Cruise news (accident-tagged)

Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Fails Inspection
A departure of a Royal Caribbean ship was delayed at Port Canaveral on Monday night after US Coast Guard inspectors discovered safety issues...
February 15, 2017
Accidents
Passenger Missing From Carnival Cruise Ship
The Coast Guard is currently searching for a cruise passenger after video showed him fall overboard from Carnival cruise ship out of...
February 14, 2017
Accidents
Stricken Norwegian Star Returns to Sea
A cruise ship stranded off the Australian coast after a mechanical failure returns to sea today bound for New Zealand. Norwegian Star, which departed...
February 14, 2017
Accidents
Investigation Begins Into Cruise Ship Death
Maritime New Zealand is currently investigating whether a cruise ship line is liable over death of a crew member in explosion in Dunedin. A...
February 14, 2017
Accidents
Arctic Cruise Ship Owners Pay $469K in Environmental Costs
The owners of a cruise ship which ran into a rock shelf in Nunavut have to pay nearly US$500,000 in environmental costs to the government of...
February 13, 2017
Accidents
French Cruise Ship Investigated for the Second Time
A France-flagged cruise ship has come under investigation for the 2nd time in a month after hitting a rock in Milford Sound (Fiordland NP). The...
February 12, 2017
Accidents
Norwegian Star Breaks Down Near Australia
Distressed cruise passengers are in tears, with their ship broken down and drifting off Victorian coast. Preparations are underway to tow Norwegian...
February 10, 2017
Accidents
Crew Member Killed in Explosion on Cruise Ship
A cylinder with compressed nitrogen exploded on a cruise ship berthed in Otago. It hit and killed a crew member, before flying over the...
February 9, 2017
Accidents
Cruise Ship Worker Found Guilty and Deported
A married cruise ship worker will have to be deported after his cruise ship left Cairns without him. 25-year-old Donald Nawe drunkenly groped...
February 9, 2017
Cruise Industry
Cruise Passenger Fined Over Ammunition
A man from Panama has been fined US$1,000 when he appeared in court on February 3, Friday in connection with the discovery of 3 live rounds of...
February 8, 2017
Cruise Industry
Coast Guard Rescues Passenger From Norwegian Cruise Ship
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescued a man and his wife from an NCL cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico after the 76-year-old man fell ill with flu-like...
February 7, 2017
Accidents
Dad-of-Two Nearly Dies During Caribbean Cruise
A British dad has been left fighting for his life after he developed painful bed sores and was tied to bed at a “dirty” hospital during a...
February 5, 2017
Accidents
Cruise Ship Rescues Sinking Boat
The crew of a cruise ship has saved 6 men from a leaky Tongan fishing boat yesterday afternoon, who had not had water for 3 days. New...
February 5, 2017
Accidents
Gastro Outbreak Affects 90 Passengers on Princess Cruises Ship
A gastro outbreak has affected about 90 holidaymakers on a Princess cruise ship, leaving others hoping to board in Port Brisbane with a prolonged...
February 4, 2017
Accidents
Technical Issues Continue Aboard Norwegian Star
Norwegian Cruise Line announced it had to revise the 21-day cruise of Norwegian Star which left from Hong Kong to Sydney on January 16, 2017. Late...
February 1, 2017
Accidents