Accidents
Costa Magica cruise ship to serve as a potential floating hotel for Ukrainian refugees
Costa Cruises announced they had offered the Magica ship (currently out of service) to the government of Italy as a potential floating hotel...
March 19, 2022
NCL's cruise ship Norwegian Joy cancels call to Cozumel (Mexico) due to propulsion issue
NCL's liner Norwegian Joy had to cancel her stopover in the Mexican port of Cozumel on March 17 due to technical problems. The NCL-Norwegian...
March 19, 2022
The world’s largest-capacity cruise ship - GHK's Global Dream - is unfinished and up for sale
The sale of GHK-Genting Hong Kong's unfinished liner MS Global Dream lured plenty of potential buyers, including the billionaire Lim Kook Thay...
March 18, 2022
Passenger jumps overboard from Carnival Horizon cruise ship, body recovered
A body was recovered late Wednesday, March 16, after a man jumped overboard from the CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Horizon ship. In a...
March 17, 2022
CDC lowers COVID warnings for cruise ships and Caribbean islands
The USA's CDC agency (Disease Control and Prevention) on Monday, March 14, moved cruise ship travel and several popular Caribbean beach destinations...
March 15, 2022
7-year-old kid medevaced from CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Dream
The USCG medevaced an ill 7-year-old child and her father from a CCL-Carnival Cruise Line ship off the Gulf Coast on Sunday, March 13, and flew them...
March 15, 2022
NCL's cruise ship Norwegian Escape runs aground off Puerto Plata, Dominicana
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape ran aground on a sandbar on Monday, March 14, just off Puerto Plata Harbor (Dominicana). The...
March 15, 2022
Australia's cruise ship ban to be lifted on April 17
Australia's cruise ship ban is likely to end in April with a formal announcement expected within days, according to Trade and Tourism Minister Dan...
March 14, 2022
Passenger jumps overboard from Norwegian Breakaway cruise ship en route to New Orleans (Port NOLA...
A passenger aboard an NCL-Norwegian Cruise Lines' ship jumped overboard close to the coast of Mexico, while the liner was en route back to Port NOLA...
March 14, 2022
Coastguard helicopter not able to airlift casualty from NorthLink's Hjaltland ferry
A UK coastguard helicopter had to airlift a casualty from NorthLink's Hjaltland ferry but high winds prevented the medevac from taking place...
March 13, 2022
Crystal Cruises’ website redirecting visitors to a claims site
Crystal Cruises’ website is now redirecting visitors to a claims website, set up by Florida-based insolvency assignee Michael Moecker &...
March 12, 2022
After 20 days Euroferry Olympia is still burning, 3 are missing
Almost 3 weeks after the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia cruiseferry caught fire off the coast of Greece, firefighters are still battling local...
March 11, 2022
Carnival Ecstasy's first cruise from Mobile AL delayed due to mechanical issues
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line's ship Carnival Ecstasy experienced mechanical problems during her first voyage from Mobile (Alabama USA) since COVID halted...
March 11, 2022
Crew medevaced from Royal Caribbean's Serenade OTS near Tampa FL
A crew member was medevaced from Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Serenade of the Seas by the U.S. Coast Guard. The evacuation took place on Thursday...
March 11, 2022
Saga Cruises' Spirit of Adventure sails back to England due to COVID cases onboard
An over-50s-only cruise ship sailing from the United Kingdom to the Caribbean was forced to turn around in the Atlantic because of COVID cases ...
March 7, 2022