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Did Costa Cover-Up A Near Concordia-Like Disaster?

By Jim Walker on April 14, 2013
Posted in Collisions

A newspaper in Italy is reporting that six and one-half years before the Costa Concordia disaster, another Costa cruise ship ruptured its hull during a "sail-by" maneuver off the coast of Capri.

Libero Quotidiano reports that in June 2005, the Costa Fortuna was sailing by the island of Capri off the western side of Italy.

Princess Cruises Shows Its True Colors: “We Have No Duty To Rescue Mariners in Distress at Sea”

By Jim Walker on June 6, 2012
Posted in Rescue

In a court filing yesterday, Princess Cruises moved to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the 18 year old survivor, Adrian Vasquez, following the infamous "sail by" incident. You will recall that the Star Princess cruise ship failed to assist Vasquez and two other young Panamanian men (who perished) in a small disabled fishing boat drifting 100…

Second Lawsuit Filed Against Princess Cruises For Failing to Rescue Mariners in Distress

By Jim Walker on June 5, 2012
Posted in Rescue

As expected, Princess Cruises was named as a defendant in a second lawsuit filed in Miami arising out of the high profile case where the Star Princess cruise ship sailed by a small fishing boat called Fifty Cents with three young men aboard 100 miles out at sea, leaving two of the men to die.…

Survivor of Infamous Star Princess “Sail By” Sues Princess Cruises

By Jim Walker on May 9, 2012
Posted in Rescue

The lone survivor of the infamous "sail by" incident, where the Star Princess cruise ship failed to respond to the disabled Panamanian fishing boat Fifty Cents, filed suit yesterday against Princess Cruises.

We were the first in the U.S. to write about this terrible incident in our article last month: "Two Dead Fishermen:…

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