Cruise news (deaths-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
18 confirmed dead after ferry Trisha Kerstin 3 sinks off Basilan, Philippines
In the early hours of Monday, January 26th, the Ro-Pax ferry MV Trisha Kerstin 3 (1995-built, IMO 9125516) foundered in waters off the...
January 26, 2026 - Accidents
Passenger overboard from Windstar's ship Star Breeze off the Marquesas
A passenger overboard incident was reported aboard the Windstar's vessel Star Breeze while the ship was sailing off the Marquesas Islands in French...
January 20, 2026 - Accidents
Passenger death on Royal Caribbean's ship Ovation OTS in Singapore
A 27-year-old man was found deceased aboard a cruise ship docked in Singapore waters on January 19th, shortly after the vessel’s arrival at the...
January 19, 2026 - Accidents
Search suspended after 77-yo passenger goes overboard from HAL's ship Nieuw Statendam
A passenger went overboard from the HAL-Holland America Line ship Nieuw Statendam while the vessel was sailing north of Cuba, prompting an extended...
January 2, 2026 - Accidents
Search concludes without recovery after passenger overboard incident in Baltic Sea
An international search operation in the Baltic Sea has been concluded without locating a passenger who fell overboard from a Polish ferry near the...
December 30, 2025 - Accidents
85-yo AIDAmar cruise ship passenger killed by wave during shore excursion from Vigo (Spain)
A fatal incident occurred along the north-western Spanish coast on December 18th, 2025, when an 85-year-old German passenger taking part in a shore...
December 23, 2025 - 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 - Cruise Industry
Ferry incident on Dhaleshwari River (Bangladesh) claimed 3 lives
A Dhaleshwari River-deployed ferryboat in the Baktaboli area (Narayanganj district, central Bangladesh, Greater Dhaka) lost control of a loaded...
December 21, 2025 - Accidents
76-yo passenger overboard from Marella Explorer 2
Spanish maritime authorities are conducting an extensive search for a 76-year-old British passenger who went overboard from Marella Explorer 2 while...
November 28, 2025 - Accidents
73-yo passenger overboard from DCL's ship Disney Wonder
A 73-year-old male passenger from Moonee Ponds, Victoria, was reported overboard from MS Disney Wonder in the Tasman Sea. According to Victoria...
November 23, 2025 - Accidents
Investigation continues into passenger death on CCL's ship Carnival Horizon
An 18-year-old passenger, Anna Kepner of Titusville, Florida, was found deceased aboard Carnival Horizon on November 8th. According to a security...
November 23, 2025 - Accidents
Cruise ship passengers caught in giant wave incident at Tenerife Port
A severe maritime incident occurred on November 8th, 2025, in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, when a powerful wave surged over the seafront promenade...
November 12, 2025 - Accidents
18-year-old senior student dies aboard the cruise ship Carnival Horizon
A federal investigation has been initiated following the death of a passenger aboard the cruise ship Carnival Horizon, which docked at Port Miami on...
November 10, 2025 - Accidents
Coral Adventurer cruise cancelled following passenger fatality on Lizard Island
Coral Expeditions has cancelled its 60-day circumnavigation of Australia aboard Coral Adventurer after the death of passenger Suzanne Rees, who was...
November 2, 2025 - Accidents
Coral Adventurer passenger found dead on Lizard Island (Australia)
Australian authorities have launched an investigation into the death of an 80-year-old female passenger who was found deceased on Lizard Island...
October 30, 2025