Cruise news (collision-tagged)
21 injured after ferry and oil tanker collide near Penang Port (Malaysia)
21 people were injured, 6 of them seriously, after a ferryboat and an oil tanker collided near Penang Port in Malaysia on September 1st. The...
September 5, 2026
Carnival Breeze ship sustains minor hull damage during Cozumel docking
Carnival Breeze sustained minor exterior damage while docking at Cozumel, Mexico, on August 31st, 2026. The incident occurred as the vessel was...
September 1, 2026- Accidents
Death toll rises to 51 following Myanmar ferry disaster
Rescue teams have recovered 11 additional bodies from the Aung Soe Moe Kyaw ferry, raising the confirmed death toll to 51 after the vessel capsized...
August 6, 2026 - Accidents
Phoenix Reisen's river cruise ship Anna Katharina damaged after collision with Freudenau lock in...
The river cruise vessel Anna Katharina sustained bow damage after colliding with a lock at the Freudenau hydropower plant on the Danube in Vienna...
July 26, 2026 - Accidents
Ferry and cargo ship collide in Souda Bay (Crete), no injuries reported
A passenger ferry and a cargo ship were involved in a collision on the morning of July 21st in Souda Bay, off the southern Greek island of Crete. The...
July 21, 2026 - Accidents
Passenger ferry Andros King strikes Rafina breakwater during arrival
The 2006-built passenger ferry Andros King (IMO 9348558) was involved in a berthing incident at Port Rafina (20 km east of Piraeus) on the...
June 9, 2026 - Accidents
DFDS ferry Tarifa Jet damaged in berthing allision at St Helier (Jersey, Channel Islands UK)
The high-speed passenger ferry Tarifa Jet sustained damage to its stern after making contact with the east berth at Elizabeth Harbour while arriving...
March 30, 2026 - Accidents
A-Rosa Sena ship collides with Amsterdam road bridge during departure transit
On the night of March 25th, the river cruise vessel A-Rosa Sena was involved in an allision with a road bridge on the outskirts of Amsterdam. The...
March 27, 2026 - Accidents
Heavy berthing incident at Portsmouth disrupts Wightlink’s cross‑Solent operations
A Wightlink car ferry suffered a significant berthing mishap at the Portsmouth Gunwharf terminal on February 17th, which resulted in damage to both...
February 17, 2026 - Accidents
Berthing incident brings Holyhead ferry operations to a halt
Holyhead, the UK’s second busiest passenger ferry port (after Dover), was closed to all ferry traffic following a berthing incident involving...
January 7, 2026 - Accidents
A passenger died in a collision of river cruise ships near Esna Lock (Nile River, Egypt)
A collision between two cruise vessels occurred on Sunday evening, December 21st, on the Nile River south of Luxor near the Esna Lock, resulting in...
December 22, 2025 - Accidents
Ferry-cargo collision on the Bosporus injures dozen
A ferry operating the Beşiktaş-Üsküdar route in Istanbul’s Bosporus collided with the Panama-flagged cargo vessel Artvin (IMO 8917869...
September 20, 2025 - Accidents
MV Gemini collides with pier at Port Piraeus (Athens, Greece)
On the morning of September 5th, 2025, the MV Gemini, traversing the berth at Piraeus (Athens, Greece) aboard a controlled approach, made unintended...
September 5, 2025 - Accidents
At least 60 dead after overloaded ferry sinks in Niger State
On the morning of September 2nd, 2025, a river ferry embarked from Tungan Sule in Nigeria’s Niger State, bound for the village of Dugga. Laden...
September 4, 2025 - Accidents
MS Explorer collides with ice in Bransfield Strait, sinks near King George Island
In November 2007, the 1969-built MS Explorer (IMO 6924959), once operated by G Adventures, met its fate in the Bransfield Strait near King George...
July 31, 2025