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Two died when cruise ship hit low bridge in Germany

Two ship officers aboard a Viking River Cruise ship lost their lives after the ship hit a low bridge on Main-Donau-Kanal in Erlangen last Sunday, September 11 at around 1:30 a.m. The Viking Freya was headed for Budapest when the incident occurred, according to gCaptain. In a statement, Viking River Cruises said: “We are heartbroken, and […]

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Cruise ship strikes two cruise ships in Boston

The United States Coast Guard reported that Boston Harbor Cruises’ cruise ship, Regency, struck two other cruise ships that belonged to the same company last Saturday, August 13. The ships were stationed at the Long Wharf pier when the accident occurred. According to the Coast Guard, the Regency was coming to port at Long Wharf […]

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Celebrity Summit returns to dock to unload injured passenger

Officials on board the Celebrity Sumnmit cruise ship decided to return to Bermuda on July 22 after a cruise ship passenger was injured. Pilot boat St. David assisted the cruise ship with retrieving the injured man by rendezvousing with Celebrity Summit around 9:30 p.m. in the waters off the east end. The pilot boat docked at Ordnance […]

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Cruise ship accident caused by fuel leak

On Saturday, July 16, a cruise ship owned by the Iquito, Peru-based Aqua Expeditions exploded on the port of Iquitos, causing the death of seven crewmen and injuring 13 other individuals. According to preliminary investigations, the tourist boat was being refueled near the banks of the River Itaya in the province of Loreto when the […]

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Carnival wants to oust lawyer after Facebook comments

Miami-based Carnival Corp. demanded the removal of Attorney David Singer from a personal injury lawsuit in the southern Florida district court. Carnival claims that Singer posted comments on Facebook to warn passengers of the “outrageously high temperatures” on the Carnival Sunshine ship, and that he published private information regarding a mediation session between his client and Carnival. Carnival said that Singer’s […]

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Woman falls from Carnival Liberty bound for Mexico for a four-day cruise

Doral, Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line has reported that 33-year-old Carnival Liberty passenger Samantha Broberg, who was on board a ship bound for Mexico for a four-day cruise from Galveston, went overboard on Friday, May 13. Broberg was initially reported missing by members of her traveling party. After reviewing video surveillance, Carnival determined that Broberg had […]

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Carnival cruise ship destroys walkway when docking

As it was docking in the Port of Baltimore yesterday, the Carnival Pride crashed into a walkway used by passengers to enter and exit the ship, according to WJZ. The walkway collapsed and fell onto three vehicles that were beneath it. Thankfully, no one was injured in the accident; the walkway was not being used […]

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Crew Member Killed in Elevator Accident on Carnival Cruise

A man who worked for Carnival Cruise as an electrician was killed in an elevator accident over the weekend. According to reports on KFOR.com, the electrician was working in the elevator shaft when the elevator descended. Carnival has not commented on the situation beyond stating that a crew member had died and that the company […]

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Celebrity Cruises Tortola excursion ends in two deaths, sixteen injuries

Two passengers of Miami, Florida-based Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Summit lost their lives while sixteen others sustained injuries, two of them critical, after the tour bus they were riding in crashed on Sunday, December 6 in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Reports noted that the excursion bus apparently lost control near Round Hill on the Cane Garden […]

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Virgin Cruises to debut three cruise ships at Port Miami

Newcomer to the cruise industry, the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced plans for the launch of three cruise ships based at Port Miami at the Perez Art Museum, according to the Miami Herald on June 23. The company had signed a letter of intent with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build trio of 110,000-ton ships which […]

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