Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
8 dead, 7 missing after fire on Philippine passenger ferry
8 people have died after a high-speed passenger ferry in the Philippines, carrying 134 people, caught fire on Monday, May 23, with 7 passengers still...
May 23, 2022 - Accidents
Indonesian ferry carrying 800+ people runs aground in East Nusa Tenggara province
An Indonesian ferry carrying 800+ people that had run aground was dislodged on Thursday, May 19, and taken safely to dock at the nearby port...
May 20, 2022 - Accidents
Search suspended for 40-year-old woman who fell overboard from Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity...
The US Coast Guard (USCG) suspended the search for a 40-year-old female passenger who fell overboard off a Celebrity Cruises ship in Alaska’s...
May 18, 2022 - Accidents
Engine room fire breaks out on NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape
A small fire broke out in the engine room on the NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape Thursday morning, May 12, after the ship departed...
May 14, 2022 - Accidents
Crew found dead onboard cruise ship Aegean Goddess at Port Heraklion (Crete Greece)
A male crew was found dead Thursday afternoon, May 12, onboard the cruise ship Aegean Goddess (formerly named "Pacific Aria" for P&O Australia...
May 14, 2022 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean's Radiance OTS hits Sitka Sound cruise terminal's mooring dolphin
The newly expanded Sitka Sound cruise terminal welcomed its first 7 sailings last week, commencing what is expected to be a record-breaking year in...
May 13, 2022 - Accidents
Havila Kystruten cancels Havila Capella's roundtrip from Bergen on May 15
In a decision made by Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 26th, it became known they had granted Havila Voyages an exemption from the...
May 12, 2022 - Accidents
Sunstone Ships' Ocean Discoverer will not be built by China Merchants Heavy Industry
The Miami-based expedition cruise shipowner SunStone Ships Inc has decided to move to a new class of newbuilds after the contracted Chinese...
May 12, 2022 - Accidents
Celebrity Cruises cancels 2 Alaska sailings aboard Celebrity Eclipse
Celebrity Cruises canceled an additional voyage for its Celebrity Eclipse ship. The reason for the cancellations is that sea life has attached...
May 11, 2022 - Accidents
11 injured after Viking Aegir strikes railway bridge in Slovakia
11 people were slightly injured in a night accident of the river cruise ship Viking Aegir on the Danube, which crashed into the pillar of a railway...
May 11, 2022 - Accidents
Fire aboard a barge supplying the Celebrity Constellation ship in Civitavecchia-Rome (Italy)
In the early afternoon of Monday, May 9, the operations room of the Civitavecchia Coast Guard received a "Mayday" call via radio from the commander...
May 10, 2022 - Accidents
CDC investigating COVID outbreak on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit
The USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is now investigating a recent COVID outbreak on the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship...
May 9, 2022 - Accidents
Inaugural cruise of A-ROSA SENA riverboat pushed back to May 28
Due to delays related to COVID during the final commissioning phase, the inaugural voyage of Arosa's newbuild A-ROSA SENA will be pushed back...
May 6, 2022 - Accidents
COVID outbreak on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit in Seattle WA
Passengers on the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit that docked on Tuesday, May 3, in Seattle (Washington USA) say 100+ people aboard the vessel...
May 5, 2022 - Accidents
COVID outbreak on Coral Expeditions' ship Coral Geographer in Darwin (NT Australia)
A luxury cruise ship offloaded COVID-infected passengers in Darwin (NT Australia) after an outbreak during a journey in the Kimberley region. The 93...
May 3, 2022