Grandeur of the Seas LifeboatA lifeboat accident occurred this afternoon while the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas was in the port of Charleston.

A passenger aboard the cruise ship (who wishes to remain anonymous) informed me that a lifeboat had fallen from the cruise ship and was upside down in the water. He sent photographs of the lifeboat

In past months, I have posted photographs and videos sent to me by crew members depicting life on cruise ships.

The “ship life” photos are not the pretty images carefully arranged for the guests to see during behind-the-scene tours.

Ship Life – The Pot Wash Blues revealed the incredible amount of work required daily by

Cruise Ship Pot Wash Yesterday I announced that we will begin regularly featuring photos and videos from crew members of the conditions which they face working on cruise ships.

There was a spirited debate which followed on our Facebook page about the issue. 

One cruise passenger commented: " No one forces these people to work on the cruise ships.

Costa Cruise A reader of Cruise Law News sent me a link to this Costa crew member’s Facebook page which contains video and photographs of hundreds of broken dishes in the ship’s galley.

It appears that the cruise ship experienced some type of incident affecting the ship’s navigational system; I’m not sure of the details.

You can

Travel Weekly just published an "interview" of Royal Caribbean cruise executive Richard Fain as part of the cruise line’s promotional build-up to the arrival of the Quantum of the Seas. 

it’s hyperbolic, razzle-dazzle, gobbledygook at it’s finest.  

Royal Caribbean has been been invading crew gratuities for years, doubling up officers in what were previously

Today, a jury here in Miami, Florida returned a verdict over $6,200,000 on behalf of a seriously injured crew member.

The crew members is from Haiti and worked as a cleaner on the Jewel of the Seas

He sustained a serious back injury due to the repetitive nature of his work and the long