Cruise news (accident-tagged)

60 passengers on MS Swiss Crystal test positive for COVID-19
MS Swiss Crystal (riverboat owned by Scylla AG) completed a 7-night cruise from Passau to Frankfurt am Main along the rivers Danube and Main on...
October 28, 2020
Cruise Industry
P&O Pride of Hull ferry with 260 people stranded in the River Humber
A ferry that caught fire on sailing from Port Hull (England UK) to Holland is still stranded with a total of 260 people onboard in the River Humber...
October 22, 2020
Accidents
Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Sensation rescues 24 people off Florida coast
A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued 2 dozen people, including 2 kids, from a sinking boat 37 miles (60 kilometres) off the Florida coast, the cruise...
October 19, 2020
Accidents
MSC Grandiosa passengers not allowed to disembark in Malta over suspected Coronavirus case
Passengers from the MSC Cruises' liner MSC Grandiosa have not been allowed to disembark in Malta over a suspected case of Coronavirus (COVID-19...
October 18, 2020
Cruise Industry
7 passengers test COVID-19 positive on Costa Cruises' Costa Diadema
Seven passengers on Costa Diadema tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19) after disembarking in Palermo, Sicily Italy. The passengers had already...
October 16, 2020
Accidents
Carnival Corporation update on ransomware attack that accessed and encrypted information technology...
As it was earlier announced, Carnival Corporation & plc detected unauthorized third-party access to portions of its information technology...
October 15, 2020
Accidents
Ferry services suspended in south China due to the 16th typhoon of the year
The southern Chinese province of Hainan ordered the suspension of all ferry services in Qiongzhou Strait starting on Tuesday, October 13, as this...
October 13, 2020
Accidents
Sixth cruise line went bankrupt due to COVID-19
Jalesh Cruises India has become the 6th cruise company that went bankrupt due to the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The India...
October 11, 2020
Cruise Industry
Repeat test for 12 crew on TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 6 now negative for COVID-19
With 922 passengers and 666 crew onboard, TUI Cruises' Mein Schiff 6 docked at the port of Piraeus (Athens), Greece early...
September 29, 2020
Accidents
Aranui 5 cruise aborted after several crew test positive for COVID-19
A voyage from Tahiti to the Marquesas Islands was cancelled after several crew had tested COVID-19/Coronavirus positive. The 2015-built cargo cruise...
September 28, 2020
Accidents
12 crew on the first cruise ship to dock in Greece test Coronavirus-positive
12 crew from the first cruise ship to dock in Greece following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown have tested positive for COVID-19, the Greek...
September 28, 2020
Accidents
Costa Diadema crew tests positive for Coronavirus
A crew who boarded the cruise liner Costa Diadema a few days ago has tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The man (of Indian nationality...
September 27, 2020
Accidents
RCC-Royal Caribbean Cruises CEO warns of anti-cruise group using CDC website
According to RCC-Royal Caribbean Cruises' CEO, an anti-cruise group was attempting to flood the CDC website in an apparent attempt to pressure the...
September 21, 2020
Cruise Industry
Viking Line's Amorella ferry runs aground in Aland Islands archipelago
A Baltic Sea passenger ferry with about 300 people onboard has run aground in the Aland Islands archipelago between Finland and Sweden on Sunday...
September 20, 2020
Accidents
Person tests positive for COVID-19 onboard Hurtigruten’s ms Finnmarken
Hurtigruten cruise line has confirmed Saturday afternoon, September 19, that a person onboard its ms Finnmarken (Otto Sverdrup) cruise ship had...
September 20, 2020
Accidents