Forbes Asks: Is Cruise Ship Crime Still Climbing?

For years cruise ship travelers and the general public had no idea exactly how much crime was being committed aboard cruise ships. This was because regulations governing the reporting of cruise crime allowed cruise companies to put off reporting the incidences almost indefinitely. But changes to the regulations have given cruise passengers a truer look…

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Yet Another Cruise Line Alters Sailing Due to Propulsion Issues

Just days ago we blogged that Royal Caribbean has canceled several sailings in early February due to propulsion issues with one of its ships. Now, another cruise company is announcing that it, too, will have to alter sailings due to engine issues. Officials with Princess Cruises announced that the company is altering a number of…

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Miami Herald Reports on Most Recent Cruise Inspection Results

The most recent results from the CDC’s periodic cruise ship sanitation inspections are in, and the results are better than in previous years.  MiamiHerald.com reports that in its most recent round of inspections, the CDC reviews seven ships, six of them being operated by Royal Caribbean or one of its subsidiaries.  The ships were judged…

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Holland America Cancels a Sailing Due to Ship Propulsion Issues

Holland America has announced that it is canceling a sailing because one of its ships is suffering from propulsion issues.   CruiseHive.com reports that the company plans to take the Nieuw Amsterdam ship out of service and send it to Grand Bahama Shipyard in the coming weeks. This will necessitate the cancellation of the ship’s…

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Cruise Ship Sexual Assault Results in New York Man Serving Time

MassLive.com reports that 45-year-olf Adam Damian Panetta was arrested in 2019 and charged with cruise ship assault after having being accused of severely beating a woman while aboard the ship. Video evidence showed Panetta pull the woman down the hallway by the hair and strike her in the head twice. He also kicked the woman…

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Coast Guard Medically Evacuates Second Passenger in Three Days

For the second time in three days, the U.S. Coast Guard has evacuated a passenger from a cruise ship. WAVY.com reports that the Coast Guard’s Air Station Elizabeth City sent a crew to evacuate an 85-year-old passenger suffering from a medical emergency aboard the Norwegian Bliss cruise ship. The Bliss was sailing approximately 160 miles…

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Convicted Criminal Polluter Carnival Cruise Line Dumps Waste Water in Port Canaveral

Carnival Cruise Line, a convicted criminal polluter, has been caught discharging polluted water into Port Canaveral. WESH reports that the company confirmed that it had “accidentally” discharged so-called greywater from the Carnival Elation as it was docked at Port Canaveral on December 2, 2019. FoxNews.com reports that the ship was in preparation for a four-day Bahamas…

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U.S. Coast Guard Airlifts Ill Passenger From Cruise Ship

The U.S. Coast Guard has medically evacuated a passenger from a cruise ship off the coast of California.  ABC7.com reports that the 68-year-old woman showed signs of suffering from a stroke when authorities aboard the Viking Sun cruise ship called for assistance as the ship sailed approximately 225 miles off the coast of San Diego.  The…

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Second Cruise Ship Collision in 2 Weeks

The MSC Grandios cruise ship was involved in a crash with a cruise pier in Sicily, Italy Monday morning, marking the second cruise ship collision in two weeks.  FoxNews.com reports that the ship crashed into the dock at Palermo, Sicily, on Monday morning at about 8:30 am when the 1,085-foot vessel struck the port as it…

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Cruise Passenger Falls Overboard Near New Zealand

Authorities are searching for a cruise ship passenger who fell overboard from a cruise ship as it sailed off the coast of New Zealand.  9News.com.au reports that the Norwegian Jewel’s authorities are reviewing the ship’s security personnel are reviewing the ship’s surveillance footage for clues as to the passenger’s last known location. I have been…

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South Carolina Man Suffers Stroke On Cruise Ship – Later Dies

A South Carolina man who suffered a stroke while aboard a cruise ship has passed away.  Bruce Campbell suffered a stroke while he was playing bingo on a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas. Authorities took him to a medical facility in Freeport, Bahamas for treatment before an anonymous donor paid approximately $20,000 to transfer him…

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New Videos Show More Angles of Cruise Ship Collision

When looking at the video of the collision between the Carnival Glory and Carnival Legend cruise ships in Cozumel last week, the danger involved in the incident quickly becomes clear. The front end of the Legend plunges into the Glory, ripping into the Glory’s rear balconies. Anyone standing near that area of the impact could…

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Carnival Cruise Line Attempts to Explain Cozumel Cruise Ship Collision

Six Carnival Cruise Line passengers were injured when two of the company’s ships collided in Cozumel yesterday. In a letter to passengers, the company attempted to explain the incident. According to FoxNews.com, the letter apologized for the incident, in which the Carnival Glory struck the Carnival Legend cruise ship while maneuvering in the port of Cozumel,…

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Two Carnival Cruise Ships Collide in Cozumel, Mexico

Windy conditions may have played a role in a collision between two Carnival cruise ships in Cozumel, Mexico on Friday. CNN reports that the Carnival Glory collided with the Carnival Legend as the Glory was attempting to maneuver in the port. The collision left the Glory with visible damage to the rear of the ship. Though…

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Wiegand Family Condemns Release of Video of Daughter’s Tragic Cruise Ship Fall

The saga surrounding Chloe Wiegand’s tragic fall from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in July continues. This week, various news outlets reported that Puerto Rican authorities offered Chloe’s grandfather, Salvatore Anello, a plea deal for charges stemming from her death. Anello was holding 18-month-old Chloe to an 11th-floor window of the ship when she accidentally…

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Why Was a Cruise Ship Sailing in An Active Volcano Zone?

Days after 5 people were killed, and dozens more injured, during a volcano eruption on New Zealand’s White Island, many are asking why there were tourists at the site at all, especially tourists on an excursion from a cruise ship.  Numerous news outlets are reporting that scientists had been warning for weeks that the volcano…

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