Cruise cancelled after Pacific Sun loses its bearing

The ship had been in the Forgacs Cairncross dry dock for refurbishment and scheduled routine maintenance when it was discovered that a custom-made replacement bearing on the propeller shaft was needed, a spokesman for the Carnival subsidiary said.

A replacement part was to be flown in from Europe with specialist engineers to install it in the 1900-passenger ship.

That operation would take until the next sailing on November 21, Carnival said.

The next P&O Cruises ship due for a routine dry-dock examination was the Pacific Dawn in May.