Imagine being stuck on a cruise ship while it's docked in a port thousands of miles from your home. Imagine that you're quarantined because of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and have little to no contact with family and friends. And imagine the prospect of that isolation and solitude continuing for...
Category: Crew Member Illness
Crewmembers Stuck On Ships Face Mental Strain
As the Jamaica Observer reports in a recent article, For Cruise Crew Members Stuck at Sea, Mental Strain is Huge, many advocates of the cruise are not aware of what's going on as the Coronavirus pandemic continues. Thousands of crew members are essentially stuck on the cruise ships they were...
Questions About Continuing Treatment and Recovery Issues
Actual website inquiry "I can not see clearly after being given an injection ... Carnival has only given me a 3 month salary after medical leave." While they're were more details that followed, this Carnival cruise line employee (who resided outside of the United States) was questioning their treatment by...
Need To Know If My Case Is Worth Fighting?
Actual website inquiry: Subject: Diagnosed with COPD (from a cruise ship crew member) Message: Need to know if my case is worth fighting... COPD is a chronic lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. We were contacted by a cruise ship crew member who had been diagnosed with COPD...
Cruise Ship Injury: Bilateral Plantar Fascial Fibromatosis
A few months ago we received an inquiry from a crew member who works aboard a U.S. based cruise line. They were inquiring about health related issues brought on by bilateral plantar fascial fibromatosis and were concerned about their prospects for continuing to work on their cruise ship. According to...
Star Princess Cruise Ship News: Dozens Quarantined With Norovirus Outbreak
News reports like this one, say Princess Cruises, The Star Princess, is dealing with a new Nororvirus Outbreak. According to the report: Dozens of cruise ship passengers have been quarantined on Maui after a norovirus outbreak. The Star Princess is currently docked at Lahaina About 30 people are quarantined in...
How The U.S. Navy Avoids Norovirus; How That Might Impact Your Next Cruise
The U.S. Navy, which houses many men and women in close quarters while at sea, is very effective at keeping Norovirus and other intestinal viruses from spreading. How Do They Do It? Constant, every day cleaning. Read more here at a special CNN report: How The Navy Avoids Norovirus Norovirus...
Common Questions From Injured Cruise Ship Crew Members
Here are 4 questions (and answers) from injured cruise line crewmembers If I've been hired to work on a vessel, do I have any right to be compensated if I suffer an injury or illness? Yes, but your rights depend upon what you were hired to do, and whether there...
Can Crewmembers Sue Their Cruise Line Employer?
Sometime we find that crewmembers on cruise ships are unaware of the fact that they can file a lawsuit (or sue) the cruise line companies that employ them. Yes - Crewmembers can sue a Cruise Line Crewmembers often suffer the same injures as passengers - slips and falls that go...
Sick from Gastroenteritis or Norovirus caught on cruise ship?
Gastroenteritis. It's probably not something most cruise ship passengers think about when booking a cruise. But like the Norovirus and other viruses, it can be spread about quickly on a cruise ship and the surrounding port operations. The viruses can lead to vomiting or watery diarrhea or both, with fevers,...