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Norwegian Solar’s present 9-night Baltic crusing is ending on a low word as a result of technical difficulties impacting the ship’s propulsion.

Experiences have surfaced on social media indicating that the deliberate go to to Nynashamn, Sweden, which supplies entry to Stockholm, was cancelled on June 22, 2026, as a result of propulsion points.

“At the moment on NCL Solar and might be lacking our port name in Sweden at present as a result of lack of propulsion. Journey had been going nice till now. Climate is beautiful right here too which provides to the sting,” one of many as much as 1,878 company onboard posted on Reddit on June 22.

“Searching the window now and it appears we’re useless within the water as we make our strategy to Estonia,” the present visitor continued.

The news was also confirmed by one other present passenger on Fb.

Previous to the cancelled name in Stockholm, the 78,309-gross ton vessel efficiently visited Oslo, Norway; Warnemunde-Rostock, Germany; Gdynia-Gdansk, Poland; Klaipeda, Lithuania; and Riga, Latvia.

According to cruise tracking data, the NCL ship was additionally in a position to make its remaining name on the itinerary as deliberate to Tallinn, Estonia, on June 23.

On the finish of her go to, she departed on time at 8 p.m. As of the time of this writing, the cruise ship is crusing towards Helsinki, Finland, at speeds of seven knots.

However whereas this appears gradual, Helsinki is sort of near Tallinn with solely round 40 nautical miles between the locations. The ship ought to arrive in Helsinki on time for disembarkation on the morning of June 24.

Will the Subsequent Itinerary Be Impacted?

Right now, there isn’t a recognized affect to the following cruise, which is the reverse of the crusing the Sun-class flagship may have simply accomplished.

The June 24 cruise will sail from Helsinki again to Copenhagen, Denmark, which is the place the present June 15 voyage embarked, over the course of 9 days.

Right now, there have been no public bulletins indicating that itinerary modifications might be mandatory or that repairs will have to be accomplished in port earlier than heading again out to sea. It’s additionally not recognized what prompted the propulsion points within the first place.

Generally the onboard engineers can repair the issue mid-voyage, whereas extra difficult points could require the ship to remain in port to complete the work.

Cruise Hive reached out to Norwegian Cruise Line for extra details about the scenario, however didn’t obtain a response in time for publication.

Are Propulsion Issues Widespread?

Propulsion points aren’t precisely frequent, however they do occur infrequently. With ships basically working 24/7, 12 months per yr, generally onboard techniques merely get out of whack.

However with a number of propulsion points not too long ago making the information, it could actually really feel like it is a scenario that’s getting extra frequent. 

For instance, Cruise Hive has coated propulsion issues for Norwegian Bliss, Royal Caribbean’s Attract of the Seas, and Holland America Line’s Zaandam up to now month alone.

“Is it simply me or is ‘lack of propulsion’ turning into a extra frequent challenge? Or is that this simply one thing to be anticipated on older ships,” the Reddit consumer inquired.

It’s vital to acknowledge that there are a whole lot (if not 1000’s) of sailings that don’t grow to be headlines as a result of every little thing is working usually.

And to Norwegian’s credit score, the cruise firm does its greatest to take care of its fleet. Although Norwegian Solar is an older ship with a 2001 launch yr, she visits dry dock routinely and was most not too long ago refurbished in 2024.

In her a long time at sea, the ship has solely ever skilled propulsion or power issues in 2011 and 2023, so technical difficulties are clearly few and much between.