Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
Nagasaki Port pilot dies after trying to board Diamond Princess cruise ship
Nagasaki Port pilot fell in the water at ~5:30 Tokyo time (~20:30 UTC) on Friday, May 5th, while boarding Princess Cruises' Diamond Princess ship...
May 6, 2023 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Oceania Cruises' ship Marina
A female crew onboard the Oceania Marina ship has been medically evacuated in Greece due to an urgent medical condition. Ship officers have...
May 4, 2023 - Accidents
Coast Guard helicopter nearly crashes into ocean while performing medevac from Carnival Dream
A US Coast Guard rescue helicopter attempting to perform a medical evacuation from a cruise ship on Saturday, April 29th, nearly crashed into the...
May 4, 2023 - Accidents
San Diego's Coast Guard helicopter crews rescue 4 passengers from 3 cruise ships within 24 hours
US Coast Guard helicopter teams in San Diego CA rescued 4 people with serious medical conditions from 3 different cruise ships within a 24-hour...
May 1, 2023 - Accidents
Passenger on Spirit of Tasmania II ferry dies after going overboard
A male passenger on Spirit of Tasmania 2 cruiseferry has reportedly died after going overboard. The man's body was recovered from the water...
April 30, 2023 - Accidents
Dozens evacuated as MV Pentalina ferry runs aground off Scottish island
Passengers on a ferryboat to Orkney were evacuated and taken ashore by lifeboat after the ship ran aground in “a major incident”. All 60...
April 30, 2023 - Accidents
Search called off for Quantum OTS passenger who went overboard near Hawaii
The USCG/US Coast Guard called off its search for an Australian believed to have fallen overboard from a Royal Caribbean liner repositioning from...
April 28, 2023 - Accidents
At least 11 dead after Indonesian ferryboat capsizes near Sumatra Island
Badan Nasional Pencarian dan Pertolongan (Indonesia's national search and rescue agency) reported that the ferryboat Evelyn Calista 01 capsized off...
April 28, 2023 - Accidents
Australian passenger overboard on Royal Caribbean cruise ship Quantum OTS bound for Hawaii
A search is still underway for an Australian cruise passenger who fell off an RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship bound for Hawaii. The man went...
April 27, 2023 - Accidents
Cunard cancels second (return) Queen Mary 2's Transatlantic cruise due to technical issue
A second voyage has been canceled as works to repair the technical fault on RMS Queen Mary 2 continue. Cunard Line’s flagship was due to...
April 26, 2023 - Accidents
Cunard cancels Queen Mary 2's April 23rd Transatlantic cruise due to technical issue
The UK-based Cunard Line canceled the April 23rd Transatlantic voyage on RMS Queen Mary 2 (Sunday morning departure) after the liner arrived in...
April 24, 2023 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from cruise ship MSC Virtuosa
Soon after the departure from Port Hamburg (Germany), a crew member onboard MSC Virtuosa ship required urgent medical attention and had to be...
April 19, 2023 - Accidents
18-year-old passenger goes overboard from Costa Toscana cruise ship
Italian authorities have discovered the deceased body of a teenager who fell overboard from a Costa Cruises ship, the Costa Toscana, after departing...
April 18, 2023 - Accidents
Ferry carrying 596 passengers and 15 crew runs aground near Seattle WA
A passenger ferry carrying a large number of people ran aground near Bainbridge Island, located west of Seattle WA, on Saturday, April 15th...
April 17, 2023 - Accidents
Ambassador Ambience cruise ship breaks off moorings at Cherbourg (France)
Ambassador Cruise Line's ship Ambience sought refuge from stormy weather at Cherbourg, France on April 12th while traveling from Ireland to Honfleur...
April 14, 2023