Accidents
MSC Sinfonia ship's Mediterranean cruise canceled due to technical issues
In the early hours preceding an anticipated Mediterranean voyage, MSC Cruises canceled a scheduled voyage on MSC Sinfonia due to a technical...
April 15, 2025
Flooding aboard Sky Princess due to burst pipe
On the evening of April 8, 2025, the cruise vessel Sky Princess, operated by Princess Cruises, encountered a significant flooding event resulting...
April 13, 2025
Crystal Symphony cruise ship tourists robbed at Mombasa (Kenya)
A contingent of 50+ armed youths, wielding machetes, carried out an assault on cruise ship passengers visiting Mombasa (Kenya). The attackers seized...
April 3, 2025
Discovery Princess ship breaks moorings in San Francisco Port
MS Discovery Princess broke free from her mooring lines at San Francisco's Pier 27 due to unexpectedly strong side winds, with gusts reaching 34 mph...
April 3, 2025
Finnish icebreakers aid Hanseatic Spirit through frozen Bothnian Bay
The expedition cruise vessel Hanseatic Spirit, operated by Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, encountered heavy sea ice while navigating off the coast of Kemi...
April 2, 2025
Cruise ship drug smuggling attempt thwarted in Angra dos Reis (Brazil)
On March 20th, the Brazilian Federal Police detained two foreign nationals on charges of international drug trafficking aboard a cruise vessel docked...
March 31, 2025
Cruise ship Norovirus outbreaks on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Encore
The USA's CDC agency (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported gastrointestinal illness/norovirus outbreaks on Cunard’s flagship...
March 31, 2025Sky Princess passenger medevaced mid-voyage due to heart complications
A British passenger aboard the Sky Princess, a vessel operated by Princess Cruises, was medically evacuated by the Spanish coast guard after...
March 28, 2025
Sun Princess alters course for medical emergency
The cruise ship Sun Princess has adjusted her itinerary to expedite arrival at Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands) due to a passenger requiring...
March 28, 2025
Crew medevaced from Seabourn Venture ship 100 mi off Tenerife Canaries
On Sunday, March 23rd, a medical evacuation was conducted approximately 100 miles/160 km north of Tenerife (Canary Islands Spain), involving the...
March 26, 2025- Accidents
Miami-bound Independence of the Seas embroiled in child sex abuse scandal
Two Mexican nationals are facing charges in South Florida after they were both accused of sexually victimizing a 14-year-old boy on a Miami-bound...
March 25, 2025 
HAL cruise passenger dies in jet ski accident at Half Moon Cay
A 73-year-old female passenger from the cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam lost her life in a jet ski accident at Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, on Saturday, March...
March 24, 2025
Santorini (Greece) welcomes first cruise ship post-seismic activity
On Sunday, March 23, Santorini Island marked the commencement of its cruise season with the arrival of the Celestyal Discovery ship, carrying...
March 24, 2025
Tour boat with 38 AIDAbella cruise ship tourists capsizes near Cartagena (Colombia)
On March 20, 2025, an excursion vessel carrying 38 passengers (36 German and 2 Austrian tourists) capsized off the coast of Cartagena (Colombia...
March 24, 2025
HAL-Holland America cancels two transatlantic cruises on ms Nieuw Statendam ship
HAL-Holland America Line canceled two Transatlantic voyages on ms Nieuw Statendam, originally scheduled for October 2026. Affected are the 29-day...
March 22, 2025