Accidents
850 French passengers sue Costa Cruises after contracting COVID-19 onboard
Around 850 French passengers who were onboard a Coronavirus (COVID-19)-riddled cruise ship (turned away from many ports in March 2020) filed a...
August 10, 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases on Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen ship rises to 62
The number of people on Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen ship who have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 62. Following...
August 7, 2020
VIDEO: Orient Queen cruise ship sinks after blast in Beirut
The Orient Queen cruise ship which was berthed at Port Beirut (Lebanon) has sunk following two very large explosions in the cargo port on August 4...
August 6, 2020
SeaDream passenger tests positive for Coronavirus after arriving in Denmark
On Tuesday, August 4, SeaDream Yacht Club was informed that a passenger from Denmark had been diagnosed with Coronavirus (COVID-19) after a routine...
August 6, 2020
UnCruise Adventures' Wilderness Adventurer sails back to port with COVID-19 case
Alaska’s first cruise ship of the year returned to port early after a passenger tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19), according to...
August 5, 2020
Crew tests positive for COVID-19 on Viking Cruises' Viking Star ship
A crew member of Viking Cruises' Viking Star ship in Alesund Norway has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The company said there had...
August 5, 2020
Orient Queen cruise ship significantly damaged in Beirut Port explosion
Authorities in Lebanon are counting the number of dead and injured after the explosion at Beirut Port that rocked the city. The blast, which...
August 5, 2020
VIDEO: Powerful explosions rock Beirut port
A massive explosion ripped through the Lebanon;'s capital Beirut City on Tuesday, August 4, injuring many people and blowing out windows in a wealth...
August 4, 2020
Crew tests positive for COVID-19 on Ponant's Paul Gauguin ship
In the South Pacific, cruisers on Ponant's ship Paul Gauguin (docked in Papeete, Tahiti Island, French Polynesia) were told to stay in their cabins...
August 3, 2020
3 crew test positive for COVID-19 on 2 Costa Cruises ships
Three crew on the Costa Cruises ships Costa Favolosa and Costa Deliziosa have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). Both liners are moored...
August 3, 202033 crew test positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Hurtigruten's Roald Amundsen ship
Hurtigruten’s ms Roald Amundsen, which is one of the first cruise ships to resume sailings in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
August 1, 2020
Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Hurtigruten's Roald Amundsen ship
4 crew members on Hurtigruten's ms Roald Amundsen have tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The authorities in Tromso Norway are cooperating...
July 31, 2020
Carnival Fantasy arrived at Turkey's Aliaga shipbreaking yard for scrapping
The passenger liner Carnival Fantasy ended its final voyage Tuesday morning, July 28, when the vessel arrived at its final resting place. Following...
July 29, 2020
Boston-based cruise shipping company ordered to cease and desist a party cruise
The company behind what happened to be a crowded Boston Harbor weekend party cruise was ordered to stop operating. The Massachusetts Department of...
July 28, 2020
10 AIDA Cruises crew test positive for COVID-19
Ten crew members of the Carnival Corporation-owned German company AIDA Cruises who were due to board the ships AIDAmar and AIDAblu in homeport...
July 25, 2020