Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
P&O Cruises cancels Aurora's post-refit voyage due to maintenance delays
P&O Cruises has announced the cancellation of the Aurora's scheduled 3-night voyage from Southampton to Zeebrugge, originally set to depart on...
April 22, 2025 - Accidents
84-yo passenger medevaced from TUI's ship Mein Schiff 3
On April 20, 2025, an 84-year-old German passenger aboard the TUI cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 experienced a severe cardiac event while the vessel was...
April 22, 2025 - Accidents
Gastrointestinal illness/Norovirus reported on Viking Polaris ship (32 cases)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a gastrointestinal illness outbreak aboard the Viking Polaris ship during the...
April 22, 2025 - Accidents
506 passengers evacuated after ro-pax Lite Ferry 5 grounds near Jagna Port (Bohol, Philippines)
On Saturday, April 19th, the Ro-Pax (roll-on/roll-off passenger) vessel Lite Ferry 5 (IMO: 9873321, 2019-built, Philippines-flagged) ran aground...
April 21, 2025 - Accidents
MSC Sinfonia ship's Mediterranean cruise canceled due to technical issues
In the early hours preceding an anticipated Mediterranean voyage, MSC Cruises canceled a scheduled voyage on MSC Sinfonia due to a technical...
April 15, 2025 - Accidents
Flooding aboard Sky Princess due to burst pipe
On the evening of April 8, 2025, the cruise vessel Sky Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, encountered a significant flooding event resulting...
April 13, 2025 - Accidents
Crystal Symphony cruise ship tourists robbed at Mombasa (Kenya)
A contingent of 50+ armed youths, wielding machetes, carried out an assault on cruise ship passengers visiting Mombasa (Kenya). The attackers seized...
April 3, 2025 - Accidents
Discovery Princess ship breaks moorings in San Francisco Port
MS Discovery Princess broke free from her mooring lines at San Francisco's Pier 27 due to unexpectedly strong side winds, with gusts reaching 34 mph...
April 3, 2025 - Accidents
Finnish icebreakers aid Hanseatic Spirit through frozen Bothnian Bay
The expedition cruise vessel Hanseatic Spirit, operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, encountered heavy sea ice while navigating off the coast of Kemi...
April 2, 2025 - Accidents
Cruise ship drug smuggling attempt thwarted in Angra dos Reis (Brazil)
On March 20th, the Brazilian Federal Police detained two foreign nationals on charges of international drug trafficking aboard a cruise vessel docked...
March 31, 2025 - Accidents
Cruise ship Norovirus outbreaks on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Encore
The USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported gastrointestinal illness/norovirus outbreaks on Cunard’s flagship...
March 31, 2025 - Accidents
Sky Princess passenger medevaced mid-voyage due to heart complications
A British passenger aboard the Sky Princess, a vessel operated by Princess Cruises, was medically evacuated by the Spanish coast guard after...
March 28, 2025 - Accidents
Sun Princess alters course for medical emergency
The cruise ship Sun Princess has adjusted her itinerary to expedite arrival at Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) due to a passenger requiring...
March 28, 2025 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Seabourn Venture ship 100 mi off Tenerife Canaries
On Sunday, March 23rd, a medical evacuation was conducted approximately 100 miles/160 km north of Tenerife (Canary Islands Spain), involving the...
March 26, 2025 - Accidents
Miami-bound Independence of the Seas embroiled in child sex abuse scandal
Two Mexican nationals are facing charges in South Florida after they were both accused of sexually victimizing a 14-year-old boy on a Miami-bound...
March 25, 2025