Carnival, Tourism Industry, Insurers Tally Cost of Cruise Ship Accident
The cruise ship industry faces an uphill task to restore confidence among customers spooked by images of the stricken Costa Concordia flipped on its side in Italian waters on Monday and could suffer a...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Recovering From Italy Ship Ordeal
Four New Yorkers are safe following their evacuation from the cruise ship that ran aground in Italy. Joan, Brian and Alana Aho of Duanesburg, N.Y., made it off the ship during last Friday’s emergency....
View ArticleU.S. House Panel to Review Cruise Line Safety
Responding to the still-unfolding disaster of a capsized Italian cruise ship, a U.S. congressional committee launched an investigation on Wednesday of industry safety practices and planned a hearing...
View ArticleShip Disaster Unlikely to Prompt Quick Safety Changes
The cruise ship disaster off Italy’s coast is drawing fresh scrutiny to the gaps in international safety rules and standards – yet there may be little appetite among the world’s major shipping nations...
View ArticleHannover Re Expects Major Loss from Costa Concordia Capsize
German reinsurer Hannover Re AG says it expects the fatal capsizing of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to cost it tens of millions of euros (dollars).Hannover Re said it expects losses of some (euro)...
View ArticleCosta Cruises Offers Settlements to Passengers
Costa Cruises has offered to pay 11,000 euros ($14,500) in compensation to each of the more than 3,000 passengers aboard the ship that capsized near the island of Giglio two weeks ago, Italian consumer...
View ArticleLawyers Jump Into Cruise Ship Disaster Cases
Soon after Mitchell Proner, a New York personal-injury lawyer, heard about the capsizing of the Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, he sprang into action. Proner, who specializes in...
View ArticleCruise Ship Industry Leaves Crash Victims Little Hope for Recovery
When Walter Henry Alderfer learned last month about the Costa Concordia shipwreck off Italy, it brought back bad memories. In April 2007, he, his wife and his daughter were aboard the Sea Diamond...
View ArticleFour More Bodies Found on Italian Costa Concordia Cruise Liner
Salvage workers have found four more bodies in the submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner, bringing the confirmed number of dead to 21 on the ship that ran aground and capsized off the Italian coast...
View ArticleU.S. Lawsuits Target Carnival in Italy Cruise Crash
Hundreds of passengers from the stricken Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia and up to 1,000 businesses on the island where it ran aground are pressing ahead with lawsuits in the U.S. against...
View ArticleCruise Ship Crash Captain Hears Evidence in Packed Italian Court
The captain of the cruise ship that crashed into an Italian reef appeared in court this week to hear the evidence against him, while hundreds of passengers who survived the deadly shipwreck and the...
View ArticleCarnival Cruise Ship Passengers Have Little Cause to Sue
After four days on a crippled cruise ship with overflowing toilets, stifling heat and hours-long waits for food, at least one passenger from the Carnival Triumph is seeking legal revenge. But lawyers...
View ArticleTravel Industry Unfazed by Latest Carnival Cruise Ship Saga
Global cruise giant Carnival Corp. found itself in deep doo-doo this week, due to alarming reports about an engine room fire that left one of its jam-packed U.S. passenger ships adrift and awash in raw...
View ArticleCrews Secure Cruise Ship That Tore Loose in Alabama
The crippled cruise ship whose sewage-filled breakdown in the Gulf of Mexico subjected thousands to horrendous conditions tore loose Wednesday from the dock where it’s being repaired, lumbered...
View ArticleUkrainian Cruise Ship Captain Involved in Recent Collisions in Hungary,...
The Ukrainian captain of the cruise ship involved in last week’s deadly collision with a sightseeing boat on the Danube River was also involved in a crash in the Netherlands on April 1, Budapest’s...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean Cruises Faces Potential Liability for New Zealand Volcano Deaths
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s potential liability for a deadly excursion to a volcanic island in New Zealand could hinge on whether the eruption was an unforeseeable “act of God,” according to...
View ArticleCarnival CEO Says Company Followed Safety Protocols in Outbreaks on 2 Cruise...
Carnival Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arnold Donald defended the company’s safety record on Thursday, telling reporters in a media call that Carnival followed protocols from international authorities...
View ArticleCruise Ship Passengers Seeking COVID-19 Class Action Suits Face Uphill Legal...
After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic to get off the ship, they wrote a note to the captain. The Costa Luminosa...
View ArticleHow Cruise Ticket Legal Language May Foil Class Action Suits
After two passengers on their luxury cruise tested positive for Covid-19 in March, Emilio and Barbara Hernandez were so frantic to get off the ship, they wrote a note to the captain. The Costa Luminosa...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean Suspends Most Cruises Through Year End as COVID Cases Rise...
Cruise operator Royal Caribbean Group said on Monday it would stop all its cruises, excluding sailings from Singapore, through the end of the year, extending previous suspensions as coronavirus...
View ArticleNorwegian Cruise Ship Operator SeaDream Cancels All Sailings After Virus...
Norwegian-owned cruise ship operator SeaDream Yacht Club has canceled all sailing for the remainder of 2020 after positive COVID-19 test results onboard one of its cruises, it said on Tuesday, dealing...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean Cruise Cut Short When Passenger Tests Positive for COVID-19
SINGAPORE – An elderly passenger on board a Royal Caribbean “cruise to nowhere” has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, prompting the voyage to be cut short as the vessel returned to Singapore on...
View ArticleP&O Cruise Ship Crashes Into Oil Tanker, Injuring Passengers
A P&O cruise ship with thousands of passengers on board collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Palma de Mallorca in Spain on Sunday, injuring a small number of people. Videos posted to social...
View ArticleHundreds of P&O Cruise Passengers Flown Home After Tanker Crash
Hundreds of passengers on a P&O cruise ship that crashed into an oil tanker during a storm in Spain have been flown home. The flagship Britannia departed the Mediterranean island of Palma de...
View ArticleTwo Crew Members on Florida-based Cruise Line Die in Ship’s Engineering Space
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Two crew members on a Holland America cruise ship died during an “incident” in the ship’s engineering space, the cruise line said. The unidentified crew members died Friday...
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