Cruise news (Ferries-tagged)
- Accidents
Search underway for 140 people after passenger ship loses contact in Java Sea
Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 140 people from the Indonesia-flagged passenger vessel Virgo Transport 8 (IMO 8625179) after the...
September 13, 2026 
5 dead and 80+ missing after ferry fire off Palawan (Philippines)
5 people have died and 80+ remain missing after a fire broke out aboard the ferry MV June Aster (MMSI 548848200) off Palawan Island in the western...
September 10, 2026
Ferry disaster off Northern Cyprus claims 12 lives
The death toll from the ferry disaster off northern Cyprus has risen to 12 after rescue teams recovered two additional bodies overnight, according to...
September 5, 2026
21 injured after ferry and oil tanker collide near Penang Port (Malaysia)
21 people were injured, 6 of them seriously, after a ferryboat and an oil tanker collided near Penang Port in Malaysia on September 1st. The...
September 5, 2026
Italian prosecutors investigate alleged sexual assault attempt aboard athletes’ village ship
Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into an alleged attempted sexual assault aboard one of the passenger ships being used as floating...
September 3, 2026- Accidents
Passenger ferry capsizes off Northern Cyprus, leaving at least 8 dead
The passenger ferry/high-speed catamaran ship Filo Jet (IMO 8962034), carrying 267 people, capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus on Sunday...
August 31, 2026 - Accidents
BC Ferries (Canada) restores service after mechanical disruptions on Sunshine Coast route
B.C. Ferries has restored normal service between Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast following a series of sailing disruptions on Saturday morning...
August 30, 2026 - Cruise Industry
FTA allocates $665M to expand and modernise US ferry services
The US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has allocated US$665 million to 23 projects aimed at expanding and modernising ferry services across the...
August 26, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan plan joint Caspian fleet and new ferry for Middle Corridor
Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan have agreed to accelerate the development of transport infrastructure along the Middle Corridor, including plans for...
August 25, 2026 - Accidents
Lake Kariba ferry disaster becomes Zimbabwe’s deadliest public transport accident
The death toll from the capsizing of the government-owned passenger ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Zimbabwe’s Lake Kariba has risen to 94, making the...
August 21, 2026 - Accidents
Greek island ferry crossings resume at Attica ports (Piraeus, Rafina, Lavrio) after gale-force winds
Ferry operations at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio returned to a broadly normal schedule on Friday afternoon, August 14th, after gale-force...
August 15, 2026 - Cruise Industry
GNV begins construction of 6th cruise ferry
Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), part of the MSC Group, has started construction of the second vessel in its second series of 4 new ro-pax ferries at...
August 12, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Greece prepares €60M ferry support scheme to offset fuel cost pressures
The Greek government is preparing a support programme worth almost EUR 60 million to assist the country's ferry operators as higher marine fuel costs...
August 7, 2026 - Accidents
Death toll rises to 51 following Myanmar ferry disaster
Rescue teams have recovered 11 additional bodies from the Aung Soe Moe Kyaw ferry, raising the confirmed death toll to 51 after the vessel capsized...
August 6, 2026 - Cruise Industry
Tallink charters Romantika ferry for Mediterranean Games accommodation in Italy
Tallink Grupp has signed a charter agreement with the Organising Committee of the Mediterranean Games Taranto 2026 under which the cruise ferry...
August 3, 2026