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During ''Crystal Harmony''s maiden voyage in the South American and Caribbean waters, the ship caught on fire due to a fuel leak in an auxiliary engine room some from Cristóbal. ''Crystal Harmony'' drifted without power for sixteen hours but after repairs made it to port under her own steam and disembarked her passengers in Panama. She sailed to the island of
After fifteen years of service, ''Crystal Harmony'' was retired from the Crystal fleet in 2005. She was transferred to the parent company
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Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Mail Shipping Line), also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company and is a member of the Mitsubishi '' keiretsu''. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a ...
. She was originally built by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, as ''Crystal Harmony'' for Crystal Cruises. In 2006, ''Crystal Harmony'' was transferred from the fleet of Crystal Cruises to that of Crystal's parent company, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and entered service under her current name. , she was the largest cruise ship in Japan.
Service history
1990–2006: ''Crystal Harmony''
During ''Crystal Harmony''s maiden voyage in the South American and Caribbean waters, the ship caught on fire due to a fuel leak in an auxiliary engine room some from Cristóbal. ''Crystal Harmony'' drifted without power for sixteen hours but after repairs made it to port under her own steam and disembarked her passengers in Panama. She sailed to the island of Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...
, escorted by a tugboat, for repairs.
2006 onwards: ''Asuka II''
After fifteen years of service, ''Crystal Harmony'' was retired from the Crystal fleet in 2005. She was transferred to the parent company Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha (Japan Mail Shipping Line), also known as NYK Line, is a Japanese shipping company and is a member of the Mitsubishi '' keiretsu''. The company headquarters are located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It operates a ...
to replace the ''Asuka''. She then underwent renovation and re-entered service as ''Asuka II''.
She caught fire again on June 16 2020 while at dock in Yokohama.
2021 COVID-19 case
On 30 April 2021, the ship was en route from the Port of Yokohama and was scheduled to stop atAomori
is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 278,964 in 136,457 households, and a population density of 340 people per square kilometer spread over the city's total area of ...
and Hokkaido prefectures when one case of COVID-19 was detected on board. The passenger was reportedly stable and in isolation in a cabin. The ship returned to Yokohama were the rest of passengers and crew were disembarked.
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