The episode is emblematic of the selfie culture in which some people have died trying to get the ultimate photo. A photograph taken this week on a Caribbean cruise ship quickly gained widespread attention but it wasn’t of a pink-sand beach, a zip-lining adventure or an onboard skydiving simulator. It …
Norwegian Cruise Line, the world’s third-biggest cruise company, aims to switch its fleet to paper-based water cartons by 2020. When the Norwegian Encore, the newest ship from Norwegian Cruise Line, launches in November, it will carry no plastic water bottles to offer guests. The 4,000-passenger ship will instead carry Just Water, with a …
After the Category 5 hurricane, companies that often have a difficult relationship with the Bahamas have stepped in to help with relief. But is it enough to repair their image? At 76, disabled, with half the roof of her Grand Bahama home blown off and facing the prospect of months …
Large cruise ships are to be banned from entering Venice’s historic centre, the Italian government says. Ships weighing more than 1,000 tonnes will be rerouted away from certain waterways from September. The move follows an accident in June in which a ship collided with a dock, injuring five people. But …
With a bit of planning, you can take a cruise that fits your needs. Mary Arnold needs both knees replaced and has two new hips because of arthritis. The 58-year-old retiree from Los Angeles canwalk only a few steps and uses a scooter outside of her home. But she doesn’t let …
July 27 (UPI) — A cruise passenger dressed as a clown allegedly sparked a bloody mass brawl on the P&O Britannia early Friday morning, police said. Hampshire police arrested a couple from Essex, Britain, when the cruise ship docked in Southampton Saturday morning, The man, 43, and woman, 41, had been confined …
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in Venice to demand that cruise ships be kept out of the Italian city’s lagoon. The protest Saturday was galvanized by a crash six days earlier involving a cruise ship that struck a much smaller river boat in Venice’s Giudecca Canal. …
The cruise line giant Carnival Corporation and its Princess subsidiary have agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $20 million for environmental violations such as dumping plastic waste into the ocean. Princess Cruise Lines has already paid $40 million over other deliberate acts of pollution. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz …
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – A towering cruise ship collided with a dock and a tourist boat in Venice on Sunday, injuring four people and reigniting calls for large vessels to be banned from the lagoon city. MSC Cruises said the 2,679-passenger Opera, a 54-metre high and 275-metre long liner which …
See remote villages, private islands and the Blue Lagoon, made famous by the 1980 movie of the same name, on this four-day, small-ship cruise that sails through portions of Fiji larger ships cannot reach. Captain Cook Cruises’ itinerary includes the islands of Mamanuca and Northern Yasawa, with stops at the private island …
St. Lucia prevented passengers and crew members from getting off a cruise ship at its port this week after someone on the vessel was diagnosed with measles, according to a senior health official on the island. “We thought it prudent that we quarantine the ship,” Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, the Caribbean …
A cruise ship that was the focus of a daring rescue operation off Norway’s frigid North Sea coast became disabled because its engines didn’t have enough lubricating oil, the country’s top maritime official said Wednesday. Low oil levels were the “direct cause” of the engine failure that stranded the ship …