Posted on 17 September 2012. Tags: Allure of the Seas, Bahamas, Caribbean, Coast Guard, death at sea, drunken passengers, falling overboard, passenger overboard, Royal Caribbean, search, worlds largest cruise ship
U.S. Coast Guard crews are searching for a missing 21-year-old cruise ship passenger across some 320 square miles of the Atlantic Ocean Monday, authorities said. The woman, from Bartlett, Tennessee, reportedly fell overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the…
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Posted on 29 March 2012. Tags: capsize, Carnival Corporation, Costa Concordia, Costa Cruises, death at sea, Giglio, island, shipwreck, tragedy, views from the air
When the Costa Concordia capsized off the Italian island of Giglio on January 13 it forever changed the cruise industry. Not only has it changed the cruise industry, but it has changed the coastal views of the island from…
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Posted on 12 February 2012. Tags: Carnival Corporation, CLIA, Costa Cociere, Costa Concordia, Cruise Lines Intenational Association, death at sea, emergency drill, European Cruise Council, Giglio, Italy, lifeboat drill, Michael Crye, muster drill, Passenger Shipping Association, tragedy
Cruise lines are now required to conduct passenger safety drills before leaving port effective immediately. The new rule was announced by several cruise industry associations: Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), the largest cruise industry organization in North America, European…
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Posted on 26 February 2010. Tags: Carnival Corporation, Costa Cruises, Costa Europa, cruise accident, cruise ship deaths, death at sea, Egypt, high winds, pier collision, Sharm el-Sheik, Sinai Peninsula
Three crew members were killed when the Costa Europa slammed into the dock at Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, a Red Sea resort on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. The Europa was carrying 1,437 passengers as it collided with…
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Posted on 30 January 2009. Tags: Connecticut, cruise line settlement, death at sea, Geroge Smith, Jennifer Hagel Smith, missing cruise passenger, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
Wednesday a Connecticut probate judge granted a reporter’s request to unseal records of a hearing upholding a $1.1 million settlement between Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Jennifer Hagel Smith, the widow of George Smith, who disappeared while on a honeymoon cruise in July 2005. Read for more…
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