Cruise news (fire-tagged)
- Accidents
P&O UK's newest cruise ship Arvia suffers minor fire at Meyer Werft's Papenburg yard
P&O UK's newest ship Arvia suffered a minor fire while undergoing the final stage of building at Meyer Werft's shipyard in Papenburg (Lower...
September 10, 2022 - Cruise Industry
80+ people rescued from a Philippine ferry fire
Philippine Coast Guard personnel and volunteers rescued 80+ passengers and crew of an interisland ferry that caught fire on Friday, August 26, while...
August 28, 2022 - Accidents
Viking Gymir river cruise ship evacuated due to possible battery explosion
Dutch officials are currently investigating an explosion onboard a Viking longship docked in Amsterdam as a likely malfunction of the boat’s...
July 29, 2022 - Accidents
German police investigating 2 fires on P&O Arvia ship at Meyer Werft Papenburg Yard
The German police are currently investigating 2 fires that broke out on the P&O UK's cruise ship Arvia, which is under construction at Meyer...
July 27, 2022 - Accidents
Ferry with 180+ passengers suffers engine room fire off Prince Edward Island (Canada)
A ferry carrying ~200 passengers and crew caught fire and was intentionally grounded Friday morning, July 22, during a crossing from Nova Scotia to...
July 23, 2022 - Accidents
18 passengers rescued after ferry explosion off South Thailand
18 people were rescued after a ferryboat exploded on its way out of Chumpon to Koh Tao Island today, July 21, at ~2:30 pm local time. All 18...
July 21, 2022 - Accidents
1 dead, 1 missing after fire engulfs ferry in Philippines
A fire engulfed a ferry with 165 people onboard in the central Philippines. All but 2 have been brought to safety, rescuers said. One person is...
June 27, 2022 - Accidents
CCL's cruise ship Carnival Freedom restarts sailings without the signature funnel
Two weeks after the funnel fire accident on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Freedom, CCL confirmed that the vessel resumed operations on...
June 14, 2022 - Accidents
Private cruise boat Spirit of Norfolk catches fire with 89 schoolchildren onboard
The USA-flagged private cruise boat Spirit of Norfolk (1992-built, IMO 8861618) caught fire on Tuesday, June 7. Thanks to the crew and emergency...
June 8, 2022 - Accidents
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line cancels 2 more sailings from Port Canaveral (Orlando FL) due to Freedom...
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line canceled 2 more sailings from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) on Carnival Freedom due to the need to repair fire damage on...
May 28, 2022 - Accidents
VIDEO: Carnival Freedom cruise ship catches fire in Grand Turk
A fire that caused damage to the funnel on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line‘s ship Carnival Freedom on Thursday, May 26, has been extinguished. There...
May 26, 2022 - Accidents
8 dead, 7 missing after fire on Philippine passenger ferry
8 people have died after a high-speed passenger ferry in the Philippines, carrying 134 people, caught fire on Monday, May 23, with 7 passengers still...
May 23, 2022 - Accidents
Engine room fire breaks out on NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape
A small fire broke out in the engine room on the NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape Thursday morning, May 12, after the ship departed...
May 14, 2022 - Accidents
Fire aboard a barge supplying the Celebrity Constellation ship in Civitavecchia-Rome (Italy)
In the early afternoon of Monday, May 9, the operations room of the Civitavecchia Coast Guard received a "Mayday" call via radio from the commander...
May 10, 2022 - Accidents
After 20 days Euroferry Olympia is still burning, 3 are missing
Almost 3 weeks after the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia cruiseferry caught fire off the coast of Greece, firefighters are still battling local...
March 11, 2022