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Cruise Lines Staying Prepared for Possible Pirate Attacks

CRUISE LINE & CRUISE SHIP  DONALD WOOD  MAY 02, 201922034 Custom built for the Chinese market, Spectrum of the Seas will be the largest and most expensive ship in Asia when she sails from Shanghai beginning in June...

Scientologists’ Cruise Ship Quarantined for Measles

File image courtesy Freewinds.org BY MAREX 2019-05-01 20:25:43 The Church of Scientology's cruise ship, the Freewinds, has been quarantined at the port of St. Lucia after the local government learned of a confirmed case of measles on board. 

Tourists scramble to avoid a wave caused by a glacier collapse

By Amanda Jackson, CNN Updated 1:46 AM ET, Tue April 2, 2019 (CNN) Tourists in Iceland were left fleeing to higher ground on Sunday as a large wave triggered by a glacier collapse came rushing their way.Stephan Mantler, a mountain guide...

Man Plummets to Deck From Cruise Ship Adventure Ride

“All I really remember is the hit and the noise and the fear” By Willard Shepard Published Mar 19, 2019 at 3:49 PM | Updated at 11:47 PM EDT on Mar 19, 2019 You name...

Several injured after Norwegian Escape cruise ship rocked by ‘sudden, extreme gust of wind’

A “sudden, extreme gust of wind, estimated at 100 knots.” blasted the Norwegian Escape cruise ship causing several injuries. Brett ClarksonContact ReporterSouth Florida Sun Sentinel Several people were injured after the Norwegian Escape...

Going on a cruise? Here’s what not to buy aboard ship.

By ROSEMARY MCCLURE FEB 21, 2019  Tips on what to avoid buying when you're on a cruise. (David Flaherty / For The Times) To some cruisers,...

Viral Video Shows Frantic Couple Missing Their Cruise Ship In The Bahamas

BY CALLUM PATON ON 2/19/19 AT 3:54 AMAdvertisement 0:29 A video showing a beleaguered couple missing their Caribbean cruise ship by a matter of minutes has gone viral online, generating thousands of...

US Touts Cruise Rules

by tradewindsnews.com The US Coast Guard says proposed security rules for the cruise sector would bring more uniform safety requirements across the industry with minimal costs. The agency released a report today explaining that, though 131 cruise ships and 137 terminals would be impacted by the proposed regulations, it...

A million more people expected to take cruise this year

By Arlene Satchell of Sun Sentinel Almost a million more people will embark on cruises this year compared with 2014, a trade group forecasts. Some 23 million consumers around the world will cruise in 2015 — with the majority sailing from North American ports, the Cruise Lines International Association reported Monday. That...