Thought this would be interesting to post.
(Charleston-AP) April 8, 2004 - About 380 cruise ship passengers were stranded on the downtown peninsula in Charleston for several hours after the US Coast Guard forced the Galaxy back to sea for failing to file its manifest paperwork on time.
The incident may have exposed a weakness in port security, since the boat shouldn't have been allowed to dock.
The ship was escorted 12 miles offshore Wednesday to international waters to wait out the remainder of the 24-hour period required between its filing notice and its arrival in Charleston.
Celebrity Cruises spokesman Michael Sheehan said a computer glitch prevented the notice from reaching the Coast Guard on time.
posted 11:56am by Chris Rees