Cruise news (accident-tagged)

Cruise Companies Issue Travel Advice to Travelers Sailing to the Middle East
Following growing tension in the Middle East, cruise companies issued travel advice to passengers intending to cruise the region. The statements...
January 7, 2020
Cruise Industry
85-Year-Old Passenger Medevaced from Norwegian Bliss
An 85-year-old cruise passenger on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship bound for New Jersey suffered a medical emergency and had to be rescued by the US...
January 5, 2020
Accidents
Passenger Medevaced from Princess Cruises Ship in Hawaii
The Navy and Coast Guard in Hawaii teamed up to rescue a 69-year-old cruise passenger from a Princess Cruises ship 210 miles northwest of Hilo. The...
January 5, 2020
Accidents
Cruise Ships Cancel Planned Stops at South Australian Bushfire Spot
Cruise ships cancelled planned calls at a popular South Australian bushfire site as fires burn. The vessels are offering evacuation assistance to...
January 4, 2020
Accidents
MSC Meraviglia Stuck in Costa Maya
High winds stranded the cruise liner MSC Meraviglia in Puerto Costa Maya (Mexico). The ship's first cruise in 2020 was scheduled to depart from...
January 4, 2020
Accidents
Carnival Fantasy Delayed Due to Fog
Carnival Fantasy ship was delayed Friday morning, January 3, from departing homeport Mobile Alabama due to adverse weather conditions. Carnival...
January 4, 2020
Accidents
Carnival Cruise Ship Spills 'Gray Water' at Port Canaveral
Carnival Elation spilled "gray water" (from the ship's plumbing and shower systems) while docked at homeport Port Canaveral FL on Thursday, January 2...
January 3, 2020
Accidents
Passenger Medevaced from Viking Sun
A Coast Guard helicopter crew have hoisted a possible stroke victim from a Viking Cruises ship off the Mexican coast and flew the woman to a San...
January 2, 2020
Accidents
Blue Horizon Ferry Smashes on Iraklio Port Wharf
The cruiseferry Blue Horizon smashed on the wharf at Port Heraklion (Crete), while attempting to moor, authorities announced on Thursday, January 2...
January 2, 2020
Accidents
Ferry Services Disrupted Due to Strong Winds
Passenger ferries remained docked in most Greek ports on Thursday, January 2, due to strong northerly winds reaching up to 9 on the Beaufort scale...
January 2, 2020
Accidents
Passenger Medevaced from Queen Mary 2
On Wednesday night, a USCG helicopter aircrew medevaced a passenger from RMS Queen Mary 2 about 75 nm off Port San Juan Puerto Rico. Watchstanders at...
January 2, 2020
Accidents
TUI Refuses to Pay Refunds for Missed Ports of Call
The UK's biggest cruise ship travel company is refusing to refund thousands of cruisers whose voyages have been curtailed due to a faulty vessel...
January 1, 2020
Accidents
MS Noordam Skips Port of Call Due to Bushfire Crisis
A Holland America cruise ship will make an unscheduled visit to Burnie on Thursday, January 2, because of the New South Wales bushfire crisis. MS...
January 1, 2020
Accidents
Disney Cruise Line Pays Former Employee $4M for Injury?
Disney Cruise Line has to pay a former employee US$4 million, a jury in Brevard County, Florida ruled. In September 2013, now 39-year-old Maria...
December 31, 2019
Accidents
Passenger Who Jumped Off MSC Orchestra Rescued
A passenger who jumped overboard as an MSC Cruises ship sailed between Madagascar and Mauritius on December 31, 2019, was found and rescued after...
December 31, 2019
Accidents