Accidents

Albatros Skips Mombasa Due to Election Unrest in Kenya
MS Albatros, a small cruise ship operated by Phoenix Reisen, has canceled a visit to Mombasa as Kenya struggles with unrest in the wake of a couple...
November 1, 2017
Handguns Found in Bin on P&O Ferry
Two handguns were found dumped in a toilet bin onboard the P&O ferry Spirit of Britain sailing from Calais to Dover. Ferry's cleaners discovered...
November 1, 2017
VIDEO: Cruise Ferry Catches Fire in Java Sea
Dharma Kencana II ferry with 114 passengers and about 40 vehicles onboard caught fire Sunday morning, October 29, in the middle of Java Sea, while en...
October 31, 2017
VIDEO: Ship Crash Compilation
Watch the following ship crash and collision compilation. Collision of ships is a dangerous event, quite often due to human error.
October 28, 2017
VIDEO: Storm Causes Cruise Ship Crash
Watch a cruise ship breaking free of its restraints during a storm in the United States. It is then drifting over the waves within port. Having...
October 27, 2017
VIDEO: Ferry Braves Huge Waves
Watch here a horrifying video of a cruiseferry in Newfoundland sailing too close to shore during a storm. The boat is fighting against enormous...
October 26, 2017
Fred Olsen Cruise Passenger Medevaced to the Canaries
A Spanish maritime rescue helicopter transported a cruise ship passenger to Lanzarote's hospital after suffering a suspected heart attack...
October 26, 2017
Coast Guard Rescues Passenger From Carnival Cruise Ship
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 31-year-old cruise passenger from a Carnival ship off the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Officials said in a news release...
October 25, 2017
P&O Cruises Ship Rescues African Migrants
A luxury P&O Cruises ship has taken a sharp 180 degree turn 30 mi off the south coast of Spain to rescue 10 migrants struggling on an inflatable...
October 24, 2017
Veendam Detours for Injured Passenger
MS Veendam has made an unexpected detour Saturday night after a 71-year-old cruise passenger badly fractured her wrist in a fall, according to the...
October 24, 2017
Passenger Medevaced From Norwegian Cruise Ship
The U.S. Coast Guard has airlifted an ill passenger off a Norwegian cruise ship on Sunday, October 15, around 13 miles away from Atlantic City. In a...
October 17, 2017
8-Year-Old Girl Dies After Falling on Carnival Cruise Ship
An 8-year-old girl died yesterday, October 14, after falling from an interior atrium to a lower deck of a cruise ship, Miami-Dade Police Department...
October 15, 2017
Why MS Veendam Cancels 3 Visits to Charlottetown?
There is little Port Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island) can do when hard winds prevent cruise ships from calling, according to port’s...
October 14, 2017
Nieuw Amsterdam Runs Aground in Mexico
Holland America Line's ms Nieuw Amsterdam with passengers onboard ran aground on Tuesday, October 10, at Huatulco, Mexico after the...
October 13, 2017
MSC Launches New Man Overboard Detection Technology
MSC Cruises announced the launch of an innovative vanguard video surveillance system which offers even greater onboard security. In another cruise...
October 13, 2017