Cruise news (royal caribbean-tagged)
- Accidents

Search off Gisborne NZ suspended after Ovation OTS cruise passenger spots body in water
A search by two rescue helicopters last night off the coast of Gisborne (New Zealand) where a cruise ship passenger reportedly saw a body floating in...
March 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean’s Beach Club on Paradise Island (Bahamas) opens in 2025
RCI-Royal Caribbean is moving ahead with the development of its first Royal Beach Club (on Paradise Island) after the company received approval from...
March 13, 2023 - Cruise Industry

RCI-Royal Caribbean unveils the lineup of short Caribbean cruises for 2024-2025
RCI-Royal Caribbean unveiled the lineup of short Caribbean cruises, featuring 8 action-packed cruise ships sailing to tropical destinations that make...
February 21, 2023 - Cruise Industry

Royal Caribbean's ship Allure OTS to sail short cruises from Florida year-round
RCI-Royal Caribbean announced that one of its huge Oasis-class ships would sail short cruises year-round beginning later in 2023. None of the line's...
February 18, 2023 - Cruise Industry

PortMiami to build the world’s largest shore power system for cruise ships
Еngineering and manufacturing company PowerCon (Denmark) has been subcontracted to deliver 5 shore power systems for cruise ships at PortMiami...
February 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry

First steel cut for RCI-Royal Caribbean's second Icon Class ship
RCI-Royal Caribbean marked the initial milestone – the first cut of steel – for the 2nd ship in its revolutionary Icon Class. An...
February 16, 2023 - Accidents

USCG aircrews conduct 2 medevacs from cruise ships (near Dominicana) to Puerto Rico
CG-Coast Guard aircrews medevaced a cruise passenger from RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Symphony OTS on Monday, February 6th, and a second passenger...
February 8, 2023 - Accidents

Small fire breaks out on RCI-Royal Caribbean's Icon OTS at Meyer Turku shipyard
Media outlets in Finland reported that a small fire had broken out on the next-largest cruise ship in the world, currently under construction at...
February 5, 2023 - Accidents

Data Bankruptcy to sell the last asset of the former operator Pullmantur Cruises
Pullmantur Cruises' bankruptcy administrator Data Bankruptcy intends to sell the last asset of the former operator. The administrator is expected to...
January 31, 2023 - Accidents

57-year-old passenger medevaced from Royal Caribbean’s ship Allure OTS
A 57-year-old woman is in a hospital after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her by flight from an RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship ~50 miles off Galveston...
January 26, 2023 - Cruise Industry

RCG-Royal Caribbean Group to open a new office in Limassol, Cyprus
RCG-Royal Caribbean Group announced it will open an office in Cyprus. The new office is expected to serve as the company's center for cruise...
January 25, 2023 - Cruise Industry

Carnival Corporation expanding next-generation Wi-Fi connectivity with SpaceX's Starlink
Carnival Corporation (the world's largest cruise shipowner) signed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corporation) to...
January 19, 2023 - Accidents

43-year-old passenger with cardiac arrest medevaced from Royal Caribbean’s ship Serenade OTS
Crew members from U.S.C.G. Station Cortez, Bradenton, medevaced a 43-year-old British national experiencing a cardiac event on January 1st from Royal...
January 10, 2023 - Accidents

Unexpected waterfall on Royal Caribbean's Harmony OTS after the ship avoids Cuban refugee raft
There was an unexpected waterfall on Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas on January 3rd, after the huge liner took an emergency maneuver in order...
January 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry

ACL-American Cruise Lines rolling out Starlink Wi-Fi across its fleet
ACL-American Cruise Lines announced it is rolling out Starlink Wi-Fi across its fleet of river/coastal ships, bringing the fast satellite-based...
January 5, 2023