(CBS4 News) FT. LAUDERDALE The largest cruise ship in the world will have to wait a day to make a trip around South America to San Francisco, after discovering engine problems shortly after beginning that trip from Port Everglades.

The Queen Mary II left Port Everglades shortly after 1 PM Tuesday, bound for South America, and was just a few miles offshore and a spokesman for Cunard, owner of the ship, said the captain noticed a problem with one of the ship’s engines.

Cunard says the ship stopped offshore and performed engine checks for a few hours, but engineers decided the ship could not continue, so the decision was made to return the Queen Mary II to it’s berth at Port Everglades.

The cruise line says the ship will be in port at least overnight, and passengers will simply spend the night aboard ship.

A Cunard spokesperson says there were no other problems aboard the ship, and no apparent damage beyond the problem with the propulsion system.

Cunard is owned by Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines.

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