Royal Caribbean International, the contemporary market unit in the Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) group, said it would strengthen its storm avoidance efforts after its Anthem of the Seas had run in heavy weather on the east coast of North America.

Anthem of the Seas will return to Cape Liberty, NJ this evening and it is expected resume service on Saturday.

“Despite that fact, the event, exceptional as it was, identified gaps in our planning system that we are addressing. Though that system has performed well through many instances of severe weather around the world, what happened this week showed that we need to do better,” the company said in a statement.

The severity of Sunday's storm, with its 120 mph winds, far exceeded forecasts. “Even so, it is our responsibility to eliminate every surprise we possibly can,” Royal Caribbean stated.

“As of today, we are strengthening our storm avoidance policy, and have added resources at our Miami headquarters to provide additional guidance to our ships' captains.”