According to multiple reports, Costa Cruise’s Costa Fascinosa lost an engine during a powerful storm earlier this week while sailing between Venice and and the Greek Isles. Reports from multiple sources suggest that at the time of the incident, the Costa Fascinosa faced winds of up to 90 knots (103 mph), high waves, and a […]
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Following a minor oil leak from the main fixipod aboard Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas, the ship’s current itinerary has been modified to compensate for a reduced sailing speed and extended maintenance while docked in St. Kitts. A statement from Royal Caribbean, sent to Cruise Currents, reads: “Yesterday, as Adventure of the Seas was arriving […]
Earlier this week, passengers from the Carnival Triumph’s February 2013 sailing that lost power after suffering a small engine room fire filed a lawsuit against Carnival, claiming the cruise line knew of the dangers that lie ahead. The lawsuit claims that the Carnival Triumph should have never set sail from Galveston in February, as the […]
The Costa Voyager, Costa neoRiviera and Costa Classica will be entering dry dock at San Giorgio del Porto shipyard in Genoa this month for planned maintenance and refurbishments totaling more than US$13.5 million. The first Costa ship to enter the yard was the 48,200-ton Costa neoRiviera, from Nov. 5 through Nov. 12; the 24,400-ton Costa Voyager enters the yard today […]
2 scrapyard workers have been killed while attempting to right the Pacific Princess, which is currently listing at a scrapyard in Aliaga, Turkey. While under tow to the scrapyard, the former Love Boat took on water during a rough storm off the coast of Italy. The ship took on a considerable amount of water in […]
A problem with one of the Celebrity Millennium’s two propulsion motors caused the ship to show up in its disembarkation port, Seward, hours after her scheduled arrival time. The problem became apparent on the final day of a northbound Vancouver to Seward sailing. According to Celebrity, the problem with the propulsion system will need to […]
It is being reported that the Carnival Dream has suffered damage to her emergency generators while docked in St. Maarten. The ship apparently lost power to one of it’s emergency generators. This resulted in the loss of power to the elevators for a short period of time late last night. According to Carnival, the ship never lost […]