Cruise Safety

Cruise Lines Race to React to Coronavirus

January 22, 2020 Shared from Cruise Industry News The early 2000s and the SARS virus sent Asia-Pacific operators scrambling to move ships, and the same may be about to play out as a number of brands...

Woman Dies After Falling From Hurtigruten Ship In Norway

David Nike Senior Contributor One of the fleet of Hurtigruten coastal cruise ships operating along the Norwegian coastline.GETTY A woman who fell from the...

Shaquille O’Neal Stars in New Carnival Safety Video

October 16, 2019 Cruise Industry News Carnival Cruise Line is debuting a new safety briefing video that outlines its onboard safety regulations staring the line’s Chief Fun Officer Shaquille O’Neal. Produced with the important goals of getting and keeping guests’ attention and...

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....