Cruise news (crew-tagged)
- Accidents
BC Ferries cancel 19 crossings, majority due to lack of staff
BC Ferries (Canada) was forced to cancel more than a dozen of crossings over the past week, when many families were on spring break, due to a lack of...
March 27, 2023 - Accidents
Sea trials for MSC Euribia delayed due to union strikes in French ports
The first sea trials for MSC Cruises' newest ship MSC Euribia, currently under construction in Saint-Nazaire (France), were delayed due to union...
March 23, 2023 - Accidents
Grand Princess ship rescues 2 sailors at sea near Wilsons/Gippsland (Australia)
A Princess Cruises' ship helped save a pair who were found clinging to a dinghy after their boat took on water off Wilsons Promontory (Gippsland...
March 21, 2023 - Accidents
25-year-old crew arrested for raping a colleague on MSC ship Seashore
A 25-year-old male crew was arrested for allegedly raping a colleague aboard the MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seashore. The suspect was arrested by the...
March 16, 2023 - Accidents
2 harbour crew missing after a tugboat assisting Hebridean Princess capsized off Greenock (Scotland)
A major rescue operation has been called off after a tugboat capsized and sank off Scotland's coast Friday afternoon, February 24th. An RNLI...
February 25, 2023 - Accidents
55-year-old crew dies onboard Costa Diadema cruise ship
A 55-year-old Indonesian, who was working in the engine room of Costa Cruises' Costa Diadema ship, was found lifeless in his bed. According to his...
February 22, 2023 - Accidents
59-year-old Filipino crew goes overboard from Ponant's ship Le Lyrial
A 59-year-old Filipino crew went overboard from Ponant's vessel Le Lyrial, while it was docked at Port Ushuaia (Argentina). The accident happened on...
February 16, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Greek brothers named co-captains of Celebrity Cruises’ 4th EDGE-class ship Ascent
In an industry first, Celebrity Cruises President & CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo revealed that Greek brothers Dimitrios and Tasos Kafetzis had been...
January 26, 2023 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from Princess Cruises' ship Coral Princess after falling onboard
A man in his 30s was flown to Waikato Hospital in Hamilton (New Zealand) after being injured in a fall on board the Princess Cruises' Coral Princess...
January 10, 2023 - Cruise Industry
HAL-Holland America is the latest cruise line to increase daily gratuities
HAL-Holland America Line is the latest cruise line to announce that it will soon be increasing daily gratuities/“crew appreciation&rdquo...
December 15, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line increases daily services charges
On December 6th, NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line announced the increase in daily services charges, providing gratuities to key onboard crew. In a letter...
December 8, 2022 - Accidents
Crew medevaced from CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Valor
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) released footage of another rescue involving a CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ship as they were called to medevac a 29-year-old...
December 5, 2022 - Accidents
Towboat captain dies as tugboat sinks during cruise ship mooring in Patmos, Greece
On Friday, October 21, a small tugboat sank while working a midsize cruise vessel at Port Patmos (Greece). As a result, the boat's 45-year-old...
October 25, 2022 - Cruise Industry
RCI-Royal Caribbean opens 1400+ new crew jobs for people in the entertainment industry
A recent survey revealed that according to 40% of emerging musicians, the biggest challenge preventing them from kickstarting their career was...
September 24, 2022 - Cruise Industry
DeCurtis Experience Platform driving a new kind of cruise experience on Virgin Voyages’ fleet
DeCurtis Corporation (a leading location-and-proximity-based software developer) announced that its DXP/DeCurtis Experience Platform was driving a...
September 17, 2022