Crystal Endeavor accidents and incidents

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2020 - delayed delivery due to shipyard closure (Coronavirus), Crystal Yacht Cruises 2020 program cancelled

Date

Accident

2020

Structural and Technical Issues

On April 9, 2020, Crystal Cruises announced that the new ship's delivery will be delayed due to the temporary shutdown of the shipbuilding yard Lloyd Werft in Germany (MV Werften Stralsund). The closure was due to the global Coronavirus pandemic and halted shipyard's operations.

As result, all planned for Crystal Endeavor cruises in 2020 (August 10 through October 31) were cancelled. The Inaugural Cruise (Aug 10-26, 16-day itinerary "Russian Far East Maiden Expedition Cruise", roundtrip from Yokohama Japan) was rescheduled for November 14 (14-day itinerary "Tasmania and Fjords of New Zealand", Nov 14-28, from Sydney NSW to Lyttelton-Christchurch NZ).

Next tables shows the initially planned maiden voyage from Japan.

Date / Time	Port
10 Aug 19:00	Departing from Yokohama, Japan
12 Aug	Hakodate, Japan
13 Aug	Rishiri Island (Kutsugata) and Wakkanai, Japan
14 Aug	Korsakov, Sakhalin Island, Russia
15 Aug	Tyuleny Island, Russia
16-17 Aug	Kuril Islands, Russia
18 Aug	Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
22 Aug	Kuril Islands, Russia
23 Aug	Korsakov, Sakhalin Island, Russia
24 Aug	Otaru, Japan
26 Aug	Arriving in Yokohama, Japan

Next table shows the rescheduled maiden voyage from Australia.

Date / Time	Port
14 Nov 18:00	Departing from Sydney, NSW Australia
16 Nov	King Island, Tasmania
17 Nov	Flinders Island, Tasmania
18 Nov - 19 Nov	Freycinet National Park, Tasmania
19 Nov	Maria Island, Tasmania
20 Nov	Bruny Island, Tasmania
20 Nov - 21 Nov	Hobart, Tasmania
24 Nov	Fiordland NP, New Zealand
25 Nov	Bluff, New Zealand
25 Nov - 26 Nov	Stewart Island, Oban, New Zealand
27 Nov	Dunedin, Port Chalmers, New Zealand
28 Nov	Arriving in Lyttelton-Christchurch, New Zealand

Prices started from ~USD 14450 pp. The cancelled itineraries also included:

Aug 28- 16-day "Japans Cultural and Coastal Discovery Cruise" (roundtrip Yokohama)
Sept 13 - 15-day from Yokohama to Keelung Taiwan
Sept 29 - 16-day from Keelung to Benoa (Bali Indonesia)
Oct 15 - 16-day from Benoa to Cairns (Queensland Australia)
Oct 31 - 13-day from Cairns to Sydney (NSW Australia)

In early-June 2020, Crystal Yacht Cruises cancelled the remainder of Crystal Endeavor's 2020 program. The decision was based on international travel restrictions, including Australia's and New Zealand's bans for cruise ships.

Nov 14 - 14-day from Sydney to Lyttelton-Christchurch (USD 14450)
Nov 28 - 12-day from Lyttelton-Christchurch to Auckland NZ (USD 12700)
Dec 10 - 12-day from Auckland to Lyttelton-Christchurch (USD 12200)
Dec 22 - 14-day from Lyttelton-Christchurch to Hobart Tasmania (USD 18750)

All affected/cancelled bookings were provided with full monetary refund or 125% refund in FCC (future cruise credit) with rebooking on any Crystal Cruises ship and itinerary through 2023.

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