Marine

14.6, passenger lawsuit

US: Norwegian Cruise Lines is facing a lawsuit from 24 passengers battered in a storm as their vessel raced back to New York for an appearance in the TV show The Apprentice. The lawsuit was filed in Miami by passengers who were on board passenger Norwegian Dawn on April 15 as the vessel sailed from Florida back to New York. The vessel encountered a massive storm with 70-foot waves that swamped decks and rocked the vessel as people were hurled from their bunks. In the suit, passengers said the vessel could have avoided the storm by staying in port or taking another course. The line has acknowledged the ship was to have made a $1mn cameo appearance on The Apprentice two days later, as reported by the New York Post, but denied the master, Niklas Peterstam, was under any pressure to hurry back to New York.