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Carnival Cruise Line has announced significant delays to several ships in the fleet due to the approaching Hurricane Milton. The cruise line has already informed guests that a cruise on the 'Carnival Paradise' has been cancelled and that the ship, while not cancelled yet, would not be able to return to port on Oct 10, 2024. The arrival of the 'Carnival Valor' in Miami on Oct 10 would be delayed. The 'Carnival Sunrise' would not be returning to Miami as scheduled on Oct 10. The 'Carnival Glory' would not be returning to Port Canaveral on Oct 11. Passengers were assured on Oct 9 that they would be kept updated on the situation and provided with available options as soon as possible.

On Oct 24 a medical evacutation of a passenger aboard the 'Costa Favolosa' became necessary, while the ship was in transit from Portugal to Cartagena, 2.8 nautical miles from Cadiz. The CCS Cadiz of Salvamento Marítimo mobilizes the SAR boat 'Salvamar Suhail' to the cruise ship, which embarked the patient and transferred him to Puerto América, where an ambulance was waiting for him for further transport to a hospital.

On Oct 8, sick passengers were airlifted to safety from the 'Sun Princess', which was stranded off the coast of Florida as the Hurricane Milton was heading directly towards it. The shiphad left Southampton on Sep 23 and was due to dock in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the morning of Oct 9. However, with the hurricane set to batter the US state, Port Everglades, where the ship was due to stop, was closed. The ship was now cruising five miles off the coast of Florida. The storm was expected to hit Florida on the night of Oct 9, bringing winds exceeding 130 mph. Report with video: https://uk.style.yahoo.com/florida-cruise-ship-evacuation-hurricane-163704859.html

The US Coast Guard medevaced an 85-year-old woman from the 'Carnival Venezia' on Oct 6, 2024, approximately 98 nautical miles off Cape Lookout. Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders received a medevac request from the cruise ship after the woman began experiencing stroke-like symptoms. A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston, South Carolina MH-65 Dolphin helicopter arrived on scene, hoisted the patient and flew her to Wilmington Airport, where local EMS transported her to the New Hanover Wilmington Regional Medical Center. The cruise ship was en route to the Bahamas. Report with video: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3928906/multimedia-release-coast-guard-medevacs-woman-from-cruise-ship-approximately-98/

The Gujarat High Court has ordered the arrest of the 'SW South Wind I' as an exporter was seeking damage for held up rice cargo. It was among other consignments aboard the vessel which detained by the DRI for ‘irregularities’ in the export of organic rice. MEIR Commodities moved the Gujarat High Court as its consignments of about 460 tonnes of parboiled rice got held up after the vessel was detained by the DRI officials. The Gujarat High Court has asked the Deenadayal (Kandla) Port office and Customs officials to arrest the ship within Indian territorial waters until further orders.