Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOT) finally released the fourth quarter of last year’s cruise crime data. The DOT data for the fourth quarter of 2023 reveals that fleet-wide for all cruise lines there were thirty-three (33) sexual assaults / rapes. This brings the total number of sexual assaults / rapes on cruise ship for
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Department of Transportation Finally Discloses Crimes on Cruise Ships for 2023: Carnival Cruise Line Ships Continue to Have the Highest Number of Physical Assaults, Sexual Assaults, and Rapes On the High Seas
The Department of Justice finally published the number of crimes alleged on cruise ships for 2023 after failing to do so all of last year. We reported several times last year on the failure to reveal the number of crimes, particularly sexual assaults which continue to be the most prevalent crimes on cruise ships.
The…
Fifty Infected Crew Members on Carnival Vista
The Carnival Vista arrived in the port of Roatan, Honduras this morning with at least fifty (50) crew members who tested positive for COVID-19. One guest on the Carnival cruise ship also tested positive.
The ship reportedly did not allow any crew members to go ashore. Only passengers were allowed to disembark.
This information was…
At Least Eight Carnival Guests Test Positive for COVID-19 on Carnival’s Mardi Gras
At least eight Carnival Cruise Line guests have tested positive during the first two weeks on the Carnival Mardi Gras‘ sailings. Of course, Carnival Cruise Line has not disclosed all of these cases or other COVID-19 cases on the ship. The only question is how many other passengers and crew members tested positive during…
Senior Officer for Carnival Cruise Line Dies of COVID-19
Today, I was notified that a senior shipboard officer employed by Carnival Cruise Line died three days ago due to complications from COVID-19, according to a Carnival crew member who wishes to remain anonymous.
Chief Engineer Angelo Strano worked for Carnival for the past thirty-four and one-half years after starting his career with Carnival in…
Carnival Cruise Line Requires No COVID-19 Vaccinations for Guests
Yesterday, Carnival Cruise Line executive Christine Duffy stated that her cruise line doesn’t plan to require COVID-19 vaccination for guests. The comments were made during a television interview with NBC’s Lester Holt and were first reported on Seatrade Cruise News.
Ms. Duffy defended Carnival’s absence of a vaccine requirement for passengers, commenting “There’s no…
Federal Court Lets Carnival Corporation Off the Hook Again
Last Friday, a status conference took place in the criminal pollution case pending against Carnival Corporation (Carnival) and its brands.
Judge Patricia Seitz, who is the senior federal judge presiding over the case for the last four years, stated that she planned to require Carnival to certify that each of its cruise ships is compliant…
Carnival Cruise Line Terminates Thousands of Crew Members and Senior Shipboard Officers
Carnival Cruise Line is taking steps to terminate and/or not renew the contracts of employment of several thousands of officers and crew members throughout its fleet, according to several crew members who wish to remain anonymous.
Today, several crew members provided internal documentation indicating that Carnival is sending as many as 7,000 termination letters to
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A Giant Ponzi Scheme? Carnival Cruise Line President: Cruising on August 1st “Still Very Uncertain”
The president of Carnival Cruise Line, Christine Duffy, stated in a letter to crew members last week “while we hope to bring back a small number of ships on August 1, that is still very uncertain.” Ms. Duffy continued by stating “what we do know is that whenever we do resume cruising, it will…
Carnival Cruise Line, Not Jamaica or the Cayman Islands, Cancels Cruises to Those Islands
Yesterday, we reported that Jamaica and the Cayman Islands informed two Carnival cruise ships that they are prohibited from calling on ports in these countries over concerns with coronavirus. Our report was based on information from crew members on the Carnival Freedom and Carnival Horizon who wished to remain anonymous.
We also requested information from…