Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
NCL pushes back launch of Norwegian Viva cruise ship
Exactly a year from the scheduled launch date of Norwegian Viva, NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced the cancellation of the vessel’s first 2...
June 16, 2022 - Accidents
“Stop Cruises” movement blocks RCI's Wonder OTS and MSC's Orchestra ships at Port Marseille
Tuesday morning, June 14, about 20 activists from the “Stop Cruises” movement tried to block the entrance of the RCI-Royal Caribbean's...
June 14, 2022 - Accidents
CCL's cruise ship Carnival Freedom restarts sailings without the signature funnel
Two weeks after the funnel fire accident on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Freedom, CCL confirmed that the vessel resumed operations on...
June 14, 2022 - Accidents
MSC Cruises revoking crew privileges due to COVID cases onboard MSC Seaside
Due to the increase in COVID cases on MSC Seaside ship, MSC is revoking crew privileges/access to public areas. In an email sent to the crew...
June 12, 2022 - Accidents
Cordelia Empress cruise ship denied entry into Pondicherry Port (India)
Saturday morning, June 11, the Cordelia Empress ship, which departed Vizag on June 9th, reached Chennai (Madras, India) following a series of...
June 12, 2022 - Accidents
NCL cancels 4 voyages on Norwegian Escape ship due to unplanned drydock
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line canceled 4 voyages on its Norwegian Escape ship due to an unplanned drydock in September 2022. According to a letter sent...
June 11, 2022 - Accidents
TUI Cruises' ship Mein Schiff Herz denied port entry in Tangier (Morocco) due to COVID cases onboard
The Moroccan authorities prevented the TUI's ship Mein Schiff Herz from docking at Port Tangier (Morocco, Tanger-Ville), because of an increase in...
June 9, 2022 - Accidents
Virgin Voyages delays Resilient Lady ship's inauguration from Aug 2022 to May 2023
Virgin Voyages revised the schedule of its 3rd liner - Resilient Lady and will defer the upcoming launch to 2023-Q2. Initially scheduled to debut...
June 9, 2022 - Accidents
Private cruise boat Spirit of Norfolk catches fire with 89 schoolchildren onboard
The USA-flagged private cruise boat Spirit of Norfolk (1992-built, IMO 8861618) caught fire on Tuesday, June 7. Thanks to the crew and emergency...
June 8, 2022 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from HAL-Holland America's cruise ship ms Eurodam
A Coast Guard (CG) helicopter hoisted a male passenger from HAL-Holland America Line's cruise ship ms Eurodam ~10 pm on Sunday, June 5, in Dixon...
June 7, 2022 - Accidents
Passenger overboard from Azamara Cruises' ship Azamara Quest
A search and rescue operation for a female passenger believed to have fallen overboard on an Azamara-owned ship is underway off the coast of Palma de...
June 6, 2022 - Accidents
NCL modifies Norwegian Pearl's Bermuda cruise due to “Tropical Cyclone One”
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced it is modifying the itinerary of Norwegian Pearl and the vessel will spend a day at sea, instead of at Kings...
June 5, 2022 - Accidents
Carnival Mardi Gras cruise ship rescues 16 people stranded at sea
While sailing in open waters not far from Cuba Friday morning, June 3, the crew of the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Mardi Gras spotted a small...
June 4, 2022 - Accidents
2 crew with chemical burns medevaced from Celebrity Summit cruise ship
The US Coast Guard (USCG) medevaced 2 crew suffering from chemical burns onboard a Celebrity Cruises ship off of Virginia Beach on Wednesday, June 1...
June 3, 2022 - Accidents
Mask mandate returns on HAL-Holland America’s ms Rotterdam due to COVID cases onboard
The mask mandate returned, at least on one cruise ship when HAL-Holland America’s ms Rotterdam departed from Amsterdam (Netherlands) on May 29...
May 29, 2022