Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
MSC Meraviglia ship makes a medical emergency stop at PortMiami Florida
MSC cruise ship Meraviglia made an emergency stop off PortMiami (Florida USA) in the early morning of March 8th to medevac a male passenger in need...
March 9, 2023 - Accidents
300+ Norovirus cases on Ruby Princess cruise ship
Hundreds of passengers and crew on Ruby Princess ship fell ill due to a yet-to-be-determined cause, the CDC said. Illness reportedly affected a...
March 9, 2023 - Accidents
Irish Ferries' Isle of Innisfree ship adrift after an engine room fire accident in the middle of...
French and British authorities on March 3rd received a report that an Irish Ferries-operated ship in the middle of the English Channel had been...
March 7, 2023 - Accidents
FBI Columbia investigating suspicious death aboard Carnival Sunshine cruise ship
The FBI Columbia SC field office is currently investigating a suspicious death that happened onboard a CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ship homeported in...
March 6, 2023 - Accidents
Ferry passenger with 90 blocks of hashish caught in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Zona Canarias' Guardia Civil detained a ferry passenger in Puerto de la Luz (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), who was traveling from Lanzarote (Arrecife...
March 5, 2023 - Accidents
Fire breaks out on Irish Ferries' ship Isle of Innisfree (Dover-Calais route)
3 lifeboats from Kent along with a French salvage tug were launched after a fire broke out on a Dover-Calais ferry in the English Channel. The...
March 4, 2023 - Accidents
63-year-old woman rescued after falling/jumping from ferry into Elliott Bay WA
A 63-year-old woman was rescued by WSDOT-Washington State Department of Transportation ferry crews after they said she had fallen or jumped into...
February 26, 2023 - Accidents
2 harbour crew missing after a tugboat assisting Hebridean Princess capsized off Greenock (Scotland)
A major rescue operation has been called off after a tugboat capsized and sank off Scotland's coast Friday afternoon, February 24th. An RNLI...
February 25, 2023 - Accidents
545 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry evacuated after it runs aground in Malaysia’s...
Maritime authorities safely evacuated the 545 passengers and crew members of an inter-island ferryboat after it ran aground in Malaysia’s...
February 25, 2023 - Accidents
55-year-old crew dies onboard Costa Diadema cruise ship
A 55-year-old Indonesian, who was working in the engine room of Costa Cruises' Costa Diadema ship, was found lifeless in his bed. According to his...
February 22, 2023 - Accidents
5-masted sailship Club Med 2 runs aground off Panama's San Blas Islands
The 5-masted schooner/sailship Club Med 2 (IMO 9007491) ran aground off Panama's San Blas Archipelago between Wednesday, February 15th, and Thursday...
February 22, 2023 - Accidents
Interislander ferry turns back to Wellington NZ due to medical emergency on board
An Interislander ferry had to turn back to Wellington (New Zealand) shortly after setting sail on Monday after a passenger suffered a medical...
February 20, 2023 - Accidents
Dozens of ferry cancellations after powerful storm hits northern Europe
A storm over Europe's North Sea caused dozens of train and ferry cancellations on Friday, February 17th in Denmark and Norway. The Danish...
February 18, 2023 - Accidents
59-year-old Filipino crew goes overboard from Ponant's ship Le Lyrial
A 59-year-old Filipino crew went overboard from Ponant's vessel Le Lyrial, while it was docked at Port Ushuaia (Argentina). The accident happened on...
February 16, 2023 - Accidents
Interislander ferry Aratere breaks down in Cook Strait NZ
An Interislander ferry broke down in the Cook Strait Sunday evening, February 12th, and drifted while en route to Picton from Wellington (New Zealand...
February 13, 2023