Cruise Safety

Cuba travel ban goes into effect: 800,000 cruise passengers impacted

Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY and Associated PressPublished 12:45 p.m. ET June 4, 2019 | Updated 9:10 a.m. ET June 6, 2019 President Donald Trump and his administration announced it will be imposing restrictions for Americans traveling to Cuba.  WASHINGTON – The Trump...

Expedition Ship Newbuilding Rush Could Risk Safety

Expedition Ship Newbuilding Rush Could Risk Safety file photo of Svalbard BY MAREX 2018-02-28 21:33:04 Booming demand for expedition ships should not mean that good and safe shipbuilding practices for passenger vessels are compromised, leading naval architecture...

ZKTeco to Display the latest in Cruise Ship Security

ZKTeco to Display the Latest in Cruise Ship Security February 16, 2018 I Marine Link Biometric and RFID security solutions provider ZKTeco said it will showcase its latest developments in cruise ship security technology at Seatrade Cruise Global at the Broward County Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., from...

A Security Concern On Europe’s Rivers

A security concern on Europe's rivers By Richard Turen / November 30, 2017 -- I w

TSA Fails 80 Percent of Homeland Security Tests

TSA Fails 80 Percent of Homeland Security Tests  DONALD WOOD  NOVEMBER 09, 2017 PHOTO: TSA security checkpoint. (photo via Flickr/Ben Popken) The Transportation Security Administration is under heavy scrutiny after officers working at airports across the United...

The World’s Most Dangerous Cruise Ports

By Hristina Byrnes of foxnews.com Cruise passengers are just like other tourists-- with the exception of their arrival style. Hiding on a humungous ships as it sails into port on publicly available schedules is impossible. Large groups of people, completely unfamiliar with the area, are on the ground in a...

Crew Member on Royal Caribbean Threatens Suicide, Brought to Safety

by Chabeli Herrera, Monique Madan & Alex Harris of miamiherald.com A crew member on Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas attempted to commit suicide Saturday morning at Port Everglades, according to a Royal Caribbean spokeswoman. The man, in his late 30s, threatened to jump overboard at about 10 a.m....

U.S. Embassy issues alert for Bahamas after sexual assaults

by travelweekly.com A crime warning issued Tuesday by the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas has singled out operators of personal watercraft or jet skis. The embassy issued the alert following the sexual assault of a U.S. citizen by a man on one of the watercraft on Cabbage Beach. The Royal...

Cruise Ship Terrorism: “The Elephant in the Room” for 2015

by Jim Walker of cruiselawnews.com We are just a few hours before placing 2015 is in our rear view mirror as we start upon a fresh New Year. So what are the memories which come to mind when we think of taking a cruise in 2015?  And what...

More Mega Cruise Ships On The Way

by Spencer Aronfeld of huffingtonpost.com The race to sail the largest mega cruise ships is heating up among the world's cruise ship companies. Carnival announced its newly ordered ships will hold nearly 7,000 passengers each, making them literally floating cities. This seems consistent with CEO Arnold...