Imagine going on a cruise, but instead of arriving home you wind up being kicked off in the Bahamas. :-O

A cruise ship had an arrest warrant waiting in Miami. So it took passengers to the Bahamas.

A cruise ship heading to Miami changed course to the Bahamas Saturday after a US judge issued an arrest warrant for the ship due to unpaid fuel bills.

If the Crystal Symphony had continued course to Miami, it would have been seized by authorities. So it headed to Bimini instead, as USA Today first reported. The ship is still docked at the Bahama port, according to a cruise ship tracker.

The saga began Wednesday, when Peninsula Petroleum Far East filed a lawsuit in a South Florida federal court against Crystal Cruises, alleging it owed unpaid fuel bills totaling more than $4.6 million — of which $1.2 million is for Crystal Symphony specifically.

On Thursday, a US judge issued an arrest warrant ahead of the ship's scheduled Saturday arrival in Miami, meaning the ship would be seized by a US Marshal and court-appointed custodian.

Crystal Cruises said about 300 passengers were transferred by ferry on Sunday from Bimini, Bahamas, to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In a statement to the Associated Press, a spokesperson said that the ferry ride to Fort Lauderdale was "uncomfortable due to inclement weather."

"This end to the cruise was not the conclusion to our guests' vacation we originally planned for," the cruise line said in a statement....

I wonder what the passengers thought of that cruising experience.

Cheers.

Not quite the ending to a trip I would have wanted.
I guess now the passengers, being mostly Americans, will be sharpening their own lawyers to get compensation for their disrupted holidays.
Further, can an International Arrest Warrant be issued for a ship in this sort of case?

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Arrest the crew for several thousand counts of kidnapping.

The crew have a fairly solid defence (below captain and navigation officer), but the cruise line are in for some very stormy waters.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

The cruise line is likely bankrupt.


Stay safe folks...
Martin

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If not it soon will be once their ships are seized...

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Q: How do you serve aliens dinner?
A: On flying saucers

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In the middle of nowhere, but still think you are being watched.
You just might be.

Just tried to post message on BOINC message board, got notification that I needed to 'validate' my email address, which I have previously done. Then all of a sudden the page automatically refreshing itself with "BOINC message boards is temporarily shut down for maintenance. Please try again later."

Edit.... site is back up, I was able to post with out validation.
Must D.A. messing breaking with things again.

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477-mile lightning bolt spanning 3 states sets world record

The April 2020 flash across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi overtook the previous max set in Brazil in 2018, meteorology group says.

shocking!

Still trying to find a Doctors Office who'll take IEHP/MediCal...

May be too far for you to go but I know that DAP does. They are in Palm Springs. I have a friend who is a doctor there.

‘All I Wanted Was Some Steak!'
Law enforcement is working to figure out how the incident at a Golden Corral restaurant began, CBS Philly reported Tuesday.

A former employee said someone told him the brawl may have taken place after a customer grew angry when the buffet ran out of steaks.

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The International Space Station is about to crash!
Deliberately Into the Pacific Ocean
in 2030

The end of the International Space Station is finally approaching, with NASA declaring the retirement of the orbital outpost in 2030 and a dramatic deorbiting early in the following year.

Nothing lasts forever, not even the International Space Station. The writing’s been on the wall for some time now, but NASA made it official earlier this week, announcing that ISS operations will last until 2030 but no further. Upon retirement, the space station will perform a controlled re-entry and crash onto a remote part of the Pacific ocean known as Point Nemo. It’s all part of NASA’s plan to hand over space station responsibilities to the private sector and save a whole lotta cash in the process.

“The private sector is technically and financially capable of developing and operating commercial low-Earth orbit destinations, with NASA’s assistance,” Phil McAlister, director of commercial space at NASA, said in the statement. “We look forward to sharing our lessons learned and operations experience with the private sector to help them develop safe, reliable, and cost-effective destinations in space.”

In a detailed transition report sent to Congress, NASA said it expects to save $1.3 billion the year after ISS is gone and $1.8 billion per year by 2033. The space agency plans to spend these estimated savings on deep space exploration projects, allowing it to “explore further and faster into deep space,” according to the report. But by extending the mission to 2030, NASA will “continue another productive decade of research advancement and enable a seamless transition of capabilities in low-Earth orbit to one or more commercially owned and operated destinations in the late 2020s.”

That's not what certain silly film makers are showing at the moment!...


Keep searchin',
Martin

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hi, this remember me the Cosmos 1999 show :D

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Imagine going on a cruise, but instead of arriving home you wind up being kicked off in the Bahamas. :-O

A cruise ship had an arrest warrant waiting in Miami. So it took passengers to the Bahamas...

In further developments.

Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony seized by US Marshals.

A luxury cruise ship operator is underwater – and left passengers high and dry.

US Marshals seized a pair of popular cruise ships in the Bahamas yesterday upon allegations that their Miami-based owner, Crystal Cruises, has failed to pay $US4.6 (AUD$6.5) million in fuel bills, the NY Post reported.

Crystal Serenity and Crystal Symphony had only crew members on board, according toCruise Law News, while hundreds of passengers faced “bedlam” after being hurriedly booted off the ships before the vessels were seized.

“What a dreadful, disgraceful end to a so-called luxury #cruise line,” tweeted Cruise Law News publisher and maritime lawyer Jim Walker.

A third ship, the Crystal Endeavor, the line’s newest and most luxurious vessel, was seized in Argentina this afternoon.

The Serenity and Symphony dumped their passengers in Bimini last month before setting sail for the perceived safety of international waters.

The passengers, some of whom expected to cruise on to California, were ferried to Fort Lauderdale and then left to fend for themselves....

Cheers.

Going back to the future?

DeLorean to return with electric cars.

DeLorean is set to return to the road this year with an electric coupe inspired by a beloved classic.

The reborn company says a reborn version of the DeLorean DMC-12 is “definitely happening”, tweeting that fans of the brand can register for an online premiere of the new machine.

DeLorean teased fans with a shadowy video showing a low-slung machine with top-mounted “gullwing” doors similar to those fitted to the 1980s original....

Cheers.

Where does the flux capacitor go?