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Fire off Amber Cove

The 'Marella Discovery' was temporarily stuck in Amber Cove due to an engine room fire in the evening of July 6, 2023. The ship had sailed from the port of Amber Cove, when at 01.30 a.m. a small fire broke out in one of the vessel's five engines. The crew quickly put it out, and no injuries were reported. The 'Marella Discovery' headed back to Amber Cove to await the arrival of inspectors, which prevented it from returning to its home port of Port Canaveral on schedule, and the next cruise on the vessel has been canceled. About 1,800 passengers were aboard at the time of the incident. The ship sailed from Amber Cove on July 10 at 11 p.m.

Medevac in Balearic Sea

The 'Marella Discovery' oon Aug 14, 2022, requested the urgent evacuation of a passnger which had suffered a heart attack. Salvamento Marítimo in Castellón and Valencia coordinated the emergency response. They mobilized the SAR helicoper helimer 223 which hoisted the patient along with a companion and transported them directly to the heliport of the Hospital de La Fe.

Passenger medevaced in Kalamata

In the afternoon of Oct 9, 2021, the Port Authority of Kalamata was informed by the JRCC that a passenger of the 'Marella Disvoverer' needed to be medevaced 8.6 nautical miles south of the islet of Schiza. The ship headed to the anchorage of Kalamata, and a patrol boat picked up the 80-year-old patient and transported him to the port of Kalamata, while then he was transported by ambulance to the General Hospital of Messinia for further medical examination.