March 2025

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there have been recent norovirus outbreaks on both Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Cruise Line’s the Seabourn Encore which have sickened 226 passengers and crew members.

Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 had approximately 2,538 guests of which 183 passengers and 14 crew members were

A 73-year old female passenger who was travelling on the Holland America Line (HAL) ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, died last week in a jet ski accident in the Bahamas over the weekend. 

The woman smashed into a rock when she lost control, Bahamian officials said.  According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF)

Two adult cruise passengers were arrested last Friday at PortMiami on charges of sexually victimizing a 14 year-old boy on the Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas, according to numerous local news stations.

According to arrest reports from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office , cruise passengers Ricardo Daniel Mondragon Leal (left photo), age 37

German and Colombian media report that last Friday an excursion boat from the Carnival Corporation-owned AIDAbella cruise ship, with 38 tourists aboard, capsized off the coast of Colombia near the Barú Peninsula, Cartagena, Colombia, according to the popular Crew Center site.

The accident apparently was caused by strong winds and high waves, which overwhelmed

On March 7th, a norovirus outbreak occurred on Holland America Line’s (HAL) Rotterdam bringing the total number of gastrointestinal (GI) outbreaks on cruise ships this year to ten. A total of eighty-nine (89) passengers and four (4) crew members were reported ill during the voyage on the Rotterdam.

HAL Leads Cruise Lines in Outbreaks