UPDATE - This is Alaska Cruise Ship's Second Major Grounding

The cruise ship Empress of the North that hit a rock off Juneau Alaska this morning had an eerilly similar incident in the Columbia River last year. As the Winter 2006/2007 Issue of the US Coast Guard's magazine Proceedings then reported:

A river cruise ship goes hard aground on a rocky
ledge outside the main navigation channel of the
Columbia River, near Portland, Ore. The vessel floods
and begins to list to port. Onboard are 260 passengers
and crew, and more than 35,000 gallons of diesel fuel.

For the complete story visit the Maritime Experts at: gCaptain.com