French cruise ship hit rocks, breached, taking on water, Andaman sea Thailand

Mikhail VoytenkoNews, Thailand
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Cruise ship LA BELLE DES OCEANS ran onto rocks south of famous Phi-Phi islands, Thailand, Andaman sea, sometime between 0200 and 0300 Bangkok time (UTC +7) Nov 25, with 90 passengers and 60 crew on board. Underwater hull in bow section was breached, with ensuing water ingress. The ship understood to manage to refloat by own means, and reached Phuket island under own power, closely monitored by Thai Navy. She was berthed at 1030 Bangkok time Nov 25, all on board safe.
LA BELLE DES OCEANS was en route from Penang island, Malaysia, to Phang Nga Bay near Phuket, Krabi Province, Thailand, famous tourists attraction and destination.
Cruise ship LA BELLE DES OCEANS, IMO 8800195, GT 5218, built 1989, flag Belgium, operator CroisiEurope.

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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.