Cruise news (collision-tagged)
- Accidents
Carnival Fantasy Hits Panama Canal Lock
While passing through the Panama Canal new locks on Friday, September 20, Carnival Fantasy suffered damages after hitting the lock's wall. Carnival...
September 22, 2019 - Accidents
3 Dead, 90 Missing After Ferry Sinks Off Bakassi Peninsula
Local authorities in Cameroon on Monday, August 27, reported that 3 people had died after a passenger ferry of Cameroon’s shipping company...
August 27, 2019 - Accidents
Hungary’s Supreme Court Rules: Cruise Ship Captain’s Bail Release Unlawful
The decision by lower courts to release on bail the Ukrainian captain of a Viking riverboat that collided with a sightseeing boat in central...
July 30, 2019 - Accidents
VIDEO: Motorhome Flies Through Air and Smashes into Ferry
A man died after his motorhome careered down the hill and off the raised loading ramp at the Tadoussac ferry port (Canada), before flying through the...
June 28, 2019 - Accidents
CMV Cancels 12-Night Iceland & Northern Isles Cruise Onboard Columbus
CMV-Cruise and Maritime Voyages had to cancel the 12-night Iceland & Northern Isles cruise onboard its Columbus, which was due to set sail from...
June 13, 2019 - Accidents
Viking Var Hits Danube River Lock in Germany
On June 5, 2019, the Viking longship Var hit a Danube River lock in Germany. The accident resulted in shutting down to all shipping traffic a section...
June 13, 2019 - Accidents
CMV Colombus to Be Back in Operation Following an Accident
Cruise and Maritime Voyages-CMV’s CEO and Chairman Christian Verhounig confirmed the ship CMV Columbus will be back in operation next Saturday...
June 7, 2019 - Accidents
CMV Columbus Sailing Cancelled After Ship Strikes 'Foreign Object'
CMV Columbus (former P&O Pacific Pearl) reported hitting an unidentified submerged object on May 30, 2019, while leaving Amsterdam Holland...
June 4, 2019 - Accidents
Venice Crash Revives Calls to Ban Large Cruise Ships
A collision on a busy canal in Port Venice Italy sparked new calls for banning large cruise liners. On Sunday, MSC Opera lost control and people...
June 3, 2019 - Accidents
VIDEO: MSC Opera Rams Tourist Boat in Venice
A huge runaway MSC Cruises ship ran into a smaller boat in Venice Italy Sunday morning, June 2, injuring at least 4 people on the dockside. The 66...
June 2, 2019 - Accidents
Police Take Ukrainian Cruise Ship Captain into Custody
Hungarian police late Thursday announced it had taken into custody the captain of a Viking ship Sigyn involved in an accident on the Danube River in...
May 31, 2019 - Accidents
Ferry Strikes Humpback Whale in Elliott Bay
A state ferry ship struck a humpback whale in Elliott Bay WA on Tuesday, May 28, and initially, the USCG searched for the animal after travelers...
May 30, 2019 - Accidents
7 Dead, 21 Missing After Danube Cruise Collision
A ship owned by Viking crashed into and sank a small tour boat during a storm in Budapest, Hungary last night, May 29, leaving 7 South...
May 30, 2019 - Accidents
Five Dead, One Missing After Floatplanes Carrying Cruise Passengers Collide in Alaska
Five people are dead and one person is missing, with ten others currently in hospital after two floatplanes collided and went down in the water close...
May 14, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Key West's Mallory Square Port Reopens
Five months after cruise ship Silver Spirit crashed into a mooring due to high winds, the Key West pier reopened this week. The Mallory Square...
May 10, 2019