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The Associated Press reports (carried by Fox News)... Last week (June 18)... A cruise ship taking European tourists to Ontario, Canada, crashed into a wall while entering a lock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York, injuring 19 passengers and three crew members, officials said Friday. The U.S....
The world's biggest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas, is nearing completion at a shipyard in France. The goal is to have the ship operational for a May 2016 inaugural voyage, from Southhampton in Britain to the Spanish city of Barcelona. Allure of the Seas and Oasis of...
According to various news reports, Carnival Cruise Ships will begin building four new cruise ships, each capable of taking 6,600 passengers and hundreds of crew out into the ocean for cruise voyages. Cruise ships continue to get bigger, more efficient and better able to carry large amounts of people comfortably…(and...
A number of months ago, we received an inquiry through our website's contact form from a passenger who had suffered a debilitating injury - a broken pelvis that was caused by a fall that occurred when an automatic sliding door malfunctioned. Sadly, this is not an uncommon injury. Cruise ship...
Apparently you can ice skate on some of Royal Caribbean's cruise ships including: Freedom of the Seas Explorer of the Seas Mariner of the Seas Our recommendation, however, is to be careful. Recently (May 2015) we had a passenger contact our law firm because they were injured while skating on...
Bahamas police investigating deaths of 2 crew members on different cruise ships Very little seems to be known so far, but multiple new sites are reporting that 2 crew members have been found dead, apparently separate accidents on separate cruise ships (or in ports of call). Details are few at...
In the U.S. we hear about cruise ship accidents, mishaps and injuries on a regular basis. The news media are quick to pick up stories about injured passengers, norovirus accounts, safety issues and countless other problems related to the cruise lines and their ports of call. Quite often, those are...
May 29, 2015: A new post on Events at Sea 2015 / CruiseJunkie.com is showing... From a reader: "I have family on board Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas who have just contacted me to say that a fire has broken out in the casino. Apparently somebody dropped a cigarette...
More terrible news from the cruise line industry, this time the apparent drowning of a 10 year old girl aboard the Norwegian Gem as it sailed from New York to Florida and the Bahamas. The accident occurred as the ship was sailing off the coast of South Carolina. The ship...
Cruise Lawyer Question: I Was Assaulted in the Genitals, Can You Help? This was a relatively unusual inquiry we received recently. A crew member who was working an even was struck in the 'genital area' by a passenger. In the incident mentioned above, does the crew member have a case...