Accidents
At least 15 including a child injured in Ibiza ferry accident
At least 15 people including a 10-year-old boy were injured after a passenger ferry ran aground on an islet off Ibiza Island (Balearic Spain) ...
August 29, 2021DCL-Disney Cruise Line temporarily cancels visits to Nassau Bahamas
DCL-Disney Cruise Line delayed its return to Nassau Bahamas as a call port. The itinerary change impacts select itineraries in September and October...
August 29, 2021At least 21 dead, dozens missing after speedboat accident in Bangladesh
A small ferryboat carrying 100+ people sank on Friday, August 27, after colliding with cargo ships and a speedboat, leaving at least 21 dead and...
August 29, 2021Body of missing millionaire Kai Wunsche (JOOP!), who fell overboard from MS Europa, found in...
A body found washed up on a beach on Terschelling in the northern Netherlands was identified as that of the 81-year-old German millionaire Kai...
August 29, 2021Seabourn cancels Sojourn ship’s World Cruise 2022
The ultra-luxury travel brand Seabourn canceled the 145-day World Cruise 2022 planned for the ship Seabourn Sojourn, which was scheduled to depart on...
August 27, 2021Passenger dead after COVID-19 outbreak on Carnival Vista cruise ship
A 77-year-old woman died from COVID after testing positive on a Carnival cruise ship to Belize, marking the first reported death since ex-USA to...
August 26, 2021Fire breaks out on Gozo Fast Ferry ship "Your Faith" in Malta
Firefighters rushed to Marr Harbour (Gozo Island, Malta) on Monday morning (August 23) after smoke was seen rising from a Gozo Fast Ferry ship soon...
August 23, 2021Millionaire Kai Wunsche (JOOP!) dies after falling overboard from Hapag-Lloyd's cruise ship MS...
On August 20, 2021, several major global media outlets reported that the 82-year-old Kai Wunsche is presumed dead after falling overboard from the...
August 23, 20215 COVID-positive crew on TUI Cruises' ship Mein Schiff 2
5 COVID cases have been found onboard TUI's ship Mein Schiff 2. The vessel is currently sailing in the Mediterranean and commenced her 10-day voyage...
August 22, 20212021 Asia Cruise Forum JEJU has been cancelled
The Jeju Tourism Organization announced that the "2021 Asia Cruise Forum" planned on August 26-28 at Shinhwa World Jeju Landing Convention Center on...
August 22, 2021VIDEO: Burst pipe on Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas ship flooding crew decks
A burst pipe on the RCI-Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship Quantum of the Seas caused flooding in crew areas (decks 2 and 1) on Wednesday, August 11...
August 13, 2021Coronavirus outbreak on Carnival Vista cruise ship
On Wednesday, August 11, the Belize Tourism Board in a press release announced that the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Vista has a total of...
August 12, 2021AIDAblu cruise ship changes itinerary due to the wildfires in Greece
The German company AIDA Cruises was forced to alter the itinerary of its AIDAblu ship due to the wildfires in Greece which affected a number of...
August 11, 20216 COVID-positive passengers on Costa Cruises' ship Smeralda
Several passengers have tested COVID-positive on Costa Cruises' ship Costa Smeralda during a 7-day Mediterranean voyage. According to Costa, 6...
August 9, 2021A "small number" of COVID-positive passengers on Carnival Cruise Lines' ship Vista
A "small number of positive cases" of COVID-19 have been detected aboard the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Vista. At the same time...
August 6, 2021