Cruise news (accident-tagged)
- Accidents
Tahitian cruise ship passenger arrested in Raiatea (French Polynesia) with 21+ kg of drugs worth US...
The French Polynesian border police seized ~US$50 million worth of methamphetamine drugs onboard a HAL-Holland America cruise ship arriving from the...
March 24, 2022 - Accidents
NCL cancels another Norwegian Escape's voyage after the ship runs aground in Dominicana
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape set sail from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) over the weekend for a 7-day voyage (March 19...
March 23, 2022 - Accidents
P&O Ferries UK lays off hundreds of workers
The British company P&O Ferries laid off 800 people with immediate effect on Thursday, March 17, many of them over video, leading to travel...
March 20, 2022 - Accidents
NCL's cruise ship Norwegian Joy cancels call to Cozumel (Mexico) due to propulsion issue
NCL's liner Norwegian Joy had to cancel her stopover in the Mexican port of Cozumel on March 17 due to technical problems. The NCL-Norwegian...
March 19, 2022 - Accidents
Passenger jumps overboard from Carnival Horizon cruise ship, body recovered
A body was recovered late Wednesday, March 16, after a man jumped overboard from the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon ship. In a...
March 17, 2022 - Accidents
7-year-old kid medevaced from CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Dream
The USCG medevaced an ill 7-year-old child and her father from a CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ship off the Gulf Coast on Sunday, March 13, and flew them...
March 15, 2022 - Accidents
NCL's cruise ship Norwegian Escape runs aground off Puerto Plata, Dominicana
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape ran aground on a sandbar on Monday, March 14, just off Puerto Plata Harbor (Dominicana). The...
March 15, 2022 - Accidents
Australia's cruise ship ban to be lifted on April 17
Australia's cruise ship ban is likely to end in April with a formal announcement expected within days, according to Trade and Tourism Minister Dan...
March 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Virgin Voyages launched its 2nd new cruise ship Valiant Lady
Virgin Voyages launched its 2nd ship, Valiant Lady, with a celebration party in the London International Cruise Terminal (Tilbury, Essex UK) on...
March 14, 2022 - Accidents
Passenger jumps overboard from Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship en route to New Orleans (Port NOLA...
A passenger aboard an NCL-Norwegian Cruise Lines' ship jumped overboard close to the coast of Mexico, while the liner was en route back to Port NOLA...
March 14, 2022 - Accidents
Coastguard helicopter not able to airlift casualty from NorthLink's Hjaltland ferry
A UK coastguard helicopter had to airlift a casualty from NorthLink's Hjaltland ferry but high winds prevented the medevac from taking place...
March 13, 2022 - Accidents
Crystal Cruises’ website redirecting visitors to a claims site
Crystal Cruises’ website is now redirecting visitors to a claims website, set up by Florida-based insolvency assignee Michael Moecker &...
March 12, 2022 - Accidents
After 20 days Euroferry Olympia is still burning, 3 are missing
Almost 3 weeks after the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia cruiseferry caught fire off the coast of Greece, firefighters are still battling local...
March 11, 2022 - Accidents
Carnival Ecstasy's first cruise from Mobile AL delayed due to mechanical issues
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Ecstasy experienced mechanical problems during her first voyage from Mobile (Alabama USA) since COVID halted...
March 11, 2022 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Royal Caribbean's Serenade OTS near Tampa FL
A crew member was medevaced from Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Serenade of the Seas by the U.S. Coast Guard. The evacuation took place on Thursday...
March 11, 2022