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Venice Bans Large Cruise Ships Beginning April 2020

Venice Bans Large Cruise Ships Beginning April 2020 (see video below) – Venice will ban large cruise ships from entering its historic center from April 2020, in a desperate attempt to save the ancient city’s [...]
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Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Founder Dead at 87

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Founder Dead at 87 – On Friday, November 8, 2019, Edwin W Stephan, 87, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line founder, passed away in Miami. Florida. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line has grown into [...]
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Ocean Cleanup Solar Cruise Ship Design Sea Vacuum

Ocean Cleanup Solar Cruise Ship Design Sea Vacuum (see video below) – With a design resembling a cruise ship or perhaps more like the vintage Seattle ferry MV Kalakala, the Ocean Cleanup, a non-government engineering [...]
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Charges Dropped Disney Magic Crew Molesting Boy 10

Charges Dropped Disney Magic Crew Molesting Boy 10 (see video below) – as reported on October 17, 2019. Disney Cruise Line ship Disney Magic sailed out of Miami, Florida on April 28, 2019, for a [...]
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Tropical Storm Rebekah

Tropical Storm Rebekah – (see new video below) NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 500 AM AST Fri Nov 01, 2019 Satellite imagery indicates that Rebekah has degenerated to a remnant low as the circulation [...]

Faces of Cruise Ship Deaths Produce Very Few Mysteries

April 1, 2017

In late 2005, I began tracking cruise ship deaths. That interest began with Cruise Bruise, the first of my 55 cruise industry websites, with some documenting incidents at sea during a cruise. The point of [...]
Nova Star Cruises Crewmember Expired

October 14, 2014
Passenger in Wheelchair Mowed Down

February 3, 2017

Ross L Jamerson Dead At 80

August 22, 2015

Ross L Jamerson small town Sheriff who nabbed two mafia hit men in his small Tennessee town went on to become Carnival Cruise Lines Chief Security Officer. Ross was a former Portage County Tennessee Sheriff who [...]
Iowa Doctor Says Daughter Sexually Assaulted by Norwegian Escape Cabin Steward

January 16, 2018
Cruise Lines International Association Sues Juneau Alaska

April 6, 2017

The Best Cruise Port New Years Eve Fireworks 2017

December 29, 2017

Where will you be on New Years Eve 2017? If you don’t have any plans, why not watch three LIVE webcams with us? We have two fabulous port cams we will be watching, along with the […]

New Ferry Service Rason North Korea to Vladivostok Russia

May 18, 2017

Yesterday, cargo and passenger ferry service began traveling to port city Vladivostok, Russia with a new ferry service from Rason, North Korea. The North Korean-flagged Man Gyong Bong 92 (Mangyongbong – IMO: 8890580) arrived in Vladivostok, […]

Bar Harbor Pier Fire Sabotage or Accident Before June Cruise Terminal Vote

May 11, 2017

Cruise Pier Fire Sabotage, Accident Or? On Tuesday, March 14, 2017, a fire damaged the Bar Harbor Ferry pier. The fire department was notified, that the former international ferry terminal was reported ablaze by Atlantic […]

Police Search For Suitcase With Cruise Passenger Inside

March 3, 2017

A lot of new information surfaces in the MSC Cruises’ MSC Magnifica cruise ship passenger missing case of Li Yinglei. So, now Cruise Bruise is investigating this missing person case. Her husband Daniel Belling said […]

Cruise Ship Passenger Overboard

July 13, 2015

Keith White, 34, a welding technologist and certified lifeguard from London, Ontario, Canada, was sailing aboard Mariposa Cruises’ Northern Spirit on Lake Ontario Saturday, June 13, 2015 around 7:35 p.m, when according to friends he […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Cruise Broken Back Gets Emergency Medevac

January 27, 2017

Cruise Bruise: Woman, 20, with fractured spine gets medevac from Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines #cruise ship Legend of the Seas, A medevac took place 80km southeast of Wellington, New Zealand aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Legend of the […]

Passenger Released From Prison After Alleged Cruise Ship Murder

April 25, 2018

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 […]

Three Carnival Sensation Cruise Ship Passengers Missing Ocho Rios Jamaica

March 5, 2018

UPDATE: April 7, 2018 – A Cruise Bruise visitor reports that Clinton Hill was incorrectly reported by Carnival. The actual name is Quentin Lee Hill and his estranged wife is concerned for his safety. On Wednesday, […]

Bahamas Search Underway Honeymoon Cruise Passenger Overboard

April 7, 2017

Reco Scott, 32, from Decatur, Illinois, was on his honeymoon, when he fell overboard early this morning while the Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Liberty was in the Bahamas. Reco Scott went overboard from deck nine […]

Seabourn Spirit Cruise Ship Pirate Attack 10 Years Ago

November 5, 2015

Cruise Bruise Investigates: Hero Michael Groves saves Seabourn Spirit cruise ship passengers in the most violent pirate attack on a #cruise ship ten years ago today. Seabourn Spirit attacked with Ak47s and rocket-propelled grenades. Seabourn Spirit was nearly […]

April Fools Day Cocaine Smuggling Passengers Arrested

March 29, 2019

April Fools Day Cocaine Smuggling Passengers Arrested (see video below) – On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 0700 hours, when MSC Cruises ship MSC Opera arrived in Funchal, Madeira, Judicial Police seized 15-20 kilos of cocaine. The cocaine […]

Pooped DJ Whoo Kid, Waka Flocka Flame Banned From NCL Cruise Ships

April 11, 2017

The Gronk Cruise was hosted by Buffalo Bills rookie tight end Glenn Gronkowski and billed as the Rob Gronkowski & Family Cruise. More than a year later, the poop scoop has come out and it stinks […]

Norwegian Bliss Child Passenger Evacuated After Cardiac Arrest

January 9, 2019

Norwegian Bliss Child Passenger Evacuated After Cardiac Arrest – On Friday, January 4, 2019, Noah Anderson, age 8, from Cincinnati, Ohio, was on a Caribbean cruise (see video below) with his family, when he went into cadiac […]

Cruise Ship Norovirus Outbreaks

May 9, 2015

Cruise Bruise: #cruise ship Norovirus outbreaks not the cruise line’s fault, but you can’t sue the air. May 9, 2015 – In this day of get rich quick lawsuit mentality, the first thought some people have when it […]

Norwegian Cruise Line Singer Goes Mental

Norwegian Cruise Line Singer Not Ship Shape Goes Mental

May 8, 2018

Norwegian Cruise Line Singer Not Ship Shape Goes Mental – There are a lot of reasons to support mental health services in this world, and Walker Vreeland adds his story to the mix in the […]

Tropical Depression Lane Track 0500 Hours August 28 2018

Tropical Storm Lane

August 11, 2018

NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 500 AM HST Tue Aug 28 2018 Overnight GOES-15 fog product imagery along with a few VIIRS images and a Monday evening SCATSAT pass show that the exposed […]

7.0 Earthquake 86km ENE of Tadine New Caledonia

November 22, 2017

The largest in a series of earthquakes has struck the Tadine, New Caledonia region on Sunday November 19, 2017. The earthquake triggered a minor tsunami. (see video below) This earthquake and the others was felt […]

Hurricane Katia Track 1300 Hours September 7 2017

Tropical Storm Katia

September 6, 2017

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 100 PM CDT Thu Sep 07 2017 At 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), the center of Hurricane Katia was located near latitude 21.6 North, longitude 94.6 West. Katia is stationary […]

MV Butiraoi Sinks 50 Passengers Aboard in Gilbert Islands

January 28, 2018

The MV Butiraoi, a 55-foot wooden catamaran ferry, left Nonouti Island in the Gilbert Islands (see video below) for South Tarawa, Kiribati on Thursday, January 18, 2018 for a two day trip, with sea conditions “moderate […]

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 […]

El Dorado Cruise Ship For Sale Outside 3 February 4 2019

Florida Cruise Ship El Dorado New Life Beneath Dupont Bridge As Living Reef

February 11, 2019

Florida Cruise Ship El Dorado New Life Beneath Dupont Bridge As Living Reef (see video below) – On January 14, 2019, the Bay County Board of County Commissioners acquired Lee Ingram’s cruise ship El Dorado. Through negotiations with […]

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 […]

General Slocum Fire Second of Three Disasters Resulting in SOLAS

July 15, 2017

On Wednesday, June 15, 1904, the SS General Slocum fire was New York’s worst loss of life in the 20th century, when 1,021 passengers died during a fire at the dock in Manhattan, New York […]

SS Morro Castle Fire Monument

March 9, 2017

On the Asbury Park boardwalk located at 1300 Ocean Ave, Asbury Park, New Jersey, visitors will find the SS Morro Castle Monument. The monument is located less than an hour from Cape Liberty Cruise Port […]

Norwegian Escape Passenger James Insalaco Bermuda Marijuana Arrest

August 14, 2018

Norwegian Escape Passenger James Insalaco Bermuda Marijuana Arrest – On Wednesday, August 8 2018, a Norwegian Cruise Lines ship Norwegian Escape passenger was arrested at Heritage Wharf, Dockyard. James Insalaco, 24, admitted to bringing just over 20 […]

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