Accidents
Fire breaks out on Viking Orion cruise ship docked in Sydney (NSW Australia)
Due to a small cabin fire, around 850 people (~600 passengers plus ~250 crew) were evacuated from a Viking Ocean Cruises ship docked at White Bay...
February 3, 2023
Further delays to the £70m Liverpool ferry terminal of the Manx government
Further delays to the GBP 70 million ferry port scheme of the Manx government in Liverpool UK are likely due to recent poor weather, according to the...
February 1, 2023
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
TUI UK cancels Marella Discovery 2 cruise ship’s upcoming Caribbean voyage due to technical issue
Marella Cruises' parent company TUI UK canceled Marella Discovery 2 ship’s upcoming voyage due to a technical issue in the catering facilities...
January 31, 2023
Auckland NZ ferry services disrupted due to mooring line failure on HAL's ship ms Noordam
Auckland ferry services were disrupted for an hour on Friday, January 27th, after a mooring line problem on the HAL-Holland America's cruise ship ms...
January 28, 2023
Seabourn cancels 3 cruises aboard its newest ship Venture due to emergency drydocking
The premium travel company Seabourn canceled 5 sailings of its newest ship Seabourn Venture which will be forced into unscheduled drydock for repairs...
January 27, 2023
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
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings reinstates synchronized muster drills on embarkation day
In spite of the current popularity of e-muster drills, which were implemented as part of the COVID protocols by all major lines, NCLH-Norwegian...
January 25, 2023
Oceania's Regatta and Regent's Seven Seas Explorer ships cancel scheduled calls to Port Burnie...
TasPorts announced that two international cruise ships scheduled to call at Port Burnie (Tasmania Australia) last week had bypassed/canceled their...
January 23, 2023
New MSC cruise ship Seascape suffers engine problems in the Caribbean
One of the main engines of MSC Seascape, which was officially christened in New York in December 2022, failed last week and only a reduced cruising...
January 23, 2023
Dover-Calais ferry services suspended due to strike in France
Ferry services to/from Calais (France) were suspended due to a national strike in France. P&O Ferries said it had produced an optimized sailing...
January 20, 2023
NCL cancels Norwegian Joy ship's cruises (Jan 6-Feb 10, 2024) due to drydocking/refurbishment
All sailings onboard NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Joy have been canceled between January 6th and February 10th, 2024, with passengers...
January 19, 2023
Astoria Grande ship (fka AIDAcara) collides with breakwater at port Amasra (Turkey)
Passenger ship Astoria Grande (fka AIDAcara) collided with a breakwater at ~9 am local time (~6 am UTC) on Wednesday, January 18th, while trying to...
January 18, 2023
MV Ganga Vilas gets stuck in Bihar's Chhapra on 3rd day of the world's longest luxury river cruise?
The world's longest luxury river cruise aboard the boat MV Ganga Vilas which on Friday, January 13th, commenced a 3200 km maiden voyage, was...
January 17, 2023
MSC Meraviglia encounters boat in distress and rescues 24 migrants at sea
An MSC Cruises ship bound for Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) encountered a boat in distress on Saturday, January 14th and rescued all 24 occupants...
January 17, 2023