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...

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...