Cruise news (aground-tagged)
- Accidents
French Cruise Line Fined After Its Ship Grounds on Sub-Antarctic Rock
The French cruise company Ponant and a ship's master were ordered to pay fines totalling US$100,000. They were found to have endangered human life...
October 4, 2018 - Accidents
Grounded Icebreaker Refloated in Canadian Arctic
A passenger ship which ran aground Friday morning, August 24, in the Far North was refloated. Andrea Beaubien, spokeswoman for One Ocean Expeditions...
August 25, 2018 - Accidents
Ferry Runs Aground in Singapore, All 45 Aboard Rescued
All 45 crew and passengers onboard an Indonesia-flagged ferry which ran aground in Singapore waters late Monday night were rescued by Police Coast...
July 11, 2018 - Accidents
Alaskan Dream Runs Aground North of Sitka
The small cruise ship Alaskan Dream ran aground Saturday morning, June 30, north of Sitka (Baranof Island, Alaska). All passengers and crew were...
July 4, 2018 - Accidents
VIDEO: At Least 12 Killed as Ferry Runs Aground off Sulawesi
At least 12 people died and frantic rescue operation was underway today, July 3, off the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia for dozens of passengers...
July 3, 2018 - Accidents
VIDEO: Ferry Runs Aground in Ibiza
Pinar del Rio ferry ship ran aground Friday afternoon, June 8, in the area of breakwater of Sant Antoni, Ibiza, Balearic Archipelago, when it was...
June 9, 2018 - Accidents
VIDEO: 163 Rescued From a Ferry in South Korea
South Korea's coast guard has rescued all 163 people from a passenger ferry which hit a rock in waters off the southwestern coast of the country on...
March 26, 2018 - Accidents
127 Cruise Passengers Stranded in Ice off the Coast of Japan
A Russian ship carrying passengers from Kuril Islands in northern Pacific to Sakhalin peninsula has been stranded in ice for days off Japan's coast...
February 8, 2018 - Accidents
VIDEO: P&O Ferry Runs Aground in Calais
A ferry carrying over 300 people ran aground at Port Calais in high winds this afternoon, December 10. The P&O ship got into difficulty...
December 10, 2017 - Accidents
100 Passengers Rescued After N.Y. Ferry Strikes Submerged Pylon
More than 100 passengers have been rescued Monday evening, November 27, from a ferry that ran aground in New York's East River. The boat got stuck...
November 29, 2017 - Accidents
Nieuw Amsterdam Runs Aground in Mexico
Holland America Line's ms Nieuw Amsterdam with passengers onboard ran aground on Tuesday, October 10, at Huatulco, Mexico after the...
October 13, 2017 - Accidents
Ferry Runs Aground in the Philippines: 87 Passengers Injured
Passenger ro-ro ship Maria Matilde has run aground on rocks on Tuesday, September 26, on the coast in Calatrava City, northern Tablas...
September 27, 2017 - Accidents
Cruise Liner Twice Grounds in NZ Waters
Maritime New Zealand investigates how a cruise liner hit objects underwater in New Zealand waters twice within a month this summer. L'Austral...
April 5, 2017 - Accidents
Caledonian Sky Runs Aground on a Reef
The cruise ship Caledonian Sky ran aground this weekend onto a coral reef close to Kri, off Raja Ampat, eastern Indonesia, one of the...
March 9, 2017 - Accidents
Arctic Cruise Ship Owners Pay $469K in Environmental Costs
The owners of a cruise ship which ran into a rock shelf in Nunavut have to pay nearly US$500,000 in environmental costs to the government of...
February 13, 2017