Passenger drowns on Caribbean Princess
By Jim Walker From Cruise Law News A passenger reportedly drowned on the Caribbean Princess during the last cruise, according to a crew member and a passenger who wish to remain anonymous. The man, believed to be in his 30’s, was found…
Princess Cays makeover
Princess Cruises completes makeover to Princess Cays The 40-acre retreat, in the Bahamas, is used exclusively by Princess guests By Caroline KayAssistant From Burton Mail UK Princess Cruises has given a new look to Princess Cays, a 40-acre retreat, in…
Princess Cruises continues Summer Caribbean Cruises in 2019
Departures from Ft. Lauderdale Open for Sale Dec. 14 NEWS PROVIDED BY Princess Cruises SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Dec. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Princess Cruises will continue offering summerCaribbean cruising from Florida in 2019, with family-friendly summer vacations, featuring the cruise…
Caribbean cruise line ordered to pay US$40 million for illegal dumping
CMC From Nation News Barbados MIAMI – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says a Caribbean cruise line has been ordered to pay a US$40 million penalty – the largest-ever for crimes involving deliberate vessel pollution – related to…
Caribbean Princess evacuated due to bomb alert
From Crew Center Thousands of crew and contractors were evacuated off the cruise ship Caribbean Princess on Friday due to a Bomb scare. The Princess cruise ship was in dry-dock in Grand Bahama Shipyard when the bomb alert was announced…
Carnival’s Princess Cruise Lines to pay record $40M penalty for deliberate pollution, cover-up
Reuters From New York Daily News WASHINGTON — Carnival Corp’s Princess Cruise Lines will plead guilty to seven felony charges of polluting the seas and trying to cover it up, and pay a record $40 million criminal penalty, the U.S….
Cruise lines leaving Houston high and dry as attention turns to Asia
By Tom Stieghorst From Travel Weekly The Port of Houston is losing both of its homeported ships next year, a victim of a growing focus by North American cruise lines on shifting deployments to Asia. Both Norwegian Cruise Line and…
Rough sailing when virus comes aboard
By Christopher Elliott, From Washington Post What’s worse than being stricken with a stomach bug on vacation? Maybe it’s being quarantined on a cruise ship with hundreds of other passengers suffering from the same illness. That’s what happened to Randy…
Troubled cruise line brochures we’d like to see
By Thomas Walton Blade Columnist It’s official: Ocean cruising is not necessarily good for your health. A year ago, an engine fire left Carnival Cruise Lines’ Triumph adrift without power for days. Air conditioning was knocked out, and for many…
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Passport will maintain Cayman identity Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin met with United Kingdom Passport officials while he was in London recently and has been given assurances that following repatriation to London of responsibility for the issuance of Overseas Territories passports,…