As I mentioned in my article two days ago, ICV’s Ken Carver Outlasts Cruise Industry, Ken Carver has been on a crusade to bring greater safety and transparency to the cruise industry since 2004 when his daughter Merriam disappeared on a Celebrity cruise to Alaska. In my opinion, it was not only the loss
A news station in Australia reports that "at least 70 passengers on the cruise ship Sea Princess have been struck down by a severe gastro bug."
Meanwhile, there are norovirus measures taking place on the Pacific Pearl heading toward Sydney following advice from the Australian Health Department, including not allowing passengers to use the self-serve
The FBI arrested a crew member working on a cruise ship sailing out of Bayonne, New Jersey for abusive sexual contact of a passenger after he allegedly snuck into her cabin while she was sleeping.
According to a criminal complaint filed by the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court in New Jersey, the federal government
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Ken Carver is the unlikeliest of people to become the founder of a grassroots victims’ organization. Mr. Carver is a conservative businessman and the past president of an insurance company in New York City.
But in 2004, his daughter disappeared from a Celebrity cruise ship during a cruise she took to Alaska. No one should
Yesterday, a reader of Cruise Law News sent me a message indicating that Holland America Line (HAL) is announcing that it is testing a man overboard system.
The reader was a recent cruise passenger aboard the HAL Nieuw Amsterdam during the first week of this month. He mentioned that the announcement was in the ship’s
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A ferry carrying 423 passengers and 55 crew members caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu today as the vessel was sailing from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona, Italy.
Passengers and crew members were reportedly trapped on the top decks as gale-force winds and rough seas hindered the evacuation.
The fire broke
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Vessel Tracker reports that on December 25, 2014, a German passenger aboard the Scandlines Prins Richard ferry went overboard while the ferry was underway from Puttgarden, Germany to Rødby, Denmark.
German and Danish Search and rescue vessels and helicopters were deployed. The water temperature was reportedly 42 to 46 degrees ºF. There is no indication that
This morning, the body of a crew member missing from the Holland America Line (HAL) Ryndam washed ashore in Pinellas County, Florida, a local news station in Clearwater reports.
The HAL crew member disappeared from the Ryndam near Egmont Key when the cruise ship was returning to port in Tampa on December 21, 2014. There
Last night I watched Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed in my favorite movie It’s a Wonderful Life. At this point, I think I’ve seen the classic movie at least once a year for the last 50 years.
I’d like to extend a Merry Christmas and a warm Season’s Greetings from everyone at Cruise Law.
Cruise Critic is reporting that a fire broke out onboard Costa Cruises’ Costa neoClassica in the Red Sea, yesterday. The fire reportedly broke out in the funnel of the cruise ship. Ship personnel extinguished it.
Cruise Critic reported that:
"During the incident no onboard services were stopped and the ship reached its destination port in
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Several passengers on the Costa neoRomantica have mentioned to me that the cruise ship experienced a power loss during last week’s cruise. Here’s one comment:
" . . . i was on the Costa Neoromantica on her last cruise between Savona and Marseille. At the entrance of the Marselle port, the ship was in
According to the Yorkshire Evening Post, West Yorkshire Police officers arrested a crew member on a Southampton-based cruise ship for possession of a vast amount of child pornography.
The newspaper article identifies the crew member as Howard Ellis, age 60. He reportedly worked as a musician on a cruise ship. The police arrested him
One of the focuses of Cruise Law News is not only crime on cruise ships, but crimes in ports of calls.
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gation to warn passengers of crimes which occur in the ports of call where they take their passengers. Cruise lines like Carnival and Royal Caribbean have agents in
Advertising Age reports that Carnival Corporation will be advertising its first Super Bowl commercial next year. Carnival has prepared four possible one-minute commercials as part of its multi-brand marketing initiative.
Each year, around ten million people a year sail on a Carnival brand, such as Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Costa Cruises, Cunard, Seabourn
Today I was excited to read that Cruise Law News has been picked as one of the "12 Awesome Law Blogs Of 2014" by the premier law publication Above the Law.
Admittedly, we were the twelfth and last pick, but beggars can’t be choosers. Here the write up:
No attorney’s passion shows
I was sitting in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this morning when I read a travel publication’s headline that Christine Duffy was just named president of Carnival Cruise Lines. Reading the headlines made me feel like I was having an out-of-body experience.
Christine Duffy president of Carnival?
I stopped for a moment and thought, is today
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The Sun Sentinel reports that the Broward County Sheriffs Office arrested a Holland American Line (HAL) crew member for grand theft after he was caught stealing than $10,000 on a HAL cruise ship.
The newspaper states that the sheriff’s office charged Anthonius Novi Hartanto, age 42, from Indonesia with eleven counts of grand theft after
Nine years ago, I attended my first Congressional hearing regarding dangers to cruise passengers on the high seas. George Smith, of the Greenwich Connecticut area, had disappeared in the Aegean Sea during his honeymoon cruise. I represented Mr. Smith’s widow. Senator Chris Shays (R-CT) convened a hearing to inquire into the disturbing circumstances surrounding Mr. Smith’s
