At least three additional crew members are infected with COVID-19 on the Norwegian Breakaway, according to a knowledgeable crew member on the cruise ship who wishes to remain anonymous. This crew member also informed us that there are nine crew members in isolation on the ship due to close contact with other infected crew members.
Reuters reports that a Norwegian cruise ship docked this morning in New Orleans with around 3,200 passengers after COVID-19 was detected in ten crew members and guests on the ship, according to the Louisiana Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not disclose such details regarding the name of the
Yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard medevaced a 17 year old passenger from the Carnival Dream.
The Carnival cruise ship was around 170 miles southeast of South West Pass, Louisiana, heading back to New Olreans after a Caribbean cruise.
The Dream contacted the Coast Guard stations in New Orleans at 8 a.m. indicating that the
The Carnival Triumph joined the club of cruise ships which have suffered propulsion problems this year. There have been fourteen such problems this year alone.
The Triumph arrived late back at the port of New Orleans on Thursday due to what Carnival is calling “technical issues.” Propulsion problems are reportedly affecting the maximum cruising speed
I left New Orleans in November 1987 after attending law school at Tulane and practicing law in the Big Easy for four years. There were no cruise ships based in or visiting New Orleans back then. The closest thing was the Natchez riverboat which would paddle around the muddy Mississippi for a few hours.
This
Cruise passengers are saying that the Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas, in New Orleans, suffered a major power loss today.
A passenger says that the cruise ship was partially flooded during a heavy rain storm. The Coast Guard says a broken water pipe caused the problem. This reportedly caused a large part of
NBC reports that this weekend, a Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a 48-year-old passenger from the Carnival Dream cruise ship near Louisiana.
The woman was reportedly suffering from kidney problems and was unconscious with high blood sugar levels.
A Coast Guard helicopter flew from New Orleans for the rescue.
The helicopter crew safely hoisted the
Defense Video and Imaging Distribution System (DVIDS) reports tonight on another medevac of a cruise ship passenger by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Today, the Carnival Elation cruise ship notified the Coast Guard that a passenger was suffering from cardiac symptoms and needed to be medically evacuated.
The Coast Guard in New Orleans sent a MH-65D
Ever since the Costa Concordia disaster, cruise lines have increasingly resorted to paying for press releases to try and convince the public to cruise.
The latest press release was by Carnival Cruise Line yesterday, announcing that the cruise line has partnered with the New Orleans Saints.
Carnival will be sponsoring some type of half-time promotion
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 U.S. Coast Guard released a statement that a helicopter crew medevaced a 34-year-old Indonesian crew member from the Carnival Conquest while the cruise ship was sailing 172 miles southeast of New Orleans yesterday.
The 8th Coast Guard District received a report from the Carnival cruise ship that a crew member fell and struck her
Last month, two cruise ships from Miami-based cruise lines arrived in New Orleans. NCL’s Norwegian Star, with capacity for around 2,300 passengers, transitioned to the "Big Easy" and relieved the Norwegian Spirit which had been home-ported there.
Royal Caribbean moved the Navigator of the Seas, a larger ship with a capacity of around
Multiple news sources are reporting that a passenger from a Norwegian Cruise Line cruise ship went overboard in the Mississippi River last night.
The Norwegian Spirit had sailed for approximately three hours from New Orleans when the passenger went into the river around 8:00 p.m.
A rescue boat was deployed from the NCL cruise ship. The passenger was rescued and returned back to
I moved to New Orleans in 1980 to attend law school at Tulane. I lived in an apartment 10 blocks from campus in the bottom of a two story shotgun house on Freret Street in Uptown. A witch lived 
above me and insisted that she hang bird feathers over the transom of my front door.
Yes, New Orleans was a weird place, full of
