According to the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA), more cruise passengers have sailed in Florida and around the world than ever before.
Last year, the number of passengers taking cruises on North American cruise lines increased approximately nearly 4 percent to 17,600,000.
6,150,000 passengers sailed from Florida, an increase of 1.3 percent to 6.15 million
According to Alaska Business Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Anchorage Quarantine Station notified the Alaska Section of Epidemiology on September 11, 2014 of a "suspected measles (rubeola) case associated with the cruise industry."
The press release stated that "an adult crew member had recent contact with a confirmed measles
News sources in Alaska are reporting that a Princess Cruises employee was killed when a Princess Tours excursion bus overturned on a rain slicked highway in Alaska.
The accident occurred at mile 173 on Parks Highway, approximately 200 miles south of Fairbanks.
The Frontiersman reports that this is the second serious incident involving a Princess-owned
Travel Weekly just published an "interview" of Royal Caribbean cruise executive Richard Fain as part of the cruise line’s promotional build-up to the arrival of the Quantum of the Seas.
it’s hyperbolic, razzle-dazzle, gobbledygook at it’s finest.
Royal Caribbean has been been invading crew gratuities for years, doubling up officers in what were previously
A crew member disappeared from Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas earlier in the week.
We were first notified of the crew member’s disappearance from another crew member who was concerned about the incident. Today we received confirmation that a crew member went overboard from a reliable separate and independent source.
The missing crew member
Tonight we received information from a former crew member that a search and rescue operation is underway near Vanuatu after a Carnival employee has gone overboard from the Carnival Spirit cruise ship.
There is an article from Australia stating that there is a man overboard lost from a Carnival cruise ship who is "believed to be
A newspaper in Brazil reports that the police arrested crew members on a cruise ship who were smuggling 100 pounds of cocaine.
The Globo newspaper identified the cruise ship as the M/S Empress, owned by Royal Caribbean and operated by the Royal Caribbean brand Pullmantur.
The police officers arrested Honduran crew members after finding
This evening we received reliable information that a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) crew member was shot and killed in Roatan, Honduras earlier today.
The crew member reportedly was from NCL’s Norwegian Pearl cruise ship.
The only information we received is that a Pearl crew member named "Jacob" from the Philippines was killed by a gunshot
Two months ago, we posted a video from a Brazilian newspaper showing MSC Cruises crew members apparently throwing black garbage bags into the water (video at bottom).
The video, taken by a passenger aboard an unidentified MSC ship (later identified as the Magnifica), created a hue and cry among environmentalists and citizens of Brazil.
Numerous news sources are reporting that a Celebrity Cruises’ crew member went overboard from a cruise ship sailing off of the coast of Mexico.
Crew member Inyoman Bagiada, age 45, reportedly disappeared from the Celebrity Constellation at around 2:30 AM today, according to a press release by the U.S. Coast Guard. He was employed on
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The Bali Discovery reports on the sad case of a young man who died at sea.
The 21-year-old Balinese man was working as a crew member on the Carnival Splendor and died shortly after joining the cruise ship.
Wayan Barsiana died on December 23, 2013 after joining the cruise ship on December 6, 2013.
Today, a jury here in Miami, Florida returned a verdict over $6,200,000 on behalf of a seriously injured crew member.
The crew members is from Haiti and worked as a cleaner on the Jewel of the Seas.
He sustained a serious back injury due to the repetitive nature of his work and the long
In a story we reported earlier this year, two Filipino crew members were busted smuggling cocaine aboard the MSC Magnifica in April.
The MSC cruise ship arrived at the port of La Coruña on April 11th and the two crew members were arrested after they were caught with 10 kilos of cocaine taped to their
Tomorrow the lawyers here at our firm are traveling again to Jamaica.
We’ll be visiting our clients to see how they are doing. I will be meeting friends in Falmouth and will see if there has been any signs of the revitalization of the town after the new Royal Caribbean port destroyed ancient coral reefs
Last month, the Sun Sentinel reported that Carnival’s earnings "continue to be hurt by a series of embarrassing mishaps and softened demand for certain cruises that has kept fares low." The world’s largest cruise operator reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter profits.
Critics have attributed Carnival’s woes to damage to its namesake cruise line’s
Cruise Law News from time to time will feature a comment to our articles by one of our readers.
Comments by crew members are often poignant. The cruise industry’s current state of affairs places tremendous pressure on ship employees from Carnival, Royal Caribbean and other cruise lines. Hours are longer notwithstanding the lofty goals of
The Times Picayune on line newspaper reports that a Carnival Cruise Line crew member died today while the Carnival Conquest cruise ship was at port in New Orleans.
The accident occurred while the crew member was using a operating a "man lift" (also called a "cherry picker") which raises workers up the exterior of the
The Daily Echo reports that a Cunard crew member died during a Mediterranean cruise on the Queen Victoria cruise ship.
The newspaper quotes a Cunard spokesman saying: “We can confirm the very sad news that one of our crew members on Queen Victoria died last night. We are providing support to his family back home
