Accidents
Cruise lines cancel voyages and reduce passenger capacity due to crew shortages
The cruise shipping industry is experiencing difficulties with hiring crew which hindered several operations, leaving some passengers with fewer...
May 29, 2022Ferry sinks in Indonesia: 26 people are missing
26 people are missing after a ferry boat ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather off the coast of Indonesia, officials announced. The search and...
May 28, 2022RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Harmony of the Seas crashes into dock in Falmouth Jamaica
RCI-Royal Caribbean's ship Harmony of the Seas collided with a dock in Jamaica. The vessel departed from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) on Sunday...
May 28, 2022CCL-Carnival Cruise Line cancels 2 more sailings from Port Canaveral (Orlando FL) due to Freedom...
CCL-Carnival Cruise Line canceled 2 more sailings from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) on Carnival Freedom due to the need to repair fire damage on...
May 28, 2022VIDEO: Carnival Freedom cruise ship catches fire in Grand Turk
A fire that caused damage to the funnel on CCL-Carnival Cruise Line‘s ship Carnival Freedom on Thursday, May 26, has been extinguished. There...
May 26, 2022Havila Voyages cancels another Havila Capella's roundtrip cruise from Bergen
Another roundtrip voyage with Havila Capella cruiseferry has been canceled. Havila Kystruten was forced to cancel the upcoming voyage as no solution...
May 26, 2022Passenger medevaced from P&O UK's cruise ship Iona en route to Norway
A Humber Coastguard helicopter was scrambled to the location of a P&O UK ship in the North Sea Sunday morning, May 22. A Sikorsky S92 flew...
May 23, 20228 dead, 7 missing after fire on Philippine passenger ferry
8 people have died after a high-speed passenger ferry in the Philippines, carrying 134 people, caught fire on Monday, May 23, with 7 passengers still...
May 23, 2022Fred Olsen's cruise ship MS Black Watch soon to be scrapped at Alang India
The 1972-built (as "Royal Viking Star") cruise ship MS Black Watch was the oldest vessel in the Fred Olsen Cruise Line's fleet, with fleetmates...
May 21, 2022Indonesian ferry carrying 800+ people runs aground in East Nusa Tenggara province
An Indonesian ferry carrying 800+ people that had run aground was dislodged on Thursday, May 19, and taken safely to dock at the nearby port...
May 20, 2022Search suspended for 40-year-old woman who fell overboard from Celebrity Cruises' ship Celebrity...
The US Coast Guard (USCG) suspended the search for a 40-year-old female passenger who fell overboard off a Celebrity Cruises ship in Alaska’s...
May 18, 2022Cunard Line limits passenger capacity on some sailings due to lack of crew
The UK-based company Cunard Line announced it is limiting the max passenger capacity on some voyages aboard RMS Queen Mary 2 and Queen...
May 16, 2022NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line cancels more voyages in the Baltic due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line canceled more voyages in the Baltic due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. All Norwegian Getaway’s Baltic sailings...
May 14, 2022Engine room fire breaks out on NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape
A small fire broke out in the engine room on the NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line's ship Norwegian Escape Thursday morning, May 12, after the ship departed...
May 14, 2022Crew found dead onboard cruise ship Aegean Goddess at Port Heraklion (Crete Greece)
A male crew was found dead Thursday afternoon, May 12, onboard the cruise ship Aegean Goddess (formerly named "Pacific Aria" for P&O Australia...
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