The United States Coast Guard medevaced an ill crew member Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 8th, from the Norwegian Joy, approximately 30 miles off the coast of Coos Bay, Oregon.
The 61-year-old Filipino man reportedly was suffering heart complications.
New Zealand Coast Guard Medevacs Crew Member From Celebrity Solstice
Last night, October 8, 2019, the Coast Guard of New Zealand dispatched a helicopter to the Celebrity Solstice to medevac a crew member who needed to be hospitalized.
The Solstice had departed the Bay of Islands at about 5:30 in the afternoon. After two hours, the captain reportedly announced that he had reduced the speed
Coast Guard Medevacs Passenger in Critical Condition From Carnival Valor
The United States Coast Guard medevaced a twenty-three year old passenger from the Carnival Valor yesterday morning according to multiple news accounts.
WKRG-New Orleans reports that the Coast Guard medevaced the male passenger from the Carnival cruise ship just off the coast of Venice, Louisiana early Tuesday morning.
Two Crew Members Jump fom Celebrity Summit into Saint Lawrence River
Two Celebrity crew members apparently jumped from the Celebrity Summit cruise ship earlier this week. Canadian fire-rescue and coast guard departments rescued them both from the cold Saint Lawrence River.
Several newspapers reported that the crew menbers apparently jumped into the river in Quebec City early on Monday morning. Le Soleil newspaper reported that the
Man Overboard From MSC Divina, Rescued
A passenger went overboard from the MSC Divina late last week, according to a passenger who reported the incident to cruise expert Dr. Ross Klein who operates the popular CruiseJunkie web site.
The passenger stated “Last week we were on the MSC Divina and there a person went overboard. Around 6 in the morning
Former Royal Caribbean Youth Activities Manager Arrested for Sexual Crimes Against Minor
A former Royal Caribbean employee, identified as someone who previously “ran children’s programs for Royal Caribbean International,” has been charged with multiple sexual crimes against a 12 year old boy, according to several newspapers.
Andrew Meeks, age 35, a fourth-grade school teacher in Wisconsin, who is on a forced leave of absence during a
Rhapsody of the Seas Crew Member Dies After Going Overboard: Suicide or Mysterious Circumstances?
A 35 year-old crew member from India reportedly died after going overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship 
which was calling on a Croatian port four days ago.
On September 22, 2019, Mansley Pereira, who was employed as a waiter by the Miami-based cruise line, went overboard while the Rhapsody of the Seas was
Engine Room Fire on the Carnival Legend
A fire broke out on the morning of Friday, September 20, 2019 on the Carnival Legend while the cruise ship was sailing into Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, according to Crew Center. The popular cruise related website stated that the master of the ship made an announcement around 7:15 a.m. for firefighting teams to
Ten Years of Cruise Law News
This weekend was the ten year anniversary of this blog. The first day of publishing Cruise Law News was September 15, 2009.
Over the last decade, I’ve published 3,075 articles about cruise ship related issues. An average of over two million people read around seven million pages of Cruise Law News a year. It is
Jet Buzzes Harmony of the Seas
Several cruise passengers have stated that a jet flew closely over the Harmony of the Seas earlier this evening (around 5:30 P.M. Miami time). At the time of the incident, the Royal Caribbean ship was reportedly “North of Cuba but closer to the Florida Keys.”
The person who initially contacted me from the cruise ship
Smoke and Mirrors: Cruise Line Scrubbers Turn Air Pollution Into Water Pollution
Cruise ships are a major source of air pollution which causes and/or contributes to a wide range of serious health problems such as respiratory ailments, lung disease, cancer and premature deaths. The pollutants from ship engines exhaust gases include sulfer oxides(SOx) as well as non-combustible particulate matter and black carbon. A video of a Carnival
Alaska Fines HAL $17,000 After Westerdam Discharges 22,500 Gallons of Grey Water into Glacier Bay National Park
The State of Alaska yesterday fined Holland America Line (HAL) around $17,000 for dumping untreated grey water from one of its cruise ships.
NPR reported that HAL’s Westerdam cruise ship was visiting the national park a year ago, on September 11, 
2018, when a crew member illegally discharged grey water. Details of the illegal dumping
Royal Caribbean Crew Member Falls From Vision of the Seas
A twenty-six year old crew member reportedly fell off of the side of the Vision of the Seas while performing maintenance work this morning, according to an Italian news source.
The news source states that the crew member died and that divers subsequently located his body.
The cruise line was not following “work aloft” procedures
The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Takes a Look at the Cruise Industry
Hasan Minjah of Netflix’s Patriot Act takes a hard look at the popular cruise industry. He touches upon many issues which should make even the hardest core cruise fan feel uneasy: polluted air and water, garbage mixed with plastic items and dumped into Bahamian waters, abuse of crew members, and cruise lines like Carnival, NCL
Automatic Man Overboard System to Be Installed on Mystery Cruise Ship
MARSS announced today via Seatrade Cruse News that it secured a contract for the installation of MOBtronic, its advanced man overboard detection and tracking system onboard a new cruise ship due for operation later this year.
“The contract includes the installation of a network of MOBtronic marinised pods that are strategically positioned to cover the
Passenger Missing From the Genting Dream
A seventy-four year old retired electrician ia reportedly missing from the Genting Dream cruise ship, according to a newspaper in Singapore.
Cruise expert Dr. Ross Klein identifies Mr. Goh Hai Peng as the missing passenger who left Singapore on the Genting cruise ship on August 4th. The four-day, three-night cruise included stops on the
Man Overboard From the Symphony of the Seas (warning, graphic)
A man reportedly went overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas last night, according to a passenger on the cruise ship. His twitter account contains a graphic reference to the recovery of the overboard man’s body by a rescue boat. The passenger states that the person apparently went overboard around 3:00 a.m. last night,
How Long Will the Bahamas Tolerate Carnival Trashing its Waters and Polluting its Air?
A week ago we posted an article which showed the Carnival Victory belching thick black smoke into the air while it was still moored at the Princess George wharf in Nassau.
Carnival was also recently caught illegally burning heavy fuel oil in protected areas on 19 occasions, according to the Miami Herald. The Herald