The fire on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship is being investigated by the Bahamas because Carnival elected to register the Triumph in that country to avoid U.S. taxes, labor and safety laws. As the "flag state" for the Triumph, the Bahamas is charged with the responsibility of investigating fires, casualties and crimes on that
Trial Scheduled for Princess Cruises Crew Members Accused of Raping Woman on Grand Princess
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The Bermuda Sun newspaper reports that two crew members employed on a Bermuda flagged cruise ship are heading for criminal trial after being accused of raping a woman.
As is often the case in Bermuda, the Bermudian press did not mention the name of the cruise line or the name of the cruise ship. There
Happy Birthday: Cruise Law Celebrates 4 Years on Twitter!
Today marks the 4th year Cruise Law has been on Twitter. Check out our page here. Over 10,000 tweets and over 10,000 followers later, it has been a fun four years. Tweeting is just micro-blogging in 140 characters and led me to create this blog Cruise Law News.
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Passenger From Carnival Elation Drowns in Cozumel
A newspaper in Jacksonville reports that a local resident sailing on a Carnival cruise died earlier this week during a stop in Cozumel Mexico. Andrew Wooten, age 50, was reportedly swept away by an undercurrent and drowned.
Mr. Wooten was the president of Safety Awareness Firearms Education, a firm that conducts training. He was
Safety at Sea? Dangerous Practices on MSC Cruise Ship
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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.
Carnival Triumph Lawsuits – A Just Cause or a Money Grab?
On February 10th the Carnival Triumph’s engine room caught fire fire and was quickly extinguished. No one was burned. No one choked and gasped for air. No one died. No family members mourned the loss of their loved ones or buried their dead.
Three weeks later there is a litigation frenzy with lawyers from New
False “Man Overboard” Alarm on P&O’s Pride of York
Shipworld.org reports that there was a false alarm earlier this week regarding an overboard passenger from P&O’s Pride of York.
The Shipworld website mentions that at 10:45 PM on Monday February 25, 2013, the Pride of York notified the Dutch Coastguard Center that a male passenger may have gone overboard 90 kilometers west of
Costa Concordia Litigation: Tactical Blunder By Carnival Opens Door For Lawsuits in Miami
A couple of weeks ago (February 4th), Carnival won a major victory in defending the personal injury cases arising out of the Costa Concordia disaster when a federal judge in South Florida granted Carnival’s motion to dismiss and ordered that the case must be filed in Italy if the passengers wish to proceed.
In the
Family Searching for Answers After Disappearance Aboard Holland America Line Cruise Ship
A news station in Oregon aired a story about a missing 42 year old cruise passenger last night.
The story is about Jason Rappe’ who was last seen on a Holland America cruise with his wife last November. He disappeared from the HAL Eurodam. Jason’s family retained our firm to help them find answers to the circumstances
Murder in Antigua: Store Employee Shot in Cruise Tourism Zone Heritage Quay
Yesterday evening I received a tweet from a Twitter friend in Antigua: "several cruise passengers witnessed a day light killing in the tourism area of #antigua today." Later I was told that an "attempted robbery at one of the shops led to a gunman shooting the woman in the head. She died on the spot around
New York Teenager Dies on Carnival Miracle Cruise Ship
This morning the Carnival Miracle returned to New York with the body of an 18 year old high school student aboard.
The young man, scheduled to graduate from Saratoga Springs High School this spring, reportedly died of alcohol poisoning last night. He has been described as a "polite young man" in a local newspaper and
Dead Ships & Endangered Passengers – Cruise Lines Ignore International Maritime Organization Guidelines
Yesterday the New York Times published an insightful article about the failure of the cruise industry to design their cruise ships with redundant engine systems such that if one set of engines is knocked out by a fire or explosion, another set of engines in a separate compartment would provide power to the cruise ship.
Passenger Overboard From the Sapphire Princess?
A reader of this blog emailed me for information after reading comments on the Cruise Critic message board that the captain of the Sapphire Princess announced that a person was sighted overboard from the cruise ship.
The passenger commented that the ship was currently stopped as of around 11:00 PM last night. The crew was
Helicopter Medevacs Sick Celebrity Crew Member from Solstice Cruise Ship
A newspaper in Australia is reporting that a Care Flight helicopter rescued a 22-year-old crew member off a cruise ship off the coast of Arnhem Land.
The helicopter flew to the Celebrity Solstice which was sailing 500 kilometers north east of Darwin, Australia.
The Celebrity crew member reportedly suffered a "cardiac problem." A nurse and doctor
Best of Cruise Line Hate Mail: Holland America Line Wins the Award
My blog Cruise Law News (CLN) is one of the few places where you can read about all of the problems the cruise lines don’t want you to know about. Like sexual assault of women, molestation of children, pollution of the water and air, and cruise line cover-ups of disappearances on the high seas.
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Cruising with Carnival? Return Home with an “Angry Passenger Cruise Ship Dartboard”
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
An “Outlaw Industry” Watched By “Paper Tigers”
Newsweek’s Daily Beast Blog published an insightful article about the real issues behind the Triumph cruise ship fire. Entitled "Carnival Cruise From Hell," the article explains that the situation involves a lot more than just another stinky ship bobbing around on the high seas. Rather, Newsweek writes that the fiasco is "a troubling
Jay Leno Mentions International Cruise Victims!
The International Cruise Victims (ICV) organization formed in 2006 in response to the problem with crime and unsolved disappearance of passengers and crew members on cruise ships around the world. ICV CEO Ken Carver’s daughter disappeared on a Celebrity cruise ship which the cruise line covered up. ICV President Jamie Barnett’s daughter died due to