With the Coast Guard ending its delayed search and the 21 year old woman still missing at sea, Royal Caribbean is struggling to justify the two hour delay it caused in reporting the latest person overboard from the Allure of the Seas. Its excuse is a whopper – it claims that it first had
Norwegian Star – Explorer of the Seas Collision Caught on Video!
A passenger aboard Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas video-taped the collision with the NCL Norwegian Star last week (September 14, 2012) in port in Bermuda. The NCL ship was hit by high winds (75 MPH) which caused the Star to break away from its mooring lines and strike the stern of the Royal Caribbean ship.
Why Didn’t Royal Caribbean Immediately Notify the Coast Guard that a Passenger Went Overboard from Allure of the Seas?
Yesterday the first media source which reported that a cruise passenger went overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was Cruise Critic. Notwithstanding its name, Cruise Critic is not remotely a critic of the cruise industry. It’s one of the cruise lines greatest fans and supporters. It will publish cruise line PR statements
Passenger Missing From The Allure of the Seas Cruise Ship
Last night a young woman from Bartlett, Tennessee disappeared from the world’s largest cruise ship, the Allure of the Seas.
According to experts who track cruise ship disappearances, she was the 186th person to go overboard from a cruise ship in the last ten years.
At the time of the overboard last night, the
Gunmen Rob Jewelry Store While Costa Pacifica In Port In Greece
The popular crew member website, Crew Center, posted an interesting article today entitled "Masked Gunmen with AK47 Robed Jewelry Store while Costa Pacifica was in the Port."
The article explains that an armed robbery of a jewelry store occurred in the port city of Katakolon, Greece while the Costa Pacifica was docked in
Bermuda’s Kangaroo Courts Back in Action
Bermuda Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner was again busy fining cruise tourists last week.
According to the Bermuda Sun, Magistrate Warner fined a Norwegian Star passenger on his honeymoon $800 after the local police used a sniffer canine to locate a few marijuana cigarettes (6 grams) in the passenger’s cabin while he and his newlywed
Costa CEO to Oversee Carnival Corporation Growth in Asia
The cruise blog Noticias de Cruceros published an interesting article today about the former president and CEO of Costa Crociere, Pier Luigi Foschi.
It seems that Mr. Luigi, who supposedly "retired" last July following the Concordia disaster, has been selected by the Carnival Corporation as the president and CEO of a new business new unit
Mideast Violence Is Reminder of Vulnerability of U.S. Based Cruise Ships
The disturbing trend of violence against the U.S. in places like Libya and Egypt is causing the cruise lines to scramble to swap out ports of call in North Africa for ports in Italy and Malta.
HAL’s Ryndam skipped a port Tunisia yesterday and instead visited Sardinia, Italy. Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas will avoid
Leader of Carnival Cruise Gang Rape Indicted
A federal grand jury indicted a Florida man arrested for participating in and encouraging the gang rape of a 15 year old girl on a Carnival cruise ship last month. The grand jury indicted Casey Dickerson on sexual abuse charges Wednesday for engaging in the rape of a girl in a cabin on the Carnival Sensation
Italian Experts Criticize Costa Too for Concordia Disaster
Experts selected by the Italian magistrate presiding over the investigation into the Concordia disaster have criticized the Costa cruise line in addition to the Concordia cruise ship’s reckless captain.
Notwithstanding the cruise industry’s media campaign to portray the incident as solely the result of Captain Schettino’s renegade conduct, the Italian experts included criticisms of
Does Carnival Warn Passengers of the Danger of Sexual Assault in the Cayman Islands?
A couple of days ago I wrote a blog about the police in the Cayman Islands making an arrest of a local man who allegedly sexually assaulted a cruise passenger who was visiting the island.
The newspaper article that my blog was based on was very vague and mentioned only that the alleged rape occurred
Founder and CEO of International Cruise Victims Discusses Cruise Line Cover-Ups
Former insurance company president, Ken Carver, discusses the disappearance of his daughter, Merrian Carver, from the Celebrity Cruises ship, the Mercury, and the lies and cover-up by the cruise line which followed.
Ken is the founder and the CEO of the International Cruise Victims (ICV) which he formed in 2006 with a few
Should Carnival Be Liable When Drunken Passengers Go Overboard From The Fun Ships?
Today I was struck by the juxtaposition of two headlines – “Carnival Cruise’s All You Can Drink Alcohol Package Expands” and Passenger “Claims Carnival Cruise Lines Left Her Drunk Husband to Die After He Fell Overboard.”
I have been critical of Carnival’s new all-you-can-drink cruise booze package which is similar to
Police in Cayman Islands Investigating Sexual Assault of Cruise Ship Passenger
A newspaper in the Cayman Islands is reporting that the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service is investigating a reported sexual attack on a female cruise ship passenger.
The incident happened on Friday July 27, 2012 according to the local police in the Cayman Islands. The newspaper account is very vague. The newspaper states only that
Will Costa Concordia Passengers Be Able to Sue Costa and Carnival in the U.S.?
The Associated Press just published an article about the hundreds of passengers and crew members who have filed suit against Costa and Carnival here in the U.S. following the Costa Concordia disaster.
A number of newspapers are running the story, as well as TIME magazine which carried the article "Passengers Suing Carnival Cruises for Millions
Lights, Camera, Action! Behind the Scenes of a Cruise Law Interview
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One of the things about being a maritime lawyer in Miami is that when a cruise ship catches on fire or sinks, the networks will come calling for you to appear on TV.
The cruise lines usually run and hide until the drama is over. But the Miami based maritime lawyers will appear on
Coast Guard Medevacs Carnival Paradise Cruise Passenger
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that it medevaced a 50 year old passenger from the Carnival cruise ship Paradise approximately 30 miles west of Venice, Florida last night.
The Coast Guard station in St. Petersburg Florida received a request at 10:30 p.m., from the Carnival Paradise for a medical evacuation of a man who was suffering
Will Jamaica’s Cruise Ship Woes Be Solved By A Margaritaville?
Jamaica’s Gleaner newspaper reports that the average amount of money spent by a cruise ship passenger in Jamaica has dropped to just $71.
The hardest hit Jamaican port has been Falmouth where Royal Caribbean convinced the county of Jamaica to spend over $160,000,000 so far to develop the port (at great destruction to