Carnival’s cruise operation in Australia found itself in the spotlight last week after the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) rolled out a headline-grabbing claim:
Workers earning as little as $2.50 an hour, stuck with “precarious contracts,” “cramped living conditions,” and “poor quality food and water,” plus a long list of other onboard horrors.
The luxury expedition cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II ran into trouble in the Ross Sea in Antarctica after becoming trapped in thick pack ice. The vessel was about eight nautical miles from the McMurdo area when requested assistance by the U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star.
Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas is making a slow return to Australia after experiencing a technical issue that impacted the ship’s speed during a cruise to New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Alpine unveiled the look of its 2026 Formula 1 A526, during a launch event held onboard the cruise ship MSC World Europa off the Catalan coast near Barcelona, marking what the team is calling the start of a new chapter, including the switch to Mercedes power.
More than two years after the death of Gessica Disertore, a 27-year-old pastry chef from Italy working onboard Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Fantasy, Italian authorities are moving toward closing the case with a suicide conclusion, a decision her family continues to contest.
Meyer Turku has officially started building Royal Caribbean International’s fifth Icon-class cruise ship, Icon 5. With the project now underway, the new mega-ship is slated for delivery in summer 2028.
Princess Cruises is reshuffling its shoreside leadership structure and creating a new department designed to tighten control over the guest experience and onboard revenue.
A crew member has reached out to Crew Center to report a deeply troubling incident that allegedly happened onboard Margaritaville at Sea Islander on December 23, leaving two crew members dead and three injured. The crew member said the incident took place in the grey water tank while the crew was carrying out their assigned duties. This sort of tank in order to be open, requires a series of procedures due to its gas release including H2S, a highly toxic gas.
Code Oscar was sounded on the Windstar cruise ship Star Breeze after a passenger was reported overboard while the vessel was sailing off the coast of the Marquesas Islands in in French Polynesia. The incident happened during a 14-day Tahiti voyage, and local media reports say the passenger went overboard after an argument with his wife.
A former senior HR manager at P&O Cruises is asking for around £9.7 million in compensation, claiming a fall on the company’s cruise ship Britannia left her unable to work again.
