Earlier this week, the cruise ship industry suffered yet another disturbing incident when MSC Cruises’ Magnifica ship, transporting 2,469 passengers and 976 crew members, allided with a pier in Piräus, Greece. Alliding is a term often used in nautical contexts to describe an impact with a stationary object. The Magnifica…
In 1985, the largest cruise ship in the world was the 46,000 ton Carnival Holiday. A decade ago, the largest ship was the Queen Mary 2, was three times as large at 148,528 tons. Today, this distinction is held by Royal Caribbean’s Oasis and Allure of the Seas; each weighing…
According to a recent story by the Huffington Post last week, a crew member of a Carnival cruise ship headed to New Orleans, Louisiana had to be airlifted to a hospital after falling and hitting her head on the ship’s deck. A Coast Guard news release stated that one of…
What would you do if you were injured on a cruise ship and found yourself stranded in a foreign country without adequate medical care? That is exactly the situation Dodge Melkonian faced after breaking his hip on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. ABC News reports that Dodge and his wife,…
A passenger ferry making the regular crossing to the Statue of Liberty made a hard landing, which resulted in a number of injuries to the passengers onboard. As a popular tourist destination that hosts international visitors and Americans from all over the country, it is likely that those involved were…
Cruise ships can be a great way to explore foreign lands and see the world, however, a dream vacation can become a nightmare if something goes wrong while traveling abroad. Problems that arise while cruising internationally can be particularly difficult, as travelers often don’t speak the native language or have…
The last thing on a person’s mind when they depart for their dream cruise vacation is the possibility that they will become the victim of a crime while sailing the seas. However, many cruises ships are essentially floating cities, and, as such, often experience incidents of criminal activity. According to…
Previously, statistical information regarding crimes committed on cruise ships was kept out of the public’s eye. Cruise ship companies were able to keep under wraps the many criminal offenses against passengers, in order to protect their reputations. Now, under new legislation, cruise companies are required to publish this information, therefore,…
As this blog has recently discussed, the cruise ship industry suffered several big blows over the last year from the May evacuation of Royal Caribbean’s Grandeur of the Seas, due to an onboard fire, the grounding of Carnival ship Costa Concordia last January, a fire at on Carnival’s Triumph ship…
Approximately six months ago, the world was shocked when Carnival cruise ship Costa Concordia, crashed into the rocks off the coast of Giglio Island, Italy, resulting in the deaths of thirty two individuals and injuries to dozens of others. Carnival and ship’s captain, Francesco Schettino, took heavy criticism for the…