Carnival released a statement this morning that Gerry Cahill will retire as the CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines at the end of next month. Mr. Cahill, age 63, has been with Carnival for 20 years. He joined Carnival Corporation in 1994
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It’s Murderous in the Bahamas: Homicides Expected to Exceed 2013 Rate
The headlines in the Nassau, Bahamas newspapers over the last 24 hours are ominous – Man Shot Dead in Home Invasion, Shot Dead Defending Parents and Fatal Shooting in Fox Hill. These murders take the number of…
Department of Transportation Creates Cruise Ship Information Site
In July of 2013, Senator Rockefeller introduced the Cruise Passenger Protection Act of 2013. The bill was designed to provide the Department of Transportation (DOT) with greater authority to protect consumers and investigate complaints of unsafe conditions and ill-treatment on…
Emergency Liferaft Deployed on Drunken Celebrity Solstice Cruise to Nowhere
This morning I received messages from readers of Cruise Law News indicating that a passenger deployed a liferaft from a canister during a three night “cruise to nowhere” sailing from Australia. One person on the ship said: “I have just…
Court of Appeal Upholds Incorporation of English Jurisdiction Clause from Charterparty into Bill of Lading
Caresse Navigation Ltd v Zurich Assurances Maroc & Ors [2014] EWCA Civ 1366
A cargo of coal was carried by the Respondent Owners from Rotterdam to Nador (Morocco). Whilst underway, emergency cooling measures were taken to prevent the cargo combusting which…
Princess Cruises Avoids West Africa Ports Because of Ebola
Princess Cruises announced that it is canceling port calls to West Africa because of the Ebola epidemic. The cruise line is avoiding Cotonou, Benin; Lome, Togo; Team, Ghana; and Dakar, Senegal. Princess had scheduled a 30-day West Africa Adventure cruise…
A Sick Ship? Adventure of the Seas Can’t Shake the Bug
Earlier this month, we were contacted by passengers aboard the Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas because of back-to-back norovirus outbreaks requiring “deep cleaning” of the cruise ship.You can read our article about the situation here. A number of…
Carnival and Royal Caribbean Threaten to Pull Out of Belize Due to Ebola Screening
7 News Belize reports that after Belize’s Ministry of Immigration announced new stringent measures for Ebola screening at the Belize Harbor, Carnival and Royal Caribbean “threatened to pull scheduled cruises fast and furious.”
In an article entitled Cruise Ships Balk…
The Predatory “Sweet Spot” – Bahamian Tourism Police Arrest U.S. Cruise Tourist for Pot Possession
Bahamas Weekly reports that last weekend the police in Nassau, Bahamas arrested a U.S. citizen for possession of marijuana. The report says that he was a 33 year old man from Jacksonville, Florida.
The Florida man was arrested for possession…
Carnival Magic Returns to Galveston – “#EbolaCruise” Scare Over?
This morning the Carnival Magic returned to the U.S. as the sun arose over the sleepy little town of Galveston.
The Texas Presbyterian Hospital worker who handled Ebola-infected Thomas Duncan samples disembarked the ship after attempts to fly her back…