Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- 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 - Accidents
CCL's cruise ship Carnival Spirit rescues 24 people stranded on a small boat
On Tuesday, April 11th, the crew of CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Spirit rescued 24 people who were stranded on a small boat in the...
April 12, 2023 - Accidents
93-year-old passenger medevaced from Carnival Vista cruise ship off Galveston TX
In an unfortunate turn of events, a 93-year-old woman aboard the Carnival Vista cruise ship had to be evacuated and taken to a local hospital in...
April 10, 2023 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Princess Cruises' ship Majestic Princess
An elderly passenger aboard the Majestic Princess cruise ship was airlifted by helicopter to Auckland City Hospital after experiencing a medical...
April 8, 2023 - Accidents
Virgin Voyages cruise passenger dead after falling from balcony on another guest
A woman on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship from PortMiami Florida died after falling from a balcony on the ship on Sunday, April 2nd, reportedly...
April 4, 2023 - Accidents
At least 31 people killed after ferry catches fire between Philippine islands
A passenger ferryboat carrying ~250 people (passengers plus crew) caught fire while navigating between Philippine islands. At least 31 people were...
March 30, 2023 - Accidents
At least 3 dead, 13 missing after boat accident off St Kitts, P&O Britannia helping search
A P&O UK liner with British tourists onboard is helping search for passengers of a boat that sank in the Caribbean off the coast of St Kitts. At...
March 30, 2023 - Accidents
97 people struck with Norovirus on Royal Caribbean’s ship Enchantment OTS
The March 11–23 voyage of RCI-Royal Caribbean’s ship Enchantment of the Seas is the 7th and latest cruise ship Norovirus outbreak the VSP...
March 28, 2023 - Accidents
BC Ferries cancel 19 crossings, majority due to lack of staff
BC Ferries (Canada) was forced to cancel more than a dozen of crossings over the past week, when many families were on spring break, due to a lack of...
March 27, 2023