Cruise news (accident-tagged)

Port of Galveston TX opens for business after Hurricane Laura
Port Galveston Texas remains open for business and provides maritime-related jobs along with economic benefits for the region after Hurricane Laura...
August 31, 2020
Accidents
Private investors interested in a GHK-Genting Hong Kong cruise brand
GHK-Genting Hong Kong Ltd (Hong Kong China-based holding company that operates cruise, shipbuilding and resort businesses) had received indicative...
August 31, 2020
Cruise Industry
Genting Hong Kong Ltd. suspends all payments to creditors
Hong Kong-based Genting Cruise Lines (controlled by the Malaysian-Chinese billionaire Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay) on August 20 suspended all payments to...
August 25, 2020
Accidents
Carnival Corporation detects ransomware attack that accessed and encrypted information technology...
The world's largest cruise shipowner - Carnival Corporation announced that its joint current report on Form 8-K had been filed with the US Securities...
August 18, 2020
Accidents
NSW Australia premier apologizes over Ruby Princess cruise ship Coronavirus outbreak
The leader of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state apologized for failing to stop people carrying COVID from disembarking from a ship in Port...
August 18, 2020
Cruise Industry
Ocean Rebellion activists target The World cruise ship in Falmouth harbour
A group of 40 protestors from the local Extinction Rebellion group in Cornwall UK took to the sea to protest the environmental impact of cruise...
August 16, 2020
Cruise Industry
850 French passengers sue Costa Cruises after contracting COVID-19 onboard
Around 850 French passengers who were onboard a COVID-riddled cruise ship (turned away from many ports in March 2020) filed a collective suit in...
August 10, 2020
Accidents
Number of COVID-19 cases on Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen ship rises to 62
The number of people on Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen ship who have tested COVID-positive has risen to 62. Following the outbreak, the ship's...
August 7, 2020
Accidents
VIDEO: Orient Queen cruise ship sinks after blast in Beirut
The Orient Queen ship, which was berthed at Port Beirut (Lebanon), has sunk following two very large explosions in the cargo port on August 4. ...
August 6, 2020
Accidents
SeaDream passenger tests positive for Coronavirus after arriving in Denmark
On Tuesday, August 4, SeaDream Yacht Club was informed that a passenger from Denmark had been COVID-diagnosed after a routine check on arrival in the...
August 6, 2020
Accidents
UnCruise Adventures' Wilderness Adventurer sails back to port with COVID-19 case
Alaska’s first cruise ship of the year returned to port early after a passenger tested COVID-positive, according to written statements issued...
August 5, 2020
Accidents
Crew tests positive for COVID-19 on Viking Cruises' Viking Star ship
A crew member of Viking Cruises' Viking Star ship in Alesund Norway has tested COVID-positive. The company said there had been minimal contact...
August 5, 2020
Accidents
Orient Queen cruise ship significantly damaged in Beirut Port explosion
Authorities in Lebanon are counting the number of dead and injured after the explosion at Beirut Port that rocked the city. The blast, which...
August 5, 2020
Accidents
Powerful explosions rock Beirut port
A massive explosion ripped through Lebanon;'s capital Beirut City on Tuesday, August 4, injuring many people and blowing out windows in a wealth of...
August 4, 2020
Accidents
Crew tests positive for COVID-19 on Ponant's Paul Gauguin ship
In the South Pacific, cruisers on Ponant's ship Paul Gauguin (docked in Papeete, Tahiti Island, French Polynesia) were told to stay in their cabins...
August 3, 2020
Accidents