival Triumph (732488)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard.
  6. "Carnival Cruise Line Suspends Cruise Operations Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". Cruise Hive. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  7. "21 Reasons to Take a Carnival Valor Cruise". March 15, 2019.
  8. "Building Upon Leadership Position in Port Canaveral, Carnival to Expand Capacity on Short Cruises By 34 Percent And Offer Newest Class of Ship on Week-Long Voyages From Space Coast – Carnival Cruise Line News".
  9. "Carnival Valor Undergoes Makeover In Preparation For Cruises Out of Port Canaveral". Space Coast Daily. May 10, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  10. "Carnival Cruise Ship Earns Perfect 100 Health Score During Recent Inspection". March 21, 2020.
  11. Dolven, Taylor (September 25, 2019). "Injured Carnival crew member may finally get the $1.36 million the company owes him". miamiherald. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  12. "ShipRocked 2020: A Daily Diary and Photo Gallery of Rock's High Seas Adventure". February 13, 2020.
  13. "Galveston Floods Delay Departure of Carnival Valor". Travel Agent Central.
  14. EST, Katherine Hignett On 1/23/19 at 5:23 AM (January 23, 2019). "Cozumel-bound cruise ship lost power at sea". Newsweek.
  15. "Two Carnival Cruise Line Ships to Begin New Short Sailings". May 10, 2019.
  16. "Carnival cruise ship Valor rerouted to Mobile due to tropical forecast". FOX10 News.
  17. "Cruise Ships Depart Port Due to "Shelter-In-Place" Order". April 3, 2020.
  18. "Coast Guard Medevacs Injured Woman From Carnival Valor Near Galveston". Cruise Law News. August 3, 2017.
  19. Oliver, David. "Carnival passenger critically injured after falling onto lower cruise ship deck". USA TODAY.
  20. "Coast Guard Medevacs Passenger in Critical Condition From Carnival Valor". Cruise Law News. October 9, 2019.
  21. Self-Checker (April 22, 2020). "CDC's role in helping cruise ship travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic | CDC". Archived from the original on April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  22. Lee, Anita (March 15, 2020). "Former passenger on Carnival ship docking in Gulfport tested positive for coronavirus". sunherald. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  23. "Healthy workers disembark Carnival Valor to head to home countries, COVID-19 patients remain". WWL.
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