The criminal trial against Captain Schettino finally started this week but, believe it or not, was suspended due to a national strike of lawyers in Italy.
Captain Schettino showed up for the first day at the theater in Grosseto where the trial will be held. The paparazzi photographed him wearing a snappy blue sports
The Costa Concordia disaster has created some of the weirdest stories I have ever heard of in the field of maritime law. The notion of a playboy captain dining with a young blonde former ship dancer while the cruise ship heads towards disaster would be an improbable movie script if the story were not so
In what seems like a vote of no confidence for Carnival Cruise Line’s current president Gerry Cahill, Carnival Corporation has invited former Carnival Cruise Line president Bob Dickinson back as a "special consultant" to Carnival Cruise Line as well as Carnival Corporation’s other brands including Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Seabourn.
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A company called Team Black Sheep, specializing in remote controlled, model-copter photography and video services, captured some interesting images while travelling to Giglio, the site of the infamous Costa Concordia disaster.
Using a device referred to as a "quadrocopter," which they flew over the port of Giglio, the Black Sheet Team recorded video of
And time for weird cruise news.
A local news station in Miami reports that smoke was seen coming from the Carnival Cruise Lines headquarters today, prompting worries of a fire inside.
Smoke could be seen coming from the top of the Carnival headquarters.
Carnival denied there was a fire, and released a statement stating that
Today the Washingtonian reported on a gigantic law firm, DLA Piper. chartering a gigantic cruise ship for a partner retreat. The 4,200-lawyer international firm selected Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas.
The Washingtonian calls the Piper firm a “legal behemoth” which has over 100 worldwide offices. It seems like only the partners are invited
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Today was another weird day in the world of cruise law. Sitting in my office I watched CNN coverage of the bombing in Boston on my big screen TV’s most of the day while also following the travel industry’s internet coverage of the unveiling of images of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas (as well
I have a section in this blog called "weird" cruise news. This is one of those stories.
Dubai has been very active as of late conducting PR work to encourage cruises from its port in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Another city in the UAE, Abu Dhabi (the capital), made an impressive showing at recent
Over the past year, there have been a number of protests at ports in Argentina against cruise ships which stop in the Falkland Islands.
Argentina asserts sovereignty of what Argentinians refer to as the "Malvinas." Britain claimed sovereignty over the islands in the late 1700s; Argentina claimed possession in 1820; and the islands were a
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A reader of Cruise Law News sent me these photographs today showing crew members on an unidentified MSC cruise ship washing the tops of tenders.
The two crew members to the left seem to be wearing life vests but its less than clear whether they are wearing harnesses and are tethered to the ship.
Today I read a press release announcing "Cartoonist Creates World’s First Angry Passenger Cruise Ship Dartboard." Well I certainly had to read about that!
The tongue-in-cheek product is made by Rick London of Londons Times Cartoons. The artwork is perfect with a huge toilet on the bow of the Carnival Triumph poop
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A year ago. Cruise Law News was the first one in the U.S. to report that a Royal Caribbean crew member, Fabian Zanzi, claimed that movie celebrity John Travolta sexually harassed and assaulted him during a cruise. We had first heard of the alleged incident several years ago from a crew member client who worked
For those of you who cruise regularly, you know that Royal Caribbean has two FlowRider attractions on both the Allure of the Seas and the Oasis of the Seas. The FlowRider is a surfing simulation where a thin wave of water is shot across a rubber surface and the passengers tries to surf or
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When I started this blog, I included a section where I award cruise lines and cruise executives the title "worst cruise line in the world" for the company or person in the cruise industry engaged in the most outlandish conduct.
Some months it has been hard to award just one cruise line or person because
If you like F*** bombs, you may find a video by comedian Greg Benson humorous.
It seems that funny man Benson has a cynical view of cruising. He gets right to the point with the video below. I suppose he shares David Foster Wallace’s view of cruising (""A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again") except that
And now for some weird cruise news . . .
The owner and operator of an Australian "boob cruise" charter boat, Dennis Healey, who was below deck with strippers when his boat collided with another smaller vessel, has been ordered to pay an injured woman almost $350,000 in compensation.
The incident involved the 56 foot
It seems that Royal Caribbean has plans for a half-dozen new names for its cruise ships of the future.
Cruise Critic and a Royal Caribbean fan web site report that Royal Caribbean trademarked the names Anthem of the Seas, Passion of the Seas, Vantage of the Seas, Quantum of the Seas, Ovation
With the New Year here, I’d like to start the year on a happy note. No talk about fires or sinkings or other bad news involving cruise ships.
I have always thought that good things happen to people who dance. Well today I read about the guy who danced behind people on a cruise ship
