Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
Royal Caribbean cancels Labadee port calls through October due to security risks
RCI-Royal Caribbean has halted all scheduled calls at its privately operated beach destination, Labadee (Haiti), through the end of October 2025...
August 3, 2025 - Accidents
Celebrity Constellation ship lost power/propulsion between Ravenna and Rome
Celebrity Cruises’ Constellation encountered a loss of both hotel and propulsion power for approximately two hours on the evening of August 2...
August 3, 2025 - Accidents
MS Explorer collides with ice in Bransfield Strait, sinks near King George Island
In November 2007, the 1969-built MS Explorer (IMO 6924959), once operated by G Adventures, met its fate in the Bransfield Strait near King George...
July 31, 2025 - Accidents
Cruise sector responds to Pacific tsunami alerts following major offshore earthquake
Following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s Pacific coast on July 29th, maritime authorities activated tsunami protocols across parts of...
July 31, 2025 - Accidents
Federal Authorities investigate incident on CCL's ship Carnival Dream
Federal officials have confirmed that an incident occurred aboard Carnival Dream while the ship was underway, reportedly on or around July 23, 2025...
July 28, 2025 - Accidents
Crew member dies after jumping overboard from Icon OTS near Bahamas
Late on the evening of July 24, as Icon of the Seas sailed the eastern Caribbean approximately 200 miles east of Nassau, a grave emergency unfolded...
July 25, 2025 - Accidents
Pro-Palestinian demonstration on Syros forces Crown Iris to skip port call
A group of around 150–300 pro-Palestinian residents on Syros Island (Greece) halted the arrival of the Israeli-operated cruise vessel Crown...
July 24, 2025 - Accidents
Alleged due‑process concerns as Filipino crew deported from USA-based cruise ships
Since April, 100+ Filipino seafarers aboard cruise ships calling at USA ports have been removed and deported under what local organizations describe...
July 22, 2025 - Accidents
Passenger ferry burning en route to Manado (Indonesia) results in 5 fatalities and massive rescue
A passenger ferry bound for Manado (North Sulawesi's capital city) amid the waters off northern Sulawesi caught fire on Monday, resulting in at least...
July 22, 2025 - Accidents
Delay at PortMiami grounds Celebrity Beyond due to technical slowdown
An advisory circulated to guests aboard the Celebrity Beyond ship informed them that the departure from PortMiami will be postponed by a full day...
July 20, 2025 - Accidents
38 Killed in tourist boat incident during a storm in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
Rescue teams continued their search on Sunday for 5 individuals who remained unaccounted for following the capsizing of the tourist vessel Wonder Sea...
July 20, 2025 - Accidents
Norovirus illness outbreak with 141 cases on Royal Caribbean's ship Navigator OTS
Over 130 passengers and a handful of crew were stricken with a gastrointestinal illness during a 7‑night voyage aboard Navigator of the Seas, which...
July 19, 2025 - Accidents
Allegation of reef damage by Silver Cloud sparks dispute off Alor Island (Indonesia)
A diving operator and executive at Bluewater Travel has accused Silversea’s expedition ship Silver Cloud of harming coral around Alor...
July 16, 2025 - Accidents
Victory Cruise Lines/VCL crew removed amid federal operation in Great Lakes
During routine calls at the Port of Detroit, crew members from Victory Cruise Lines’ Victory I and Victory II were removed by the US Customs...
July 15, 2025 - Accidents
NCL's ship Norwegian Star drifts in Hudson River due to power failure
Norwegian Star, carrying 2,348 passengers on a 14‑night transatlantic voyage bound for Halifax (Canada) and Reykjavík (Iceland), lost power...
July 14, 2025