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What Happened to Fariba Amani Aboard the Bahamas Celebration Cruise Ship?
The family of a Canadian passenger who vanished during a cruise between the Bahamas and Florida last week continue to seek information about the disappearance.Fariba Amani, age 47, from Vancouver, was...
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Norovirus Hits Royal Caribbean's Independence of the Seas
A reader of Cruise Law News in the U.K. alerted me to an article in the Daily Echo that one of Royal Caribbean's cruise ships based in the U.K. has been hit with a break out of norovirus: "Thousands of...
View ArticleResponsibility of Ship Owners to Unarmed, Untrained Crewmembers Injured by...
The history of piracy is a long one, and piracy remains a threat in modern times. The potential for pirate attack may exist in any waters, but during the past decade it is Somali pirates along the east...
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New Jones Act Case From Fouth Circuit - Holloway v. Pagan River Dockside Seafood
New Jones Act case from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. While the Jones Act claim is what prompted this post, it is actually more of a civil procedure case that goes to the heart of federal court...
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New Limitation Case From Fifth Circuit - Eckstein Marine Service v. Jackson
Those pesky statutes of limitation. Usually such statutes operate to prevent plaintiff's untimely claims. But, in this case, the statute of limitation acted to preclude a defendant's limitation of...
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Ruby Princess Latest Cruise Ship to Battle Norovirus
Princess Cruises' Ruby Princess cruise ship experienced a norovirus outbreak with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reporting that 129 passengers 9 crewmembers suffered gastrointestinal illness.The...
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Chemical Tanker "Gelso M" Runs Aground Off Sicily - Video
Just two months after the Italian flagged Costa Concordia cruise ship struck rocks near the Italian island of Giglio, another Italian vessel has run aground off the coast of Sicily. The 500 foot Gelso...
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Coast Guard Medevacs 47 Year Old Passenger From NCL Jewel
Yesterday a U.S. Coast Guard rescue helicopter medevaced a 47 year old woman female off a cruise ship. The cruise ship was approximately 115 miles northeast of Cape Henry. The captain of the cruise...
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Was a Passenger Sexually Assaulted on the Carnival Victory?
Several people have informed us that Carnival is investigating an incident where a cruise passenger awoke on the Carnival Victory cruise ship in a crewmember's cabin with bruises and little...
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Miami Herald Continues to Publish Puff Pieces for Its Cruise Line Friends
Let me place my biases front and center.I am no fan of the Miami Herald. it's beholden to the cruise industry which pays it for cruise advertising ads. The Herald's "business" editor, Jane...
View ArticleAlaska Crewman Lost Overboard From Glacier Spirit
A crewman was washed overboard and presumed drowned from the 42-foot GLACIER SPIRIT on Friday. The accident happened near Sand Point, Alaska. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were...
View ArticleFishing Vessel Chevelle Crashes on Rocks at Newport
The fishing vessel CHEVELLE collided with the jetty near Newport, Oregon on Friday and is reportedly breaking up in heavy weather. One witness described crab pots shifting on the vessel after it took a...
View ArticleWarrenton F/V LADY CECILIA Lost Off Washington Coast – Four Crewmen Missing
Early Saturday morning an EPIRB signal set off a search for the Warrenton-based fishing vessel LADY CECILIA and its four member crew. Coast Guard helicopters located a debris field, oil slick, and life...
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Cruise Shipping Miami 2012 - Cruising is Safe, It Really Is, Trust Us
I am out of town with my family on Spring Break for a couple of days. This morning I was on my computer reading the Twitter feed for Cruise Shipping Miami 2012.As all of you know, the Cruise Shipping...
View ArticleColumbia River Bar Pilot Rescued After Fall Overboard From Ship
It was the middle of the night when Columbia River Bar Capt. Debbie Dempsey fell overboard just west of the Columbia River Bar on March 5th. Capt. Dempsey had guided a grain ship over the treacherous...
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Has the Cruise Industry Already Forgotten the Costa Concordia?
I have been out of town for the past week with my family on spring break vacation, returning last night to Miami. But I have been my usual self reading up on the latest cruise news.It seems that the...
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Silversea Silver Shadow Collides with Container Ship
CNN iReport contains a first hand account from a passenger describing a collision between Silversea Cruises' Silver Shadow cruise ship and what is being described as a Vietnamese container ship near...
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SCOTUS Decides Longshore Case - When is Claimant "Newly Awarded Compensation"?
Longshore Wonks - Take Heed. The Roberts v. Sea-Land case is hot off the press and the Supreme Court says, a claimant is "newly awarded compensation" when the claimant first becomes disabled and...
View ArticleWashington State Court Rules On Punitive Damages In Maintenance and Cure...
Beard Stacey & Jacobsen, LLP has established a landmark decision for an injured seaman before the Washington State Supreme Court. The ruling yesterday declares that there is no pre-established...
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What Happened to Disney Youth Counselor Rebecca Coriam on the Disney Wonder...
The following is a copy of a press release issued today regarding the disappearance of Rebecca Coriam:What Happened to Rebecca? One year ago tomorrow, twenty-four year old Rebecca Coriam disappeared...
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