Accidents
- Accidents
Cruise ship drug smuggling attempt thwarted in Angra dos Reis (Brazil)
On March 20, the Brazilian Federal Police detained two foreign nationals on charges of international drug trafficking aboard a cruise vessel docked...
March 31, 2025 - Accidents
225+ affected in cruise ship Norovirus outbreaks aboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Encore
More than 225 cases of gastrointestinal illness have been reported in norovirus outbreaks aboard Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn&rsquo...
March 31, 2025 - Accidents
Sky 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 - Accidents
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
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
Celebrity Cruises omits Labadee (Haiti) amid safety concerns
Celebrity Cruises has revised several itineraries for its vessels, notably removing Labadee (Haiti) from scheduled ports of call. This alteration...
March 21, 2025
Cunard's Queen Anne enforces security measures in piracy-prone waters
During its first world voyage (111-night itinerary), Cunard's ship Queen Anne implemented heightened security protocols while transiting the Sulu and...
March 21, 2025
Brazilian passenger charged with cocaine smuggling on MSC Magnifica ship
Australian authorities have charged a Brazilian national, 48-year-old Adriano Gustavo Leonardi Thiem, with smuggling a commercial quantity of cocaine...
March 20, 2025
Norovirus outbreak (93 cases) on Holland America's ship MS Rotterdam
A norovirus outbreak affected 93 individuals on HAL-Holland America Line’s vessel ms Rotterdam during a recent Southern Caribbean cruise...
March 19, 2025- Accidents
Tortola BVI authorities investigate Norwegian Epic ship's smoke emissions
On February 26th, 2025, while NCL's Norwegian Epic was berthed at Road Town, Tortola (British Virgin Islands), local authorities observed a white...
March 15, 2025