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When a passenger is seriously injured aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the U.S. Coast Guard is often called to respond. Helicopter medevacs, cutter escorts, and multi-agency search operations are not uncommon. But passengers are often surprised to learn who actually pays for those rescues. It is not the cruise...
Various new outlets report that somewhere around 100 people suffered injuries when the cruise ship Spirit of Discovery encountered rough weather conditions in the Bay of Biscay last weekend. According to Independent, "passengers on board a cruise ship have described “holding on for dear life” as they were caught...
Cruise ship passengers who were injured in accidents while cruising in January, February and March 2020 may face stronger opposition by the cruise lines as they attempt to file injury claims and seek compensation. Why is that? The cruise lines, under immense financial pressure, will be hard pressed to pay...
According to Channel News Asia, "a 10-year-old Singaporean boy was found dead in a swimming pool on board the Genting Dream cruise ship while docked in Langkawi on Monday (Nov 18) afternoon." Langkawi is a chain of islands in the Andaman Sea near Malaysia.The boy was traveling with his mother...
A small river cruise ship, the Dutch Apple II, reportedly lost power and struck a retired naval vessel. The U.S.S. Slater, a decommissioned destroyer from World War II, operates as a museum now. It sits in the Hudson River in Albany New York and "offers hour-long guided tours, youth group...
While initial reports of the MSC Opera's violent crash did not share details injuries, more information has become available. A New Zealand citizen's shoulder was broken when the cruise ship rammed into the smaller River Countess cruise ship before colliding with the pier inside the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy...
The MSY Wind Spirit, operated by Windstar Cruises out of Seattle, Washington collided with a pier in Uturoa, French Polynesia over the weekend. During the collision with the pier, the cruise ship rammed at least two other vessels that were anchored in the port – a yacht and a sailing...
Unable to stop itself, the MSC Opera cruise ship rammed into both dock and a tourist boat in Venice, Italy. The crash, caught on video by multiple people and released on news outlets around the world, injured 5. Initial reports say the cruise ship was supposed to be docking at...
VoaNews.com reports that, "the captain of a river cruise ship that collided with a smaller sightseeing vessel was charged Saturday over the accident in Budapest that killed seven South Korean tourists and left 21 missing. The Mermaid, carrying mainly South Korean tourists, overturned and sank late Wednesday (May 29), seconds...
Attorneys Andrew Waks and Jennifer Thompson obtained a favorable verdict for a 61 year old Michigan woman who tripped and fell over a threshold in a ship's doorway while on a 2 day cruise to Bimini. Because of the fall, the passenger fractured her wrist and had to undergo surgery...
