1.   A premier port city in the pre-container era, New York was where the great liners still docked and the great trains still roared into the terminals.

2.   The North River piers were where the liners docked, not the Hudson.

3.   Minor repairs were later carried out when the liner docked into New York, eight hours behind schedule.

4.   The company said its president John Olsen would meet the passengers when the luxury liner docks in New York on Friday to discuss compensation demands.