On 14 February 2005, the MV Grand Voyager was struck by a freak wave during a mistral storm while operating in the Mediterranean.

A 40 to 50 foot tall wave knocked out a window on the bridge and ingressing water disabled the ship's engine controls.

Dramatic video of the ship helplessly adrift and rolling to extreme angles was captured by rescue helicopters.

This incident occurred less than a month after a similar situation happened aboard Grand Voyager's sister-ship the MV Explorer operating in the Pacific.

The vessel was sold for 43.68 million US-Dollar to Bohai Ferry Company from Yantai in February 2014, and was renamed Chinese Taishan.