Celebrity Cruises

Cruise Lines Trying To Save Money — Not Lives

by Spencer Aronfeld of huffingtonpost.com It appears that most cruise lines do not want to spend the money needed to protect young passengers from drowning in their pools. If it is not that they are trying to save money, I cannot understand the reason why they continually...

Celebrity Ship Crashes Into Pier in Alaska

by Gene Sloan of USA Today A Celebrity Cruises ship on Friday smashed into a pier in Ketchikan, Alaska, causing millions of dollars in damage. Video of the accident posted online shows the port side of the 2,170-passenger Celebrity Infinity forcefully hitting the pier, which then breaks apart and crashes into the water. The Infinity suffered...

Seven Cruise Lines Violate Air Standards

by maritime-executive.com The Alaskan Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has penalized seven major cruise lines for emissions violations since 2010. The violations were revealed in Norwegian Cruise Line’s quarterly Security and Exchange Commission filing. Carnival, Holland America Line, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Silversea Cruises are the other six cruise...

Is Your Port of Call Safe?

In the March 18, 2015 terrorist attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunisia, more than 20 foreign tourists were killed and more than 50 more were injured. At the time of the attack, more than 200 tourists were in the area, most from the cruise ships MSC Splendida and the Costa...

Two Cruise Ships Cancel Calls to Puerto Vallarta

by THERESA NORTON MASEK of travelpulse.com Celebrity Cruises’ Infinity canceled a May 10 call at Puerto Vallarta and Royal Caribbean International’s Jewel of the Seas will do the same on May 12 after reports of violence between drug gangs and local authorities. Their parent company, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., said...