Cruise news (crew-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line limits passenger numbers due to crew shortages
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line announced it would pause some onboard events and limit the number of passengers sailing on some of its liners due to crew...
May 18, 2022 - Accidents
Cunard Line limits passenger capacity on some sailings due to lack of crew
The UK-based company Cunard Line announced it is limiting the max passenger capacity on some voyages aboard RMS Queen Mary 2 and Queen...
May 16, 2022 - Accidents
Crew found dead onboard cruise ship Aegean Goddess at Port Heraklion (Crete Greece)
A male crew was found dead Thursday afternoon, May 12, onboard the cruise ship Aegean Goddess (formerly named "Pacific Aria" for P&O Australia...
May 14, 2022 - Accidents
COVID outbreak on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit in Seattle WA
Passengers on the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Spirit that docked on Tuesday, May 3, in Seattle (Washington USA) say 100+ people aboard the vessel...
May 5, 2022 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Costa Cruises' ship Costa Luminosa
The Portuguese Navy rescued a crew member from Costa Cruises' ship Costa Luminosa Tuesday night, April 26. The operation was a medical rescue for a...
April 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Almaco delivers catering areas and cabins for Viking Line's cruiseferry Viking Glory
VIKING LINE's 2022-built cruiseferry Viking Glory (delivered in Dec 2021) is now ready for sailing in the Baltic Sea. In charge of all the ship's...
April 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
P&O Ferries prepare to restart Dover-Calais route
P&O Ferries is preparing to get its boats Spirit of Britain and Pride of Kent back in service on the England-France route Dover-Calais "by...
April 8, 2022 - Accidents
Criminal investigations opened into P&O Ferries UK after it sacked 786 employees
The UK government's business misconduct watchdog launched criminal & civil probes into P&O Ferries. The move comes a couple of weeks after P...
April 2, 2022 - Accidents
Mysterious death of an MSC Orchestra cruise ship crew in Durban (South Africa)
Police in KwaZulu-Natal are currently investigating the death of a 29-year-old female crew on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Orchestra in Durban (South Africa...
March 29, 2022 - Accidents
COVID-positive passengers and crew on Princess Cruises' ship Ruby Princess
Passengers and crew tested positive for COVID aboard a 15-day Princess Cruises voyage to the Panama Canal that returned on Sunday to Port San...
March 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Britain forces ferry companies to pay the minimum wage
Britain said on Monday, March 28, it would force ferry companies docking in its ports to pay the minimum wage as the UK stepped up pressure on P&...
March 28, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Pride of America restarts from Honolulu on April 9
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Pride of America will restart service on April 9, 2022. The only major US-flagged cruise ship is scheduled to...
March 25, 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
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 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line increases the daily services charges of crew gratuities
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line increased the daily services charges of crew gratuities. In its letter sent to travel agents and passengers the company...
March 3, 2022