Newspapers in Italy are reporting that the local police in Salerno, Italy arrested a 31 year-old Jamaican, man employed as a cook in the galley of the Celebrity cruise ship, the Constellation, for “attempted murder aggravated by petty reasons.”
The cook, identified only as “OG,” attacked a 38 year-old Indian, head chef, with what
Three years ago this month, the Carnival Elation suffered a problem issue with one of the two units used to propel and steer the cruise ship and had to resort to the use of a tug to make it back to port in New Orleans. That was at a bad time for Carnival. The cruise
Late yesterday afternoon, Fathom’s Adonia experienced a power loss, causing its elevators, bathrooms and air conditioners to stop working for around 30 minutes. "Following orders from the U.S. Coast Guard," the Adonia returned to Miami yesterday.
Fathom downplayed the incident saying that it was only a "short-term electrical difficulty.”
Prior to being the flagship for
A newspaper in Italy reports that two days ago police arrested a 51 year old crew member, who had gone ashore in Livorno, on charges of sexual assaulting a child believed to be around 7 to 8 years old.
The crew member is identified as a Filipino bar tender who arrived in Livorno on an
A reader of Cruise Law News brought to my attention that a crew member disappeared at sea from a ferry operated by Irish Ferries from Rosslare, Ireland to Pembroke, Wales yesterday. A number of newspapers have reported that a a large air and sea search was just suspended after the crew member apparently went overboard into
On the heels of the passenger going overboard yesterday from the Carnival Liberty, I have learned from several passengers on the Coral Princess that a passenger went overboard from the Princess cruise ship on May 11th.
A passenger on the Coral Princess tweeted earlier this week:
"Captain of the Coral Princess, my home away
Passengers aboard the Carnival Liberty and a local news station in Houston are reporting that a thirty-three year old passenger went overboard early this morning.
The missing passengers has been identified as Samantha Broberg who was initially reported missing by her traveling companions.
The Carnival cruise ship was apparently not equipped with a automatic man overboard
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Yesterday, I commented on our Facebook page on the report of a cruise passenger that the Norwegian Spirit, together with the Italian Coast Guard, were involved in assisting what were initially believed to be 300 Syrian immigrants at sea. The NCL cruise ship left Naples heading for Mikonos. A passenger said that that according to
Two weeks ago, five windows on deck three broke on the Rhapsody of the Seas, injuring cruise passengers and partially flooding the cabins on deck three and also on deck two.
So why did the windows break? We have heard dramatic stories of a “rogue wave” from passengers. Afterward, the captain announced (saying words
The Sun Sentinel is reporting that the Fathom Travel’s historical first cruise on the Adonia cruise ship to Cuba may have experienced a norovirus outbreak aboard the ship sickening passengers, according to reports from the captain.
At around 2:45 P.M. this afternoon, there were at least 14 people on the ship complaining of diarrhea, vomiting and