Cruise news (ferries-tagged)
- Accidents
Passenger overboard from Stena Line's cruiseferry in Belfast (Northern Ireland)
A major search & rescue operation was launched in the Belfast Lough area (Northern Ireland) late on Saturday night, October 29. Multiple...
October 31, 2022 - Accidents
Langkawi ferry runs aground with 500+ passengers and crew onboard
500+ passengers and crew were stranded after a Langkawi ferry ran aground on a mud bank in Malaysia's Kuala Kedah estuary at low tide on Sunday...
October 24, 2022 - Accidents
2 dead, child missing in passenger ship crash on the Wadden Sea near Terschelling
Two people died after a collision between a fast ferryboat and water taxi on the Wadden Sea close to Terschelling (Netherlands), the Friesland...
October 22, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Hamburg (Germany) to boast new hydrogen fuel cell ready hybrid ferries
Hamburg (Germany) will soon boast new hydrogen fuel cell ready hybrid ferries. The 3 new ships are on order for the ferry operator for the city...
October 21, 2022 - Accidents
Commodore Clipper cruiseferry damaged in dry dock
The schedules of ferries to/from UK's Channel Islands were adjusted after a freight ship was damaged during drydock. The propeller and driveshaft of...
October 21, 2022 - Accidents
VIDEO: Ferry capsizes at the pier in Kalimantan, Indonesia
A Ro-Pax ferry capsized while unloading its cargo of vehicles at the port of Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo Island on Wednesday...
October 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Cross-Bay Ferry begins its 6th season sailing between Saint Petersburg and Tampa Florida
The Cross-Bay Ferry begins its 6tth season sailing across Tampa Bay at 4:45 pm on Wednesday, October 19. The service, linking the downtowns of Tampa...
October 18, 2022 - Accidents
At least 9 students killed after ferry capsizes in Cambodia
At least 9 students drowned in southern Cambodia after the ferry they were onboard capsized as it crossed a river. 4 people, 2 students, and 2 of...
October 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Lloyd’s Register approves NAPA Stability management software for passenger ships
NAPA’s new stability management software for passenger ships, NAPA Stability, has been approved by the classification society LR-Lloyd’s...
October 13, 2022 - Accidents
100+ rescued after Super Shuttle Ferry 21 runs aground in Southern Philippines
The Philippine Coast Guard announced it had successfully rescued all 103 passengers and crew of a cruiseferry after it had run aground off southern...
October 11, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Greece-Turkey ferry service launched between Thessaloniki and Izmir
The 2011-initiated project for cruiseferry services between Turkey and Greece (İzmir and Thessaloniki) was finally completed...
October 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
NCL Norwegian deal with NYC for cruise ship charter/migrant housing unlikely
NYC's Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to house migrants at an NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line ship docked off Staten Island fizzled because it was too...
October 10, 2022 - Accidents
Ferry service set up to bypass damaged Kerch Strait bridge in Crimea
Russia's Ministry of Transport set up a ferry service across the Kerch Strait in order to take over vehicle traffic, offsetting the impact of the...
October 10, 2022 - Accidents
Death toll rises to 61 after overcrowded passenger ferryboat capsizes in Bangladesh
The death toll from the sinking of the overcrowded ferry carrying Hindu devotees in northern Bangladesh rose to 61 on Tuesday, September 27...
September 27, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VODEO: Artemis Technologies to launch fully electric passenger ferry
Artemis Technologies Ltd (maritime design and applied technologies company) unveiled the design of its 100% electric EF-24 Passenger ship, targeting...
September 27, 2022