Cruise ship stranded in Eire for months returns to port — hours after setting off on world voyage

The posh cruise ship that was stranded in Northern Eire for 4 months lastly set off for its world voyage — simply to nearly instantly be compelled again to port Tuesday.

The Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey ship, which had been scheduled to depart Belfast in Could earlier than it was plagued with restore points, set sail on its three-year journey late Monday night time.

Nonetheless, inside simply hours the ship was compelled to backtrack and return to dock Tuesday as a result of ultimate items of paperwork weren’t accomplished, the BBC reported.

The liner, which docked off the coast in a single day with some 125 passengers on board, is about to reach again in Belfast’s harbor at about 1:30 p.m. native time earlier than departing once more at 11:30 p.m.

“Unsure precisely what’s occurring however we’re going to be docking again in Belfast immediately after which leaving in a while,” one of many passengers, Mary Ann Demsar, informed the outlet.

“There may be some paperwork that also must be carried out.”