This evening Royal Caribbean announced via Twitter that that it’s "closely watching a large storm off the coast of Cape Hatteras. We want to be extra cautious when it comes to weather in the area." The cruise line decided that it is canceling the last two days of the current Anthem of the Seas cruise which
February 2016
Anthem of the Seas Lawsuits: Royal Caribbean Recklessly Sailed Into Storm
Today, Miami lawyers filed suit on behalf of a cruise passenger who sailed aboard the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas on Sunday, February 7th. The Lipcon law firm, based here in Miami, has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Royal Caribbean in Federal Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Anyone who has…
Oceania Crew Members Pay the Price When Norovirus Hits
The Oceania Riviera, which was scheduled to be on a cruise until tomorrow, returned to the port yesterday with passengers sickened by norovirus.
The virus has reportedly sickened at least 119 of 1,225 passengers, which is 9.72% of the passenger population on the ship. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has verified that…
Cruise Law News Facebook Page Reaches 200,000 “Likes”
Today, the Cruise Law News Facebook page reached 200,000 "likes."
The majority of our Facebook fans are crew members who use Facebook on a regular basis to communicate with their family and friends.
We receive a great deal of information from crew members regarding a wide range of issues, like cruise ship fires, engine failures, man-overboard…
Chile Asserts Juridiction Over QM2 Following Crew Member Disappearance
Last year, crew members aboard the Cunard QM2 notified me that while the Cunard cruise ship was between Southampton and New York, a 26-year-old chef, whose name I later learned was Favio Onate, disappeared in the early hours of August 15, 2015. I wrote a short article Cunard Crew Member Lost at Sea, which was…
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral: “I’m Surprised ISIS Has Not Gone After Cruise Ships”
Military.com reports that retired U.S. Admiral James Stavridis stated at a naval / private industry conference that the next attack by Islamic State militants may be directed to a navy ship or a cruise ship.
The military.com website quotes the distinguished retired naval commander saying: "We have an organization that has demonstrated they are highly innovative…
Another NCL Crew Member Goes Overboard From Norwegian Sun
The crew center website is reporting that authorities in Chile are investigating the disappearance of a Filipino crew member who went overboard from NCL cruise ship Norwegian Sun yesterday. The NCL crew member is identified as Dominic Santiago Gubertino age 55.
The circumstances reported regarding the crew member’s disappearance indicate that the Norwegian Sun was…
Bahamas Has Worst Record for Rapes in Caribbean
The Tribune newspaper in Nassau reports that the Bahamas leads the Caribbean in the number of recorded rapes, according to a report by the National Task Force for Gender Based Violence.
The Tribune says that "over a 10-year period, from 2003 to 2013, there were 1,109 reported rapes, according to police statistics. In addition, from 2008…
Disney Wonder Picks Up Cuban Refugees Near Caymans
CNN is reporting that a Disney cruise ship stopped yesterday during a cruise to the Cayman Islands to pick up 12 Cubans who took to sea to leave their homeland.
The Disney Wonder was cruising from Miami to Grand Cayman when the cruise ship saw the make-shift boat full of Cubans around 8 p.m. yesterday.…
Is the Anthem of Seas More Unseaworthy Than It Looks?
The maritime blog gCaptain published an article yesterday, written by Rick Spilman, author of the well written Old Salt blog, titled Anthem of the Sea – is She Seaworthy? The Old Salt blog takes issue with an article I wrote several years ago entitled Are Cruise Ships Dangerously Top Heavy?
In my article I…