Fire

Splendor Fire Update[Wednesday AM]

With restrooms and a/c restored, passengers can sort of get back to normal. The cruise will still finish in Mexico as origionally planned. Also, check this out! The US Navy ha diverted the USS Ronald Reagan to assist the crippled…

Carnival Splendor Fire Update

Here is an update about yesterday’s fire onboard the Splendor. The crew were unable to get the power back up during the night and she will now be met by tugs and be towed back. They are planing on bringing…

BREAKING: Carnival Splendor Suffers Fire

Jim Walker of CruiseLaw.com is reporting that industry giant Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Splendor suffered an engine room fire this morning. The passengers that had boarded the 113,000grt vessel over the weekend were all told to go to the lido…

Another Update on the MS Deutschland

Friday: The Deutschland was the ship that caught Fire on Sunday while in Norway. No one was seriously injured, but it prompted the evacuation of the vessel. Check out the original post for photos and more detail. The ship was…

MS Deutschland Update (incl. Cancellations)

Tuesday Update As I reported yesterday, the MS Deutschland was towed from Eidfjorden to Bergen Norway for inspection of the damage. The analysis warrants the cancellation of her cruise that was supposed to leave today and sail Hamburg-Hamburg for a…

Fire on the MS Deutschland

UPDATE MONDAY: Just a quick update on the situation. The passengers spent last night at a local hotel having been unable to continue on their voyage. They will then be shuttled to Bergen or Oslo for flights back home. As…

Zenith Catches on Fire

Pullmantur’s Zenith suffered a fire while berthed in Stockholm, Sweden. The fire was minor but they haven’t been able to suppress the some from traveling through the corridors yet.  Fortunately no fatalities but several reports of people suffering from smoke…

Fire on Royal Princess

So I go to sleep and it was a slow day in the industry. I wake up to news that a cruise ship off of Egypt suffered a serious fire. Here is what I know so far: Princess Cruises Royal…