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State Dept Issues Level 3 Reconsider Travel Warning Including Cruise Port

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has revoked the controversial social security reforms that triggered violent clashes (see video below) between demonstrators and government security forces. Some in Congress want to pass the Nica Act, which would [...]
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Passenger Released From Prison After Alleged Cruise Ship Murder

Daniel Belling has been released from Regina Coeli prison in Rome, Italy. According to Italian news organization ‘Corriere Della Sera’, Mr Belling’s lawyers Luigi Conti and Laura Camomilla asked Rome Court for his release on bail. Police [...]
Cruise Ship Weather

Webcams in Caribbean Major Upgrade Expansion Finished

Hurricane season 2017 was hard on the Caribbean (see video below) The loss of lives and property left states and Caribbean nations mourning and suffering. Some as in the case of Puerto Rico, are still [...]
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Darian Lipscomb and Carnival Cruise Lines Put Prospect VA on Map

Darian Lipscomb, 15, from Prospect, Virginia was hunted down by Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL) (see video below). Carnival wanted Lipscomb’s Snapchat handle @CarnivalCruise, and they wanted it REAL bad. How bad? Bad enough they could have [...]
Overboard

Cruise Passenger Who Went Overboard Identifiied

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’ [...]

Terrorists Murdered Cruise Ship Passenger

October 8, 2015

October 8, 2015 – 30 years ago today, after terrorists hijacked the Star Lauro Line Achille Lauro, they murdered wheelchair bound cruise ship passenger Leon Klinghoffer. Leon Klinghoffer, 69, from New Jersey, born September 24, 1916, was [...]
Teacher Of The Year Dies On Cruise

September 12, 2015
Seabourn Cruises John Howell Jr Cruise Director Dies

June 3, 2017

Cruise Ship Lawsuit Leads To Murder

August 20, 2014

A RCCL lawsuit $1.5 million settlement leads to death in paradise, suitcase murder case. Court records for accused paint nasty image of their past. In the summer of 2001 James L. Mack, his wife Sheila Von Weiss-Mack [...]
Princess Cruises Caribbean Princess Crew Files Lawsuit

January 5, 2018
Trump Muslim Ban Scientist Gets Pulled Aside After Cruise

January 31, 2017

Turkish Government Fights War With Cruise Lines

Turkish Government Fights Financial War With Cruise Lines

March 28, 2018

On February 19, 2017, we posted, “Royal Caribbean has decided to cancel all scheduled stops in Turkey for the 2017 cruise season, citing “unpredictability” in the country. In a statement to travel agents, Royal Caribbean […]

First Key West Webcam Back Online After Hurricane Irma Devastating Blow

September 17, 2017

The first Key West, Florida webcam to come back online after the devastating blow this month by Hurricane Irma. The Mallory Square cruise ship port cam is live once again. Of the 25 webcams found […]

Ferries To Cuba Becoming Reality

May 6, 2015

Cruise Bruise: Four ferry companies have been licensed today for #ferry #cruise service from Florida to Cuba. Today, four ferry companies have been licensed for cruises to Cuba. Baja Ferries, Havana Ferry Partners,United Caribbean Lines and Airline […]

Carnival Male Passenger Jumped Overboard

March 20, 2015

Carnival Male Passenger Jumped Overboard 03/20/15 Carnival Triumph passenger, 54, seen on cam, climbing over his cabin balcony, overboard off Mexico coast as #cruise ship headed back to Galveston, Texas. On March 17, 2015, George Uthuppu, 54, from […]

FBI Closes Case Cruise Ship Overboard

October 22, 2015

Cruise Ship Deaths: FBI has closed the case of a woman, who went overboard soon after embarking her Royal Caribbean Cruise Line #cruise ship in Port Everglades, Florida. FBI investigation determined that the possible cause of this situation was […]

Cliford B Minej Missing Cruise Ship Crew

December 27, 2014

Missing #cruise ship Holland America Line Ryndam crew member Cliford B Minej from from Thane, India has been found in Clearwater, Florida beach community. His body floated to shore at about 7:15 am on Clearwater Beach, […]

USCG Says Cruise Ship Captain Fell Asleep Before Crash

March 13, 2017

On Thursday, August 28, 2016 around 0230 hours, Entertainment Cruises’ Spirit of Baltimore was involved in a collision in at Henderson Wharf Marina Fells Point Maryland. The cruise ship had taken more than 400 passengers […]

Two Cruise Ship Crew Members Overboard

July 29, 2015

Norwegian Cruise Line Pride Of America crew members injured during fall in life boat in Hilo Hawaii. On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 two crew members in their 30s were injured aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines Pride of America when they […]

Cruise Ship Collision – 30 Injured

June 19, 2015

#Cruise Ship Sinking: Saint Laurent collides in St. Lawrence locks, takes on water. Injured evacuated. International Shipping Partners Saint Laurent Collided with the Eisenhower Lock on the St. Lawrence River. The Michigan Great Lakes Cruise, Saint Laurent […]

MSC Musica Crew Missing Overboard During Adriatic Sea Cruise

June 20, 2017

MSC Cruises’ MSC Musica cruise ship crew member Simone Scheuer Souza, 36, has gone overboard while the cruise ship was in the Adriatic Sea between Venice, Italy and Brindisi, Italy on Sunday, June 18, 2017. […]

Cruise Ship MS Britannia Sinking Now In Netherlands

June 22, 2014

Cruise ship MS Britannia sinking in the Netherlands today. Nearly 200 evacuated in suburbs outside of Amsterdam. Britannia has a large hole in the stern of her hull. The story is on Cruise Ship Sinking website. […]

Muslim Cruise Passengers Missing in Port

January 22, 2017

Cruise Bruise: Three Muslim #cruise passenger are missing in port after election state of emergency is called. A President who took office as a result of a coup, refuses to leave after being voted out, wrecking havoc […]

Cruise Ship Murder Cold Case Unsolved

July 30, 2015

U.S. Marshall’s wife, oldest #cruise ship murder cold case in history unsolved for 75 years now. Jessie Harper Mozee, 53, a resident of Nome, Alaska, who was a former teacher, boarded the steamship SS Seeandbee for a […]

Lonnie Kocontes Cruise Ship Murder Trial Continues

January 30, 2014

The case of cruise ship passenger Micki Kanesaki, who went missing on a cruise aboard Island Cruises’ cruise ship Island Escape, while sailing with her ex-husband in the Mediterranean is now in court. Kanesaki went overboard nearly seven years […]

Carnival Elation Special Needs Passenger Alleges Sexual Attack

Cruise Ship Passenger Brian Holland Charged With Alleged Sexual Abuse

March 3, 2018

Brian James Holland, 23, from Jacksonville, Florida was identified by cruise ship cameras in the Carnival Elation hot tub attack earlier this week on another passenger who was 18-years-old but has the mental capacity of a […]

Caribbean CDC Travel Alert Zika Virus Outbreaks

March 23, 2017

Medical facilities on cruise ships can vary widely depending on ship size, itinerary, length of cruise, and passenger demographics. Generally, shipboard medical clinics can provide medical care comparable to that of ambulatory care centers. Although […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cruise Ship Passengers Treated to Rocket Launch

February 20, 2017

The weather in Florida was perfect for a rocket launch yesterday to celebrate the end of a cruise for thousands of lucky cruise ship passengers. Cruise ship passengers disembarking four cruise ships at Cape Canaveral, […]

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 […]

Tropical Storm Harvey

August 17, 2017

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 400 AM CDT Wed Aug 31 2017 (see video below) Bookmark this page for updates LOCATION…32.3N 92.0W ABOUT 15 MILES…20 KM…S OF MONROE LOUISIANA. ABOUT 65 MILES…105 KM…NNE OF […]

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 […]

Ferry El Almirante Sinks 170 Aboard Six Dead 31 Missing

June 26, 2017

The ferry El Almirante (The Admiral) sunk on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 1400 hours, on Peňol-Guatapé reservoir lake near Bogota, Colombia. There were an estimated 170 passengers aboard the four deck cruise boat when […]

Cruise Ship MS Caledonia Sky Coral Reef Grounding

March 9, 2017

According to Hugo Mattson, who is a media producer at Hugo Mattson Media, on March 4, 2017, around 2:00 pm Indonesian time, the cruise ship MS Caledonia Sky grounded on a coral reef and got […]

Boudicca Cruise Ship Fire

January 25, 2015

Cruise Ship Fires: Boudicca engine room fire causes listing off Casa Blanca, Morroco while sailing to Africa. Track on the Mediterranean Cruise Ship Tracker. Around 0400 hours on Sunday, January 25, 2015, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines Boudicca cruise […]

SS Saale Steam Ship Fire 361 Passengerd Dead June 30 1900

SS Saale Steam Ship Fire 361 Dead

June 30, 2017

On this day in Cruise Ship History: It was one of the largest maritime disasters in American history, 117 years ago today, the fire and sinking of the Steamship S.S. Saale on June 30, 1900, […]

On This Day in Cruise History SS General Slocum Fire New York City

June 15, 2017

On this day in cruise history: 113 years ago today on Wednesday, June 15, 1904 there was a passenger ship fire aboard the SS General Slocum in Manhattan New York. The General Slocum was a sidewheel passenger […]

USCG ICE Seize 1.5 Tons Marijuana From Caribbean Vessel

July 29, 2014

ICE: Caribbean Sea Marijuana Arrest – 3,500 pounds of marijuana was seized and five people were arrested aboard ship An-Nur. Wholesale drug value $3.5 million. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), working jointly with the Coast […]

Three Cruise Ship Crew Get Slapped Hands Kilo Cocaine Smuggled Aboard Mariner Of The Seas

May 17, 2017

This day in cruise history: Ten years ago today, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ Mariner Of The Seas was berthed at Dr. A.C. Wathey Cruise Facility in Port St. Maarten on May 17, 2007. Port St. Maarten is part […]

Harvest Caye Belize Police Cocaine Arrest Three Passengers Aboard Norwegian Escape

June 24, 2017

On Tuesday, June 20, 2017, three cruise ship passengers aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines’ Norwegian Escape were arrested in Harvest Caye, Belize. The three men were arrested for allegedly smuggling over two kilos of cocaine. Derson Frank, […]

Bardo Museum Massacre Death List

March 19, 2015

Cruise Ship Deaths – 5,000 Cruise Ship Deaths: #Cruise ship passengers murdered is growing. List of Tragic Deaths at Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia On Wednesday March 18, 2015 two cruise ships, MSC Splendida […]

Royal Caribbean Introduces Non-Refundable Deposit Fee

March 23, 2017

Royal Caribbean International announced March 22, 2017, they are introducing a non-refundable deposit and a change fee for all Grand Suites and above booked through the cruise line’s onboard booking program, known as the NextCruise program. Royal Caribbean […]

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