A second man was arrested for the death of a 60-year-old British man on the MSC Virtousa during its May 3rd–5th voyage. The man was identified as a 56-year-old from Richmond, London. The man’s name was not released by authorities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report in October 2024 stating there were at least twelve Legionnaires’ disease occurrences on two cruise ships. Ten cases were serious enough that cruise passengers required hospitalization. The CDC did
The popular Crew Center blog published an article last week titled Smoke From First Cruise Ship of Alaska Season Alarms Juneau Residents. It mentioned that in mid-April, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL)’s cruise ship, Norwegian Bliss, sailed into Juneau, becoming
British police arrested one man, 57 years old, for the suspected murder of a 60-year-old man aboard the MSC Virtuosa. The MSC Virtuoso was on a two-day cruise sailing from Southampton, England.
The cruise was just two hours into its voyage when the incident
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued a press release described as a “cruise ship crack down” involving “child exploitation offenders during joint operation.”
The press release stated that the CBP’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport human trafficking unit collaborated with
Yesterday U.S. District Judge Julie R. Rubin sentenced Jalen Thomas Kelley, 22, of Abingdon, Maryland, to 20 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for raping a minor who was sailing with her family on a
A month ago, we last discussed gastrointestinal illness (GI) outbreaks on cruise ships when Cunard Line’s Queen Mary 2 and Seabourn Cruise Line’s Seabourn Encore both sickened 226 passengers and crew members. These two outbreaks brought the total number of CDC-reportable cruise ship-related
Luke M. Reid, Jeanne M. Grasso, and Holli B. Packer ● The North American Emissions Control Area (“ECA”), which has been in force well over a decade, is one of four existing ECAs around the world. Effective May 1, 2025, the
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