Cruise ship News

La Palma - A Thomson Cruises liner had arrived in La Palma in the Canary Islands for a stopover en route to Funchal in Madeira. 3 hours later, an emergency exercise killed 5 and injured 3 as a lifeboat fell more than 20 meters down into the water.

Saint-nazaire - STX Europe shipyards, at Saint Nazaire on France’s Atlantic coast, and leading cruise company, Miami based Royal Caribbean Cruises, recently signed an agreement which will see the world’s largest cruise ship being built at the French shipyard.

Orlando - A cruise ship, The Royal Caribbean Monarch of the Seas, that departed from Florida's Port Canaveral, on a cruise for the Bahamas, was forced to turn back after a 14-month old toddler was severely injured in a fall from the ship's balcony.

A luxury cruise ship bound for Malaysia which caught fire in the sea of southern Philippines Friday has reached a Malaysian port with passengers and crewmen all accounted for and safe

On April 14, 2012 the sea port of Saint Nazaire in western France will mark the 150th anniversary of the creation of the first regular steamship service between France and the Americas.

Victoria - Indian Ocean (Nearing Seychelles) - A small (295-foot) French fishing ship is currently towing the disabled Costa Allegra Cruise ship towards the island of Seychelles (population 86,000,) and not expected to arrive until Thursday.

The sinking of a massive cruise liner and deaths of some 34 passengers and crew - and other costs such as clean-up and bad press - is proving to be enough of a disaster to sink a cruise company in loss of profits.

The owners of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia want to do everything possible to help the survivors heal from this tragedy, and are offering 30 percent off future cruises, according to some reports, but the the company denies the claim.

With the elements of nature seemingly indifferent to the chaos in its midst, turbulent conditions slide the partially sunken wreckage into deeper waters. The rescue mission resumed on the Costa Concordia after a brief hiatus.

A Dutch salvage company is on scene at the Italian island of Giglio of the Tuscan coast, ready to pump out more than 2,300 tonnes of heavy fuel and 200 tonnes of diesel oil.