The Island is “very fortunate” that no one was injured when the cruise ship Norwegian Star broke from Heritage Wharf during a squall, Transport Minister Walter Roban said yesterday.“In the midst of a potential calamity, Bermudians came together,” Mr Roban added, noting that the ship’s gangway had been out to accept returning passengers at the time it broke free.An investigation will shed light on the exact circumstances that caused the ship to swing out into Grassy Bay shortly after 2pm on Friday, when a cell of violent weather took the Island by surprise.Government’s postmortem of the incident is “not to determine cause or apportion blame”, but to improve response measures for what was described as freak weather.While the ship’s mooring lines snapped, Mr Roban said the dock itself had stood firm, and “also contributed to saving us from a calamity — not just for one ship, but for two”.No damage was sustained by the bollards at port, or by King’s Wharf itself, he said.However, the east-facing Norwegian Star made contact with the stern of The Explorer of the Seas after it was pushed out by the wind.Damage to the other vessel appeared “minimal”, Mr Roban said, but a closer inspection is forthcoming by the ship’s Classification Society.Transport Permanent Secretary Francis Richardson said the day’s sudden 45-knot winds “came out of nowhere”.“Bigger ships have a larger air draught,” he said, explaining that as cruise ships get ever larger, they also grow increasingly prone to winds.Mr Roban found no fault with the Island’s weather-watching equipment.“We have the best weather instrumentation on the planet in Bermuda, in Dockyard and every part of the Island,” he said.The investigation into the incident will be led by Marine and Ports, now in the process of “gathering additional technical information”, Mr Roban added.The Minister also thanked local mariners and members of the community in Dockyard for joining in the scramble to secure the ship.“Some of these individuals went into action unprompted in the midst of driving rain and high winds to lend assistance.”He estimated that 2,500 ft of line were drawn by hand from the water before the ship could be brought back alongside the wharf.Meanwhile, the Norwegian Star, currently being inspected in New York, is due next Wednesday, on schedule.