Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
Crystal Symphony diverted to the Bahamas due to U.S. court's arrest warrant
Crystal Symphony, the luxury ship operated by Crystal Cruises (subsidiary of the financially-strapped GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd) was expected to be...
January 22, 2022 - Accidents
11 passengers on Silversea's Silver Whisper ship test COVID-positive in Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Passengers of Silversea's Silver Whisper ship were not allowed to go ashore by themselves in Guayaquil (Ecuador) after 11 of them (out of 228 total...
January 21, 2022 - Accidents
Crystal Cruises suspends sailings for 3 months due to Genting HK insolvency
The owned by GHK ultra-luxury travel brand Crystal Cruises became the latest to suffer due to the insolvency of parent company GHK-Genting Hong Kong...
January 20, 2022 - Accidents
GHK-Genting Hong Kong appoints provisional liquidators
GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd filed a winding-up petition in Bermuda following the bankruptcy of its German subsidiary MV Werften triggered USD 2,78...
January 19, 2022 - Accidents
TUI cancels 14-day Caribbean cruise of Mein Schiff 2 due to COVID cases
The German cruise company TUI has been forced to cancel a Caribbean voyage due to COVID cases onboard. TUI has informed passengers booked on...
January 18, 2022 - Accidents
Celebrity and RCI-Royal Caribbean cancel additional cruises due to COVID
Two of the Royal Caribbean Group's subsidiaries - Celebrity and RCI-Royal Caribbean International - have canceled voyages as COVID continues to...
January 18, 2022 - Accidents
Brazil's Health Regulatory Agency recommends suspension of the 2021-2022 cruise season
Brazilan cruise season could be canceled for the 5 ships currently anchored off the coast of Santos (Sao Paulo, Brazil) after Anvisa (country's...
January 16, 2022 - Accidents
Princess Cruises pleads guilty to 2nd probation violation
Princess Cruises pleaded guilty to violating its probation related to environmental crimes. According to court records, company officials have...
January 15, 2022 - Accidents
NCL Norwegian Gem's voyage canceled due to "COVID-related circumstances"
The current voyage on NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Gem was canceled mid-cruise. The ship is returning to New York ahead of her schedule due...
January 15, 2022 - Accidents
Grand Princess docks in Kahului (Hawaii) with unspecified number of COVID cases onboard
A Princess Cruises' ship with 1188 passengers onboard entered Kahului Harbor (Maui Island, Hawaii) on Wednesday, January 12, for the first time since...
January 14, 2022 - Accidents
Genting Hong Kong (GHK) expects court ruling on a dispute over funding on January 17
Genting Hong Kong (GHK), whose shipbuilding company MV Werften filed for insolvency earlier this week, expects the court in Germany to publish...
January 14, 2022 - Accidents
54 COVID-positive crew taken off MSC Fantasia in Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Spain)
The MSC Cruises' ship MSC Fantasia, which was hit by a Coronavirus outbreak while sailing in Italy, docked Thursday afternoon, January 12, in Port...
January 14, 2022 - Accidents
Hurtigruten's MS Fridtjof Nansen runs aground in Norway
In the early hours of Wednesday, January 12, Hurtigruten's MS Fridtjof Nansen had ground contact in Sognefjord close to Maloy (Vagsoy Island, Norway...
January 13, 2022 - Accidents
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line unveils additional sailing cancellations
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced additional sailing cancellations on top of those announced last week. A total of 11x NCL ships are...
January 12, 2022 - Accidents
Serenade OTS is the 3rd Royal Caribbean "hospital ship" for COVID-positive crew
RCI-Royal Caribbean has already moved COVID-positive crew to two of its out-of-service liners - Rhapsody of the Seas and Vision of the...
January 12, 2022