Fire Breaks Out on Pacific Aventure Off Australia – Does Your Cabin’s Balcony Have a Sprinkler and Heat/Smoke Detection System?

By Jim Walker on May 29, 2023

Posted in Fires

A fire erupted on the balcony of a guest cabin on the Pacific Adventure cruise ship around 3:15 A.M. yesterday (Australian time) off the coast of New South Wales. The P&O Cruises’ cruise ship was carrying over 3,000 guests and a crew of over 1,000.

Newspapers reported that many guests were forced to evacuate from…

P&O Ferries Ignores Widespread Requests to Install Safety Cameras on its Ferries

By Jim Walker on December 31, 2013

Posted in Disappearances

PO Ferries Pride of Kent Last week I wrote an article entitled Top 10 Most Outrageous Cruise Ship Stories of 2013. There were a lot out outrageous moments in the maritime community last year. I had to work hard to whittle my initial list of outrageous cruise stories down to just ten.

One outrageous story which I had…

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Fire Breaks Out on Pacific Aventure Off Australia – Does Your Cabin’s Balcony Have a Sprinkler and Heat/Smoke Detection System?

P&O Ferries Ignores Widespread Requests to Install Safety Cameras on its Ferries

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