Cruise news (accident-tagged)

87-Year-Old Woman Medevaced From Viking Sky
The Coast Guard has medevaced an 87-year-old woman from a Viking Cruises ship 180 miles off Norfolk coast Monday night, October 31. Watchstanders at...
November 1, 2017
Accidents
Celebrity Cruises Passengers Hit With Norovirus
Passengers onboard a Celebrity Cruises ship which left Sydney on Sunday, October 30, have been hit with an outbreak of gastro. Celebrity Solstice...
November 1, 2017
Accidents
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
Holland America Passengers Blocked by Chiapas Protest
Highway blockade in Chiapas on Friday, October 27, gained international notice. Around 1,000 passengers aboard Holland America's ship Eurodam...
October 29, 2017
Cruise Industry
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
Greece to Raise Sunken Cruise Ship
The government of Greece ordered the raising of a sunken cruise vessel that foundered off the island of Santorini 10 years ago, leaving 2 passengers...
October 22, 2017
Cruise Industry
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
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
Accidents
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
Accidents