Cruise Ship Accidents

Earlier this week Carnival Cruise Line announced that the most recent voyage of the Carnival Vista cruise ship would arrive to port a day later than planned due to a mechanical issue. Now, the company is announcing that the issue will also affect the ship’s next planned sailing.

The itinerary of a Carnival cruise ship has been altered after the ship reportedly suffered from a mechanical engine issue which affected its maximum speed.

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On our Youtube.com page we have a video about why cruise injury victims should not represent themselves in court. This should be relatively clear in light of the fact that cruise companies have high priced lawyers on their side,…

A lawsuit claims that a cruise ship passenger was prevented from leaving the ship for medical treatment while he was having a heart attack, ultimately costing the man his life. 

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A Texas woman is suing a cruise line after she allegedly slipped and fell in one of the ship’s casinos and suffered severe injury.

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A cruise ship passenger is presumed dead after falling from the ship on which she was traveling over the weekend.

The 63-year-old Korean woman was traveling between Cannes, Frances, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain when she fell from the Norwegian Epic cruise ship. 

The hits just keep coming for the cruise industry. In the previous two weeks there have been no fewer than two cruise related collisions resulting in injury and death. Now, a cruise ship passengers has fallen overboard from a cruise ship, and is currently presumed lost at sea.

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On Saturday, Residents of Venice, Italy continued their long-running call for a cessation or reduction of cruise activity in the city’s waters, taking to the streets by the thousands to raise their voice against the companies.

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The official death toll from last week’s river cruise boat crash in Budapest, Hungary has risen from 7 to 17, as news outlets report that the ship’s captain was involved in a different crash earlier this year.

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For years, the citizens of Venice, Italy have been calling for a dramatic reduction, or outright cessation, of major cruise ships calling on the city. They cite the cruise ships’ air, maritime, and visual pollution, as well as the throngs of visitors that the ships bring to the city, as the…