Miami news stations are reporting that several passengers from the Holland American Line Ryndam were medevaced to hospitals in Miami this evening.
WSVN Channel 7 reports that one of the victims suffered a leg injury, one sustained a head injury, and a third passenger may have suffered a heart attack.
The news station says that the
The P & O Oriana has made it back safely to the Port of Miami last night after a fire broke out on the ship.
Viewers following the PTZ / Port of Miami webcam heard radio communication between the ship and the Coast Guard that a fire had allegedly broken out on the ship involving
A NCL crew member employed aboard the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship was arrested yesterday when he attempted to smuggle cocaine aboard the ship when it was docked in Roatan, according to the Teledifusora Insular television station.
The television stations reports that the NCL ship employee, identified as Keneth Antonio Salas Taylor (age 35), a Nicaraguan galley
The Cayman News Service is reporting that a 31 year old cruise passenger from the Carnival Conquest was killed after his jet-ski was struck by a jet-ski operated by a fifteen year old boy from the Carnival Paradise.
The 31 year old had rented a jet-ski with his 37 year old girlfriend and they
One issue we write about often is the cruise industry’s refusal to refund cruise fares when tragedy strikes their customers.
We have seen cruise lines refuse to accommodate their guests when family members die unexpectedly, natural disasters destroy their customers’ homes, and even when children develop cancer. The cruise lines pocket the fares and then
Yesterday. I received information from a Cruise Law News reader that a man went overboard from the M/V Horizon operated by Croiseires de France between the Dominican Republic and St. Maarten.
Today a newspaper in St. Maarten reported that yesterday, the police department in St. Maarten received a call from the security office at the A.C.
If you are cruising to Mexico, be sure to read the Mexico Travel Warning issued yesterday by the U.S. State Department.
The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain places in Mexico due to threats to safety and security posed by organized criminal groups in the country.
"Resort
Another Royal Caribbean cruise ship is plagued by a gastrointestinal bug.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the Legend of the Seas has 114 sick passengers aboard as well as 2 sick crew members. They are experiencing the typical GI symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
The cruise ship is sailing a
A reader of Cruise Law News sent me this story about two young Italian crew member, ages 19 and 21, who seem to have gone on a crime spree while their cruise ship was in port in Palma, Majorca.
It turns out that while in port, the two men were caught on a security camera
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that at least 95 passengers and 5 crew members have been sickened with a gastrointestinal illness (GI) while aboard the Celebrity Infinity.
The Infinity is on a two week cruise that started on March 29th and will end on April 13th in San Diego
A retired couple from Canada, together with a captain, sailing from mainland Honduras to Roatan were reportedly attacked by four men armed with guns and knives who boarded the boat, threatened them with death and stole their money.
The article in CBC News quotes the Canadian woman saying "they actually had me, pulling my hair and
Around 400 Chinese passengers refused to disembark the Henna cruise ship, China’s first domestically operated luxury liner, for nearly eight hours this week after a cruise to Japan was delayed by fog, according to a newspaper report.
The newspaper says that the Chinese tourists refused to leave the cruise ship from 8 AM until 5
Adweek reports that Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is searching for a new advertising agency. The Martin Agency has handled NCL’s "creative and media business" since 2011.
NCL reportedly spent $33 million in 2014, down from $45 million in 2013.
Adweek says that NCL’s plans to change its advertising agency "comes amid a search by competitor
"Mad Money" host Jim Cramer is a fan of Carnival Corporation (CCL).
He used to associate the word "disaster" with Carnival Cruise Lines. Between the Costa Concordia sinking, engine room fires, the Triumph "poop cruise," passengers sick with norovirus, the Arab Spring – it "seemed the company was doomed," says CNBC.
But Carnival has enjoyed a
National Geographical’s ombudsman Christopher Elliott just published the article which I wrote for Yahoo Travel tilted Is Cruising Safe? A Chilling Look at an Industry Under Siege.
Elliott’s article is titled Terrorists Target Cruise Ships — Here’s What You Need to Know Now.
He asks this question at the end of the article:
Is
Multiple news sources in Canada are reporting that a prominent retired doctor from Canada was violently murdered while on vacation in the Bahamas.
Canadian Broadcasting Cor[oration reports that Dr. Geoffrey Harding, age 88, was stabbed to death during a home-invasion robbery last Thursday.
CVT says that he was an accomplished family doctor who practiced in small
Cruise lines owe their crew members the absolute legal duty of providing medical treatment when the crew become sick or injured on the company’s cruise ships.
Pursuant to the “maintenance and cure” doctrine, the cruise line is required to provide “maintenance” (room and board) and “care” (medical care and treatment) to the point that the
Yesterday a cabin attendant discovered two cruise passengers dead in their cabin on the Holland America Line (HAL) Ryndam.
The proper procedure for the cruise line to follow is for the crew member(s) to immediately leave the cabin, lock the door and call security who, in turn, will secure the cabin and assign a
