Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
Towboat captain dies as tugboat sinks during cruise ship mooring in Patmos, Greece
On Friday, October 21, a small tugboat sank while working a midsize cruise vessel at Port Patmos (Greece). As a result, the boat's 45-year-old...
October 25, 2022 - Accidents
Langkawi ferry runs aground with 500+ passengers and crew onboard
500+ passengers and crew were stranded after a Langkawi ferry ran aground on a mud bank in Malaysia's Kuala Kedah estuary at low tide on Sunday...
October 24, 2022 - Accidents
2 dead, child missing in passenger ship crash on the Wadden Sea near Terschelling
Two people died after a collision between a fast ferryboat and water taxi on the Wadden Sea close to Terschelling (Netherlands), the Friesland...
October 22, 2022 - Accidents
Commodore Clipper cruiseferry damaged in dry dock
The schedules of ferries to/from UK's Channel Islands were adjusted after a freight ship was damaged during drydock. The propeller and driveshaft of...
October 21, 2022 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean Symphony OTS cruise ship passenger dies at Trunk Bay (St John USVI)
An RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise passenger visiting Trunk Bay on St John Island (US Virgin Islands) was pulled unresponsive from the water on Wednesday...
October 21, 2022 - Accidents
VIDEO: Ferry capsizes at the pier in Kalimantan, Indonesia
A Ro-Pax ferry capsized while unloading its cargo of vehicles at the port of Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo Island on Wednesday...
October 20, 2022 - Accidents
P&O UK's ship Ventura stuck in Southampton UK due to propeller issue
A P&O UK ship was stuck in Southampton (England) after something got wedged in the vessel's propeller. P&O Ventura was scheduled to leave...
October 19, 2022 - Accidents
TUI Mein Schiff 6 cruise ship passenger dies after falling 4 decks down from her cabin balcony onto...
A fatal accident occurred onboard the cruise ship Mein Schiff 6 of the Hamburg-based shipping company TUI Cruises. A passenger fell from his balcony...
October 19, 2022 - Accidents
At least 9 students killed after ferry capsizes in Cambodia
At least 9 students drowned in southern Cambodia after the ferry they were onboard capsized as it crossed a river. 4 people, 2 students, and 2 of...
October 14, 2022 - Accidents
100+ rescued after Super Shuttle Ferry 21 runs aground in Southern Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard announced it had successfully rescued all 103 passengers and crew of a cruiseferry after it had run aground off southern...
October 11, 2022 - Accidents
Viking river cruise ship Viking Mississippi ends voyage earlier due to low water levels
A Viking ship that was sailing up the Mississippi River was halted on Thursday, October 6, after low water levels forced the ship to end her voyage...
October 10, 2022 - Accidents
Ferry service set up to bypass damaged Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea
Russia's Ministry of Transport set up a ferry service across the Kerch Strait in order to take over vehicle traffic, offsetting the impact of the...
October 10, 2022 - Accidents
MSC Grandiosa ship docks in Palma earlier due to medical emergency
MSC Grandiosa docked in Palma de Mallorca (Majorca Island, Balearic Spain) 7 hours earlier than scheduled on Friday morning, October 7, due to a...
October 8, 2022 - Accidents
Unruly CCL-Carnival Cruise Line passengers to be fined $500
In a recent update to the company's cruise ticket contract, CCL-Carnival Cruise Line revealed that unruly passengers could be fined US$500 and forced...
October 8, 2022 - Accidents
51-year-old man arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior on a 5-year-old kid on Carnival Sunrise...
A Kentucky man (resident of Morning View KY) has been accused of lewd behavior after he allegedly kissed a 5-year-old kid on the mouth while on a CCL...
October 5, 2022