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Cruise Ship Passenger Overboard Near Fort Myers Florida

On Tuesday, around 1000 hours, May 22, 2018, Brian Lamonds, 50, from Greensboro, North Carolina went overboard (see video below) from Carnival Cruise Lines cruise. Carnival Paradise was approximately 85 miles west of Fort Myers, Florida. [...]
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Cruise Ship Weather Atlantic Tropical Storm Alberto Maybe Forming

Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 710 PM EDT Wed May 23 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: (see video below) A broad surface low centered over [...]
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Cruise Ship Wave Tracker Upgrades Nearly Complete

Cruise Ship Wave Tracker Winter 2017/2018 Upgrades Nearly Complete – This past weekend the work continued on the Cruise Ship Wave network with more added security features (see video below) for our visitors. You will [...]
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MSC Cruises Ship MSC Seaside Crew Overboard

Michael M. Majaba, 37, from Boac, Marinduque, Philippines was a casino head technician aboard MSC Cruises ship MSC Seaside was reported overboard from deck 7 at about 0100 hours on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. The [...]
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Three More Trackers Upgraded To 2018 Mobile-Friendly Style

As the 2018 Cruise Ship Wave Network upgrades continue, three more websites were completed last weekend. There is a new appearance and functionality to Hawaii Cruise Ship Tracker, New York Cruise Ship Tracker and Cuba [...]

Young Cruise Ship Captains Dead At Sea

March 26, 2018

Three young cruise ship captains died aboard their cruise ships. The three aged 38, 47 and 48 were found dead in their cruise ship cabins from ‘apparent’ natural causes. The eldest of the three, Danish Captain [...]
Carnival Ecstasy Elevator Death Raining Blood

December 27, 2015
Sib Hashian Boston Drummer Dies on Stage During Legends of Rock Cruise

March 24, 2017

Cruise Legislation S1340 Piggy Backed To Force Approval

July 23, 2014

S.1340 Cruise Industry Legislation Excessive THE CRUISE PASSENGER PROTECTION ACT (S. 1340): IMPROVING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS The Cruise Passenger Protection Act S.1340 Improving Consumer Protections For Cruise Passengers Senate Hearing 113-488 From [...]
Cruise Lines International Association Sues Juneau Alaska

April 6, 2017
Three Crew Jump Ship From Mobile Alabama Docked Carnival Fantasy

August 24, 2017

Monsters of Rock Cruise 2018

May 12, 2017

Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas 2018 Monsters of Rock Cruise has begun booking. Monsters of Rock Cruise embarks at Miami, Florida on Sunday, February 11, 2018 for five days and nights. Monsters of Rock Cruise […]

Charleston South Carolina Cruise Terminal Expansion Moves Forward

January 1, 2018

The new cruise ship terminal in Charleston, South Carolina has won the next round in a long battle (see video below) to expand and modernize the cruise ship terminal. The South Carolina Court of Appeals denied a […]

European Viking Longship Cruise Aboard Viking Egil

Review-European Romantic Danube Viking Longship Cruise Aboard Viking Egil

January 21, 2018

The Viking River Cruises promotion for this 8-day cruise states, “Visit Budapest’s Castle District and cross the famous Chain Bridge. Explore Göttweig Abbey, one of Austria’s most revered monastic centers, and make dumplings with Wachau […]

MSC Opera Cruise Ship Bucket List Suicide

November 13, 2015

quietly jumped overboard in the middle of the night on the last night of a 13 day cruise. Rosanna Rossato, 75, From Cricoli, Italy was sailing aboard MSC Cruises MSC Opera on Saturday November […]

Female Passenger Overboard Search Underway

Cruise Passenger Who Went Overboard Identifiied

April 14, 2018

Natasha Colreavy Schofield, 47, from Brisbane, Australia has been identified as the female passenger who went overboard this week near New Caledonia. Schofield went overboard on Thursday, April 12, 2018, at 1600 hours AEST, aboard P&O Cruises’ […]

Cruise Bruise Gets Mention – Carnival Courier

August 27, 2015

Cruise Bruise catches Carnival Courier attention, our highest traffic article, viewed by many cruise, travel, business, government offices this week.

Carnival Breeze Ship Cruise Passenger Child Age 5 Fell Over Balcony Railing

August 6, 2017

On Friday evening, August 4, 2017, a female child cruise ship passenger aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ cruise ship Carnival Breeze fell from the balcony of her cabin onto a lower deck. The United States Coast […]

Steamship Authority Fast Ferry Iyanough Jetty Crash Injures Passengers

June 17, 2017

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is reporting today that, the Steamship Authority’s fast ferry Iyanough, crashed into a Hyannis Port, Massachusetts jetty last night around 9:30 pm with 48 passengers aboard. The USCG is […]

Cruise Ship Injury Ends Legendary Musician’s Career

August 14, 2015

Lawsuit filed by Gyula Bruno Fekete brother blames Uniworld River Cruises for legendary saxophonist’s 2014 SS Antoinette delayed head injury/coma treatment by Boppard, German hospital. On June 3, 2014 legendary saxophonist from Hungary Gyula Bruno (Maxi) Fekete, 62, had been booked to perform […]

Third Cruise Ship Passenger Missing Past Month

December 5, 2015

Stephen Staker is the third #cruise ship passenger missing from a cruise ship in the past month, the second missing from cruise ships docked at Falmouth, Jamaica.

Three Carnival Sensation Cruise Ship Passengers Missing Ocho Rios Jamaica

Missing Carnival Sensation Passenger Incorrectly Identified

April 7, 2018

UPDATE: April 7, 2018 – A Cruise Bruise visitor reports that Clinton Hill was incorrectly reported by Carnival as missing aboard Carnival Sensation on February 28, 2018. The actual name is Quentin Lee Hill and his […]

Missing Cruise Passenger Owned Cinderella Weddings Cruise Website

February 25, 2017

As previously posted, Li Yinglei, 36, embarked on a MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica 10-day Mediterranean cruise with her husband Daniel Belling, 46, and their two children ages six and four on February 9, 2017. When […]

Disney Wonder Crew Arrested For Wire Fraud

November 29, 2017

Renan Dias Da Rocha Gomes, 32, a crew member from Brazil who worked aboard Disney Cruise Lines cruise ship Disney Wonder was arrested on charges of wire fraud on allegations for embezzling over a quarter […]

Police Allege Woman Murdered Tossed Overboard

February 23, 2017

Li Yinglei, 36, embarked on a MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica 10-day Mediterranean cruise with her husband Daniel Belling, 46, and their two children ages six and four on February 9, 2017. When the cruise ship […]

Murder-Suicide Darla J Mellinger Banner

April 3, 2015

Cruise Ship Deaths: Case now live, Darla J (Campbell) Mellinger Banner and John C Banner confirmed #cruise ship passengers in Ryndam murder-suicide Cruise Ship Murder Suicide Ryndam April, 2 2015 On Thursday, April 2, 2015 aboard […]

Azamara Quest San Diego Cruise Ship Docking With Norovirus Passengers

February 8, 2018

Azamara Club Cruises cruise ship Azamara Quest (see video below) pulled into San Diego Bay around Thursday, February 8, 2018 around 5:30 a.m. Twenty-two passengers and two crew member were sick with norovirus, according to Royal […]

Grandeur of the Seas Caribbean Cruise Passenger Rescued November 7 2017

Grandeur of the Seas Passenger Gets Air Force Medevac

November 8, 2017

On United States national election day (see video below), Tuesday, November 7, 2017, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Grandeur of the Seas was returning to Baltimore, Maryland and was located about 600 miles off the coast of […]

U.S. State Dept Evacuates Family Members From Embassy

August 14, 2014

#Cruise Bruise: State Dept travel warning, no non-essential travel due to health conditions, 759 cases of Ebola and 293 deaths as Ebola epidemic worsens. The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to screening procedures, travel […]

NASA Releases Free Software By Hundreds

March 11, 2017

The NASA Software Catalog offers an extensive portfolio of software products for a wide variety of technical applications, organized into fifteen areas of science. The software is free, because NASA wants people to innovate. The […]

Watching Two Atlantic Caribbean Tropical Storms

June 14, 2017

Cruise Ship Weather 1. A large area of showers and thunderstorms several hundred miles south of the Cabo Verde Islands is associated with a strong tropical wave. Development, if any, of this system is expected […]

Atlantic Tropical Weather Storm Outlook

August 6, 2017

Cruise Ship Weather Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Sun Aug 6 2017 Two storm systems we have been watching in the Atlantic Ocean since Friday, have changed significantly. […]

Cruise Ship Milford Wanderer Hits Rocks Stewart Island New Zealand

July 13, 2017

On Thursday, July 13, 2017, Real Journey’s small cruise ship, Milford Wanderer grounded on the rocks near Stewart Island, New Zealand. There were 30 passengers, 6 crew and 3 Department of Conservation (DOC) staff aboard […]

New Years Cruise Passengers On Sinking Mexico Excursion Boat

January 11, 2018

On Wednesday, January 3, 2017, two Royal Caribbean International (RCI) cruise ships (see video below) were on New Years cruises. Both cruise ships called at Cozumel, Mexico and had passengers on a dive excursion boat […]

MV Pinak Sinks – Over 100 Passengers Dead

July 5, 2014

#Cruise Ship Sinking: MV Pinak sunk with an estimated 250 ferry passengers aboard, only about 100 rescued, the other passengers are missing. Rescue slow. MV Pinak Ferry Sinks Padma River Dhaka Bangladesh With Over 200 Passengers Aboard. […]

Regency Cruises Regent Star Fire Alaska July 22 1995

USCG Sited Cruise Ship One Month Before Fire For Many Violations

July 22, 2017

On this day in cruise history, on Saturday July 22, 1995 Regency Cruises cruise ship Regent Star (see video below) had a fire aboard while the cruise ship was in in Prince William Sound, on the south […]

Cruise Europa Galley Fire Monday

December 21, 2015

Minoan Lines Ferry Cruise Europa Fire December 21, 2015 Cruise Europa reported a galley fire aboard, with nearly 800 aboard. On December 21, 2015, Cruise Europa, a ferry owned by Greek shipping company Minoan Lines had […]

Cruise Ship Fire – Grand Princess Near Hawaii

December 3, 2015

Princess Cruises has cancelled the Grand Princess San Francisco to Hawaii cruise after an electrical fire stalled the cruise ship on Monday. On Monday, November 30, 2015 Princess Cruises Grand Princess experienced a switchboard malfunction sparked […]

Norwegian Dawn New Orleans Cruise Ship Drug Smuggler Convicted

Cruise Ship Drug Smuggler King Pin Gets Federal Prison Six Years Sentence

July 21, 2017

As Cruise Bruise reported on January 2016, three Norwegian Cruise Line’s crew members aboard Norwegian Dawn were arrested on January 3, 2016. The arrest took place at the cruise terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana, when Homeland Security Investigations’ […]

Cruise Bruise Investigates Tampa Port Drug Bust

March 8, 2015

Cruise Bruise Investigation into the drug smuggler who flipped on 6 #cruise ship crew members and the Princess drug smuggler who ran the operation, full story with complete documentation. Jason Leon Carmichael, 21, Arkine John, 21, […]

Cruise Ship Cocaine Smuggling Ring Leader Arrested

February 3, 2017

Cruise Bruise: #Cruise ship Freedom of the seas Mother’s Day Jamaica cocaine smuggling ring, fifth woman arrested works at school district. Rita Gray, 38, from Washington DC, a business manager with District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) […]

USCG New Cruise Ship Preboarding Regs

December 9, 2014

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is looking at new pre-boarding, screening requirements for #cruise ship passenger and crew including pre-screening of all baggage before boarding. This proposed rule would standardize screening activities for all persons, baggage, […]

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