Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- 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 - Accidents
German cruise ship builder MV Werften files for bankruptcy
German shipbuilder MV Werften filed for bankruptcy on Monday, January 10, leaving the fate of the yard and its ~2000 employees uncertain. The...
January 11, 2022 - Accidents
Auckland ferry services suspended until March due to staff shortages
Some Auckland (New Zealand) ferry services were cancelled through to March 2022 as staff shortages hit the beginning of the 2022 commuting season...
January 10, 2022 - Accidents
HAL-Holland America cancels ms Nieuw Amsterdam's voyage
HAL-Holland America Line canceled ms Nieuw Amsterdam's January 8 voyage and rebooked part of impacted passengers on Sunday's (January 9) ms Rotterdam...
January 9, 2022 - Accidents
2 casino cruises on Genting Dream ship canceled due to Hong Kong's COVID measures
A 2-night roundtrip from Hong Kong China on Friday, January 7, was canceled due to the city’s government imposing a 14-day tightening of social...
January 9, 2022 - Accidents
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises delays the restarts of 2 ships
RSSC-Regent Seven Seas Cruises postponed the restarts for 2 of its ships, citing 'travel complications arising from the spread of COVID-19 by the...
January 8, 2022 - Accidents
Oceania Cruises cancels Marina ship's South America voyages in January & February
Oceania canceled all voyages on its Marina ship for January & February that were scheduled to set sail from South America. The impacted...
January 8, 2022 - Accidents
RCI-Royal Caribbean cancels cruises on 4 ships due to COVID
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced on Friday, January 7, that it would pause operations on multiple liners due to COVID concerns, canceling some voyages...
January 8, 2022