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Alcohol

Brawl Breaks Out on Norwegian EncoreIt's Always Bigger in Texas: Cruise Passengers Taxed on Cruise BoozeCruise Booze: Is a Passenger's Drinking Problem Just His Own?

Caribbean

Stock Awards During a Deadly Pandemic? (Part II) NCL's CEO Frank Del Rio Rakes in $36,400,000 in 2020 While Crew Members StruggleCarnival Cruise Line, Not Jamaica or the Cayman Islands, Cancels Cruises to Those IslandsU.S. and Bahamas Battle Over Crime Statistics

Collisions and Groundings

Hungarian Court Sentences Master of Viking Sigyn River Cruise Ship For Negligence in Collision Which Killed 27 Tourists in 2019Viking Kvasir Collides with Ship On the Rhine River Near Wesel, GermanyPassengers Injured as Viking Hermod Involved in Collision on Rhine River

Corporate Misconduct

Cruise Crime Data Doesn't Add Up: Carnival Reports Lowest Incidents Since PandemicLawsuit: Royal Caribbean Passenger Dies after Being Served 33 Drinks, Pepper-Sprayed, Physically Restrained, and Injected With SedativeDisney Cruise Line's Sexual Assault Problem

Crew Work Conditions and Rights

Man Breaks into Cabin and Sexual Assaults Woman Aboard Costa FavolosaU.S. Customs and Border Protection Forcibly Deports 18 Filipinos from the Carnival Sunshine Without Disclosing EvidenceTwo Crew Members Killed in Engine Room Accident on Holland America Line's Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise Ship

Crime

Cruise Crime Data Doesn't Add Up: Carnival Reports Lowest Incidents Since PandemicCruise Ship Crime Report — Q4 2025: Royal Caribbean Leads All Cruise LinesRoyal Caribbean Passenger Boards Cruise With Gun, Sent to Bahamian Prison

Death and Injury

27-Year-Old Found Dead on Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas in Singapore73-Year-Old Man Dies After Going Overboard from Disney WonderAnna Kepner's Cause of Death Revealed: Report

Disappearances

Passenger Goes Overboard From Windstar Cruises Star BreezeCruise Passenger Goes Overboard From Nieuw Statendam73-Year-Old Man Dies After Going Overboard from Disney Wonder

Disease and Outbreaks

27 People Sick on Seven Seas Mariner: First CDC-Reported GI Outbreak of 2026Another Norovirus Outbreak on HAL's Rotterdam Cruise ShipOver 100 Crew and Passengers Sick with Norovirus on AIDAdiva

Drugs and Smuggling

Multiple Royal Caribbean Cruise Passengers Arrested in PortMiami on Drug ChargesDrug Bust: Passenger from Harmony of the Seas Arrested for Possession of Heroin and FentanylTwo Guests Aboard the Norwegian Joy Busted With 112 Plastic Baggies of Pot

Excursion Incidents

Excursion Boat Carrying Mein Schiff 1 Passengers Sinks Off Dominican Republic; Dozens Rescued80-Year-Old Woman Dies After Being Abandoned on Cruise ExcursionPassenger on Jet Ski Dies at Half Moon Cay: Online Reviews Show History of Poor Safety Training and Instruction

Fires

Fire Aboard Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas in MexicoNames of Cruise Ships With Paroc Fire-Resistant ProductsInsurers of Dozens of Cruise Ships With Potentially Dangerous Fire Panels Seek Transparency: "We Demand Names of All Ships Equipped With Paroc Panels"

Firm News

Cruise Law News' New Look and Enhanced FeaturesTen Years of Cruise Law NewsWelcome to Cruise Law News's New Look

Industry & Corporate News

Royal Caribbean Cancels All Cruises to Labadee, Haiti for 2026Cruise Stocks Rally With Tariff PauseTrump Tariffs Cause Cruise Stocks to Tumble

Jim's Personal Stories

What the Cruise Industry Has to Learn From My Cousins Back in ArkansasThank You President Obama!New Orleans Jazz Fest 2016

Legal

U.S. Veteran Wrongfully Detained by CBP Agents on Carnival CruiseRoyal Caribbean Passenger Boards Cruise With Gun, Sent to Bahamian PrisonLawsuit: Royal Caribbean Passenger Dies after Being Served 33 Drinks, Pepper-Sprayed, Physically Restrained, and Injected With Sedative

Mechanical Failures

Crew Member on P&O Cruises' Arvia Dies in Elevator AccidentLifeboat Falls From Quantum of the Seas - Fortunately No InjuriesWesterdam Experiences Azipod Failure During Alaskan Cruise

Opinion

Heroic Father and Disney's Man Overboard System Save Child's LifeFilipino Crew Members Continue to be Targeted in Mass Deportations From Cruise Ships

Passenger Rights

Just When You Thought It was Safe to Get Back in a Cruise Ship Water Slide!Cruise Passenger Beaten Unconscious on Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the SeasAnother Brawl Breaks Out on the Carnival Paradise

Pollution & Environmental Damage

Heavy Smoke from NCL Alaskan Cruise: Who Are You Going to Believe, the Cruise Lines or Your Lying Eyes?Virgin Voyages' Resilient Lady Smokes Out Hobart: Are You Going to Believe Your Lying Eyes?Turning Air Pollution Into Water Pollution: Carnival Magic Dumps Scrubber Sludge in Grand Turk Waters

Public Relations

MSC Cruises Ship Employee Caught Filming Women in Bathroom Near Kid's Club: What Steps, If Any, Did MSC Take to Make Certain Former Crew Member Is Not Employed on Other Cruise Ships?The Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj Takes a Look at the Cruise IndustryBlackface on the MSC Seaside?

Safety and Security

Cunard’s Queen Anne - Cruising In Troubled Waters: Would You Sail Through Pirate-Infested Seas?U.S. State Department Issues Another Travel Warning for the BahamasNCL to Finally Hire Lifeguards

Search and Rescue

Passenger Goes Overboard From Windstar Cruises Star BreezeSearch Suspended for Missing British Man Who Fell from Marella Explorer 2Heroic Father and Disney's Man Overboard System Save Child's Life

Severe Weather

"Rogue Wave" Rocks Vision of the SeasSmooth Sailing on the Ocean Explorer Through the Drake Passage?Cruise Excursion Boat Swamped Off Coast of Colombia

Sexual Assault and Exploitation

Passenger Arrested For Possession and Transportation of Child Pornography After Disembarking From Majestic Princess CruiseSixteen-Year Old Girl Allegedly Raped on Carnival SunriseStepbrothers Accused of Tricking and Raping 25-Year-Old Passenger on Carnival Sunrise

Sinking

Excursion Boat Carrying Mein Schiff 1 Passengers Sinks Off Dominican Republic; Dozens RescuedCoast Guard Grounds Majesty of the Seas for Life Vest ViolationExcursion Vessel in Greenland Sinks, 23 Cruise Passengers Rescued

Technology

Cruise Law Meets ChatGPTAIDA Cruise Ships Under Cyber Attack - Are Costa Ships Also Affected?

Terrorism

Crystal Cruises Risked Crew Member Lives By Sailing Crystal Symphony Through Strait of Bab el-Mandeb into the Red Sea"Jackal Stone:" U.S. and Greek Special Forces Train to Respond to ISIS Hijacking of Cruise ShipBarb Wire and Water Cannons at Sea

Weird Cruise News

Just When You Thought It was Safe to Get Back in a Cruise Ship Water Slide!Man Jumps Overboard Royal Caribbean Cruise After Losing $16,000 Gambling14 Year Old Girl Assaulted By Former Police Officer on Carnival Encounter Sailing to Brisbane, Australia

Worst Cruise Line in the World

CCL Stock Plummets to Barely Above $7.00 As Carnival Corporation Reports Tenth Consecutive Quarterly LossNCL Raises Gratuities Again: The Greedy Gets GreedierNorwegian Pearl Injured Guest: NCL "Just Iced Us Out"
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Cruise Law News is an independent news site covering cruise ship accidents, injuries, crimes, disappearances, environmental issues, and other maritime events worldwide. Founded by maritime attorney Jim Walker, it brings decades of legal experience to maritime stories.

Our affiliated firm, Walker & O’Neill, P.A., has represented thousands of passengers and crew in maritime-injury, wrongful-death, and high-profile cruise-crime cases for over 20 years.

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