Multiple news outlets have reported a fire that broke out on a casino boat shuttle off the coast of Port Richey, Florida. A large engine fire engulfed the vessel causing all passengers and crew members too jump overboard into chilly water to escape the fire. According to WFLA.com in Port...
Category: Safety
Did Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas Stormy Cruise Risk the Lives of Passengers and Crew?
1) Were the lives of over 7,500 cruise ship passengers and crew members risked by Royal Carribean's decision to keep sailing through last week's storm in the Atlantic? 2) Why did the ship continue right into the path of the ferocious storm -- and one that was predicted by multiple...
Cruise Ship Injury and Accident Updates: December 2015
Even for our law firm which helps passengers and crew members with legal issues related to cruise ship injuries and accidents, it can be difficult to stay current on all of the incidents that occur on cruise ships here in the U.S. and around the world. While our office receives...
What the Royal Caribbean Near Drowning Accident Means for Cruise Ship Passengers
Pools on cruise ships just not safe? In an inauspicious start to 2015, a young child was found nearly drowned on the Oasis of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean cruise ship as it returned to Port Everglades, Florida on Saturday evening. Read more here at NBCnews.com. This is another terrible...
Clemson Student Dies in Fall From Carnival Cruise Ship Radar Deck
Another tragic event on a cruise ship - this time, the untimely death of a college student aboard a Carnival Cruise Ship. Read the full story here at USA Today: Clemson student dies in fall from cruise-ship radar deck.
Female Passenger on Princess Cruise Ship Drowns
While there has not been much news coverage of the accident, apparently a female passenger aboard the Sapphire Princess cruise ship was found dead in the vessel's swimming pool. The incident occurred after the cruise ship had left port in Shanghai, China on August 11. Princess Cruises has released the following...
Man Overboard on Carnival Cruise Ship Spirit
Reports from July 8 show that the Carnival Spirit apparently had a crew member go overboard while sailing near the island of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. Search and rescue operations have not found the crew member, reported to be an Indian national and a member of the kitchen...
Carnival Cruise Line to spend $700 million to upgrade 101 ships
It's a lot of money, even for the Carnival Cruise Line. The company is reportedly going to spend between $600 and $700 million dollars to upgrade 101 vessels across its 10 major cruise ship brands including Princess Cruises, Holland America Lines, Cunard and Costa Cruises. The company is positioning the...
Armed robbery results in shooting of 2 cruise ship passengers in Barbados
Unfortunately, danger is a possibility, even on a cruise vacation. 2 cruise ship passengers from England were shot while on a shore excursion from a P&O cruise. As reported at CruiseCritic.com on March 22... Two P&O Cruises' passengers are in hospital after being shot by an armed robber during a...
Cruise ship loses boy – lost children on cruises more common than thought
As reported at CruiseCritic.com, Norwegian Cruise lines "lost" and autistic boy for a period of time during a November 2012 cruise. Read the full article here... Lost children are relatively commonplace on cruise ship vacations. Fortunately, lost children are generally just "out of sight" for short periods - in...