Newspapers in Europe are reporting that seventy-seven passengers and crew members were evacuated from a ferry and pier at the port of Joliette, in Marseilles, France after "after loud noises were heard below deck.’
The ferry was identified as the Jean Nicoli which was scheduled to leave for Sardinia this morning.
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An Australian newspaper reports that a passenger aboard the Spirit of Tasmania ferry, traveling from Melbourne to Tasmania, went overboard last night when the ship was a little over 40 miles south-east of Victoria’s Port Phillip Heads.
Passengers on the Spirit of Tasmania reportedly saw a 45-year-old man fall into water. The ferry turned around
A reader of Cruise Law News brought to my attention that a crew member disappeared at sea from a ferry operated by Irish Ferries from Rosslare, Ireland to Pembroke, Wales yesterday. A number of newspapers have reported that a a large air and sea search was just suspended after the crew member apparently went overboard into
Vessel finder reported yesterday that all passengers and crew members were accounted for after the Wihan Sejahtera cruise ferry sank in Lamong Bay, Surabaya in Indonesia on Monday.
NBC News reports that passengers and crew made a dramatic escape from the capsizing ferry in Indonesia. "With the ferry listing dangerously, people can be seen climbing down
The Bahama Mama cruise ferry, operated by Balearia Bahamas Express, recently failed a bi-annual sanitation and health inspection conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
I first read about the Bahama Mama flunking the CDC inspection in an article by Theresa Norton Masek in Travel Pulse titled Bahama Mama Ferry Fails CDC Inspection
The Vancouver Sun reports that a passenger went overboard from BC Ferries" Queen of Oak Bay ferry 4:15 p.m. yesterday.
The ferry was sailing from West Vancouver to Nanaimo. The crew stopped the ship and launched a rescue boat. Another ferry operated by BC Ferries, the Queen of Cowichan, also launched a rescue boat.
The passenger
A newspaper in Sweden is reporting that police officers in Finland have questioned eight Swedish men about the allegations of a passenger that she was "gang raped" on a Viking Line ferry in Finnish waters over the weekend.
The alleged sexual attack took place on the Amorella, which is described as an overnight ferry sailing
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A ferry carrying 423 passengers and 55 crew members caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu today as the vessel was sailing from the Greek port of Patras to Ancona, Italy.
Passengers and crew members were reportedly trapped on the top decks as gale-force winds and rough seas hindered the evacuation.
The fire broke
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Vessel Tracker reports that on December 25, 2014, a German passenger aboard the Scandlines Prins Richard ferry went overboard while the ferry was underway from Puttgarden, Germany to Rødby, Denmark.
German and Danish Search and rescue vessels and helicopters were deployed. The water temperature was reportedly 42 to 46 degrees ºF. There is no indication that
A P&O ferry erupted in flames as it sailed from Dover, England to Calais, France this morning.
A number of news sources report that a fire broke out in the engine room of the Pride of Canterbury as it was approaching port in France.
337 passengers and 119 crew members were aboard the ferry at