Oceania Marina accidents and incidents

03 May 2023Coast Guard Medevacs

On May 3, 2023, while the ship was at anchorage off Thira (Santorini Island, Greece), a female crew was medevaced and transported to Port Piraeus from where she was ambulanced to a private clinic.

The incident occurred during a 7-day Mediterranean Cruise (itinerary Apr 27 - May 4, from Civitavecchia-Rome to Piraeus-Athens) with call ports in Italy (Sorrento/Apr 28, Messina Sicily/Apr 29), Malta (Valletta/Apr 30), and Greece - Argostoli (Kefalonia Island/May 1, Souda (Crete Island/May 2) and Thira (Santorini Island/May 3).

January 2022Other Incidents

In early-January 2022, Oceania canceled Marina ship's entire South American program (January and February) due to Argentina's and Chile's Coronavirus/COVID-related “onerous and prohibitive travel restrictions”.

The cancellations affected a total of 7 itineraries with departures on:

• Jan 8 (20-days from Buenos Aires Argentina, to San Antonio Chile)
• Jan 28 (17-days from San Antonio to Buenos Aires)
• Jan 28 (29-days from San Antonio to Rio de Janeiro Brazil)
• Jan 28 (50-days from San Antonio to Miami Florida USA)
• Feb 14 (12-days from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro)
• Feb 14 (33-days from Buenos Aires to Miami)
• Feb 26 (21-days from Rio de Janeiro to Miami)

All bookings automatically received a full refund (of the fare paid) back to the original form of payment.

April 2019Cruise Illness / Virus Outbreaks

In April 2019, CDC issued an illness report about a Norovirus outbreak on the liner affecting a total of 36 passengers (out of 1066 or 3,38%) and 4 crew (out of 763 or 0,52%). The predominant symptom was diarrhoea.

The incident occurred during 18-day Panama Canal repositioning cruise (itinerary March 18 - April 5) from Callao (Lima Peru) to NYC (New York), with ports of call in Peru (Salaverry), Ecuador (Manta, Esmeraldas), Costa Rica (Puerto Limon), Guatemala (Puerto Barrios), Honduras (Isla Roatan), Belize (Harvest Caye), Mexico (Costa Maya) and USA (Miami FL, Norfolk VA, NYC).

28 October 2018Other Incidents

On October 28, 2018, due to weather concerns, the ship's itinerary was changed with the scheduled port call at Zadar (Croatia) substituted with Dubrovnik (Croatia). Reportedly, many of the planned shore excursions along the route were also cancelled due to harsh weather in Southern Europe (gale force winds and heavy rains).

The incident occurred during a 7-day Mediterranean cruise (itinerary Oct 26 - Nov 2) from Venice to Rome (Civitavecchia) with call ports Ravenna, Zadar (replaced with Dubrovnik), Kotor, Corfu, Messina (Sicily) and Naples.

May 2015Cruise Illness / Virus Outbreaks

April-May 2015, CDC reported on itinerary April 21 to May 7, a Norovirus outbreak (gastrointestinal illness) infected 69 passengers (out of 1185, or 5,8%) and 11 crew (out of 769, or 1,4%). All sick suffered from Norovirus symptoms (stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhoea) and were quarantined to their cabins.

The ship reported to CDC increased cleaning and disinfection, sent daily reports of illness cases to VSP. Embarkation on the next voyage (departure May 7, from NYC New York) was delayed due to sanitation procedures, health assessment and outbreak evaluation.

The illness outbreak happened during the 16-day Panama Canal repositioning cruise from South America to the USA (Callao Peru) to NYC New York).

March 2011Cruise Illness / Virus Outbreaks

February-March 2011, CDC reported on itinerary Feb 26 to Mar 15, a Norovirus outbreak (gastrointestinal illness) infected 39 passengers (out of 1126, or 3,5%) and 29 crew (out of 789, or 3,7%). All sick suffered from Norovirus symptoms (stomach cramps, fever, vomiting, diarrhoea) and were quarantined to their cabins.

The ship reported to CDC increased cleaning and disinfection procedures. Embarkation on the next voyage (departure March 16, from Miami Florida) was delayed due to health assessment and outbreak evaluation.