The Defense Video Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) reports that yesterday the Coast Guard medevaced a 71-year-old female passenger from a Carnival cruise ship near the Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
The crew of the Carnival Dream notified the Coast Guard that the female was suffering from signs of severe respiratory distress.
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria
Newspapers in France are reporting that one crew member has been killed and four other crew members were injured after a lifeboat fell from the Harmony of the Seas, which was docked in Marseilles, France.
According to 20 Minutes newspaper, five members of the ship’s navigation crew were on board during a drill when
The Shanghai Daily newspaper reports today that a cruise passenger went overboard from Princess Cruises’ Sapphire Princess cruise ship this weekend after the ship departed from Shanghai and was heading to Japan.
The newspaper says that the the woman last seen at 7 P.M. on Saturday.
The newspaper further states that the woman was confirmed missing
A number of German newspapers are reporting that the Viking Freya struck a rail bridge, last night, crushing the wheelhouse and killing two officers who were navigating the ship. The ship came to rest under the rail bridge and a pedestrian bridge which paralleled the rail bridge.
The river cruise ship had just left the town
Several people have informed us that a NCL crew member went overboard yesterday from the Norwegian Pearl during a cruise returning from Alaska.
The Norwegian Pearl is on an eight day “Glacier Bay cruise” which started on September 4, 2016 and ends on September 11th, in Seattle.
The woman reportedly was employed for two contracts
A cruise passenger aboard the Carnival Legend notified me yesterday that the Carnival cruise ship experienced a brief power loss causing a blackout on at least her deck.
The incident occurred yesterday when the cruise ship was leaving the port of Seattle.
The passenger said:
"Very strange thing happened been 4:05 pm on
A passenger has been reported going overboard from the Carnival Ecstasy this morning.
The Carnival cruise ship is currently searching waters to the west of Freeport, Bahamas for the person.
AIS services show the ship slowing and turning around in what appears to be a classic Wlliamson turn.
According to cruise expert Ross Klein,
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Last Monday I received messages from a crew member friend on the Carnival Legend who said: “im on carnival legend / just as we are almost arriving in victoria canada 6:30 pm, local time, the ship experience a heavy swing towards the side / lots of things fell of in my cabin and for a
The Securities and Exchange Exchange Commission reported this past week that the president & CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd ("NCLH"), Frank Del Rio, bought 83,498 shares of NCLH at an average price of $35.94 a share. (Photo below, right, during interview on CNBC).
The transaction took place on on August 31, 2016. The
A reader of our blog brought to my attention that the Sea Dream I operated by SeaDream Yacht Club caught fire this afternoon.
A number of Italian newspapers report that a fire broke out in the ship’s engine room while the ship was off the coast of Calabria, in southern Italy.
The Ansi Chronicle said that
The widely reported drug bust of three passengers this week on the Sea Princess cruise ship in Australia uncovered serious shortcomings in Princess Cruises’ shipboard security.
We have written about dozens of drug busts of relatively small quantities of cocaine on cruise ships over the years. But 95 kilos (over 209 lbs.!) of
According to several passengers on the Carnival Vista, the cruise ship swamped piers and many smaller boats moored there yesterday afternoon when leaving the port of Messina, Sicily.
We were contacted and told about the mishap today. The port of Messina has a protective industrial zone in the shape of a reverse shaped “C”
Multiple news sources are reporting that today, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested three cruise ship passengers who were smuggling 95 kilos (over 209 lbs.) of cocaine into the port in Sydney, Australia.
SkyNews says that the AFP arrested a 63-year-old man and two women, age 23 and 28, after Australian police with sniffer dogs
Last Friday evening, there were comments on social media that a fire had broken out on the Carnival Sunshine which caused damage to a passenger balcony.
The initial comments, on Facebook, were to the effect that the cabin was located on deck 6, fire doors were closed and a number of firefighters responded to the
A newspaper in Antigua reports that a safari jeep excursion vehicle filled with cruise passengers flipped on its side in a road accident last week.
The newspaper reports that nine cruise passengers, consisting of six U.S. passengers and three German passengers, were riding in the back of the open air jeep. The injured were reportedly treated at
Early Saturday morning, a salvage team towed the still smoldering Caribbean Fantasy ferry to the harbor in San Juan, after the U.S Coast Guard had approved a towage plan.
The Coast Guard published a video of the vessel being towed as well as photographs of the fire, fire fighting efforts and evacuation of the ferry
Filipinos are the most mistreated seafarers on the high seas. They work long hours every single day on tankers and cargo & cruise ships far away from their families for long periods of time for little money.
When Filipino crew members are injured and disabled in accidents or due to the cumulative trauma caused
News sources are reporting that the Caribbean Fantasy ferry has caught fire after sailing from the Dominican Republic to San Juan, forcing passengers to evacuate the vessel.
The fire reportedly broke out as the Caribbean Fantasy sailed near Puerto Rico’s north coast, according to the Mirror.
Photographs posted on social media show show the black
