comments feedBy 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 in the bottom of the Neptune pool on deck 15 of the Caribbean Princess around 5:00 a.m. […]
Princess Cays makeover
February 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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 the Bahamas, which is used exclusively by Princess guests. The enhancements include: Refitted beach bungalows […]
Princess Cruises continues Summer Caribbean Cruises in 2019
December 6, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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 line’s popular seven-day Eastern Caribbean and seven-day Western Caribbean itineraries. The May through July 2019 […]
Caribbean cruise line ordered to pay US$40 million for illegal dumping
April 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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 illegal dumping overboard of oil contaminated waste and falsification of official logs in order to […]
Caribbean Princess evacuated due to bomb alert
April 3, 2017 by Leave a Comment
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 at 9:30 am and shortly after, at around 10 am the captain order all on […]
Carnival’s Princess Cruise Lines to pay record $40M penalty for deliberate pollution, cover-up
December 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
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. Justice Department said on Thursday. The charges against Carnival’s Santa Clarita, California-based unit stem from […]
Cruise lines leaving Houston high and dry as attention turns to Asia
August 27, 2015 by Leave a Comment
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 Princess Cruises have announced 2016 schedules that do not include a ship sailing from Houston, […]
Rough sailing when virus comes aboard
March 31, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 Fulp when he sailed to Mexico with a group of friends on the Caribbean Princess […]
Troubled cruise line brochures we’d like to see
March 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 passengers, so were working toilets. Off the coast of Italy, they’re still trying to haul […]
iNews Briefs
February 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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, those issued to Cayman Islands residents will continue to bear the country’s name. Too, the […]
