The 91,740gt ship had problems with its Azipod system in Singapore late last year at the start of the company’s first Asia program in more than a decade.
Now Norwegian Star has experienced a further technical malfunction and is travelling at reduced speed.
She will miss Wednesday’s scheduled call at Cairns and a call at Brisbane on February 4 and is expected to arrive in Sydney as planned on February 6.
The ship is expected to sail from Sydney that day, calling at Melbourne on February 8 where she will overnight. She will miss the calls at Burnie on February 9 and Milford Sound on February 12.
She will visit Dunedin on February 13, Akaroa on February 14 and Wellington on February 15, but will miss Napier on February 16.
The ship will arrive in Tauranga on February 17, and Auckland as planned on February 18.
All passengers are being offered a credit of A$1,000 per stateroom and a 100% future cruise credit of the fare paid for use within the next five years.
Passengers who sail on the February 6 voyage will receive a A$250 shipboard credit and a 25% credit on the fare of a future cruise to be used within five years.
Those who do not sail on the voyage to Auckland will receive a 100% future cruise credit.
The ship, which underwent a full refurbishment in 2015 as part of the ‘Norwegian Edge’ upgrade, was built in 2001 and is not NCL’s Norwegian Star that came to Australia in 1997 for Sarina Bratton’s Norwegian Capricorn Line.
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