Cruise ship passenger safety in once again in focus following a man overboard incident on a Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. Samantha Broberg, 33, was reported missing at about noon Friday to crew members on board the Carnival Liberty. A search of the ship turned up empty, and crews later uncovered surveillance video to confirm that Broberg had fallen … [Read more...]
Child Drowns Aboard Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Ship
Feb 3 (Reuters) - A 4-year-old child died abroad a Norwegian Cruise Line ship off the coast of North Carolina on Monday after being found unresponsive on the pool deck, a coast guard official said. Two children, the 4-year-old and a 6-year-old, were discovered in the pool at about noon on Monday. Medical staff abroad the boat were able to revive the 6-year-old but the other … [Read more...]
Carnival to Triple Crew Training Capacity with New Facility
(Bloomberg) -- Carnival Corp., moving to improve safety following accidents that cost the world’s largest cruise operator tens of millions of dollars, will triple its crew- training capacity with a new facility in the Netherlands. The company agreed to buy land in Almere for the $50 million project, scheduled to open in 2016, according to Captain Hans Hederstrom, … [Read more...]
Carnival Corp. Names Navy Vice Admiral to New Chief Maritime Officer Position
Carnival Corporation (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest cruise company which has been struggling recently to overcome a long list of blemishes to its safety record, has been appointed a former U.S. Navy vice admiral to the newly created position of Chief Maritime Officer. Carnival made the announcement Thursday that it has appointed Vice Admiral William … [Read more...]
Petition to Install CCTVs on Ferries Gathers Momentum
Bob and Marianne Fearnside's son Richard disappeared one evening while traveling home this year on a P&O Cruises ferry. "He went on deck for a cigarette and never returned" the Fernside's wrote in a recent petition to P&O Cruises that the company install CCTV cameras on the decks of their ferries. As of today, this petition has gathered in excess of 50,000 … [Read more...]
Italy to Limit Large Cruise Ship Traffic In Venice
ROME, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Italy will immediately begin to limit large cruise ship traffic in the Venice lagoon and the biggest vessels - of more than 96,000 gross tonnes - will be banned from November of next year, the government said on Tuesday. Protests by Venice residents and environmentalists concerned about the damage caused by increasing cruise ship traffic to the … [Read more...]
Cruise Lines Release Shipboard Crime Data
Some of the world's biggest cruise lines have made good on their word and are now publishing shipboard crime statistics on their websites. According to the website Cruise Critic, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises are all now publishing information about alleged crimes on their ships dating back to the fourth … [Read more...]