Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- 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 - Accidents
Sea trials for MSC Euribia delayed due to union strikes in French ports
The first sea trials for MSC Cruises' newest ship MSC Euribia, currently under construction in Saint-Nazaire (France), were delayed due to union...
March 23, 2023 - Accidents
Grand Princess ship rescues 2 sailors at sea near Wilsons/Gippsland (Australia)
A Princess Cruises' ship helped save a pair who were found clinging to a dinghy after their boat took on water off Wilsons Promontory (Gippsland...
March 21, 2023 - Accidents
P&O UK's cruise ship Ventura rescues 3 people on a yacht off Mexico
The P&O UK's ship Ventura rescued 3 people stranded on a sailing yacht on Monday, March 20th, off Mexico. The sailors made a call to the USCG...
March 21, 2023 - Accidents
Search off Gisborne NZ suspended after Ovation OTS cruise passenger spots body in water
A search by two rescue helicopters last night off the coast of Gisborne (New Zealand) where a cruise ship passenger reportedly saw a body floating in...
March 17, 2023 - Accidents
25-year-old crew arrested for raping a colleague on MSC ship Seashore
A 25-year-old male crew was arrested for allegedly raping a colleague aboard the MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seashore. The suspect was arrested by the...
March 16, 2023 - Accidents
Death toll in Gabon ferryboat accident rises to 21
Search teams in Gabon recovered the dead bodies of 15 passengers of the ferry that sank off the West African country's coast last week, thus bringing...
March 15, 2023 - Accidents
At least 2 dead, 28 missing after ferry sinks off Port-Gentil (Gabon)
At least 2 people were killed while 28 others are missing after a ferry sank off Gabon's western coast on Thursday, March 9th. After having earlier...
March 10, 2023 - 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