Cruise ship accidents
Cruise ship MSC Orchestra passes in the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy, early Thursday, June 3, 2021. Early risers in Venice woke Thursday to the sight of a cruise ship traveling down the Giudecca canal for the first time since the pandemic, despite pledges by subsequent Italian governments to reroute the huge vessels due to safety and environmental concerns. (JC Viens via AP)
1st cruise ship sails through Venice since start of pandemic

By Colleen Barry Jun. 03, 2021 09:51 AM EDT

This July 2019 photo provided by Miguel Gonzalez, shows Margrit and Lucio Gonzalez in Alaska. The Gonzalez family is suing Princess Cruises and owner Carnival Corp. for negligence and wrongful death — one of dozens of lawsuits by passengers and surviving relatives. Lucio Gonzalez died of coronavirus.“They put him on a ventilator for three weeks and two days, and after that he died,” his widow said. “I never saw him alive again.” (Miguel Gonzalez via AP)
Cruise ship passengers recall deaths, confusion, quarantine

By Olga R. Rodriguez Mar. 15, 2021 06:37 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 13, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Saturday, Feb. 13, the 44th day of 2021. There are 321 days left in the year. Today’s...

North Carolina Department Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen encourages North Carolinians to wear a face mask in public during a briefing on North Carolina's coronavirus pandemic response held at the North Carolina Emergency Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Raleigh, N.C. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)
The Latest: US extends ban on cruise ships through October

By The Associated Press Sep. 30, 2020 01:17 AM EDT

FILE - The cruise ship Rotterdam turns as it prepares to dock at Port Everglades, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the end September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday, July 16, 2020 that it was extending a no-sail order that had been scheduled to expire July 24. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
CDC extends US ban on cruise ships through September

Jul. 16, 2020 05:27 PM EDT

Report: 40,000 cruise ship workers still trapped at sea

Jun. 14, 2020 03:20 PM EDT
MIAMI (AP) — More than 40,000 cruise ship workers are still stuck at sea because of concerns about the coronavirus. The Miami Herald...

Flowers are placed near the Margit Bridge over the Danube river during a memorial ceremony for the victims, one year after the Mermaid boat accident, in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, May 29, 2020. Commemorations are taking place on the one year anniversary of the Danube River tragedy in which a sightseeing boat carrying mostly tourists from South Korea sank after a collision with a river cruise ship that killed at least 27 people. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungary commemorates victims of 2019 Danube boat catastrophe

By Pablo Gorondi May. 29, 2020 07:26 AM EDT

FILE- In this March 23, 2018 file photo, the Symphony of the Seas docks at Saint Nazaire port, France. The family of Pujiyoko, a cruise crew member who died after testing positive for COVID-19, has filed a lawsuit against Royal Caribbean Cruises saying the company failed to protect its employees. Pujiyoko worked in housekeeping on the Symphony of the Seas ship. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
Family of dead crew member with virus sues Royal Caribbean

By Adriana Gomez Licon May. 05, 2020 03:54 PM EDT

In this Feb. 5, 2020, photo, an ambulance carrying a passenger onboard cruise ship Diamond Princess arrives at a hospital in Yokohama, near Tokyo. Hospitals in Japan are increasingly turning away sick people in ambulances as the country braces for a surge in coronavirus infections. The Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and the Japanese Society for Emergency Medicine say emergency medicine has already collapsed with many hospitals refusing to treat people including those suffering strokes, heart attacks and external injuries. (Kyodo News via AP)(Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)
The Latest: Japan passes 10,000 domestic cases of COVID-19

By The Associated Press Apr. 18, 2020 01:51 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020, photo provided by the New South Wales Police, investigators in protective gear prepare to board the Ruby Princess cruise ship at Wollongong, Australia. Police boarded the cruise ship to seize evidence and question crew members after the vessel was linked to hundreds of COVID-19 cases and more than a dozen deaths across Australia. (Nathan Patterson/NSW Police via AP)
Ship at center of virus outbreak raided by Australian police

Apr. 09, 2020 02:30 AM EDT

Passengers look out from the Coral Princess cruise ship while docked in Miami, Monday, April 6, 2020. Authorities say 14 people have been taken to hospitals from the cruise ship that docked in Florida with coronavirus victims aboard and one of them has died at a hospital. Two fatalities were reported earlier aboard the Coral Princess. The Coral Princess had more than 1,000 passengers and nearly 900 crew members. It began disembarking fit passengers Sunday. Any with symptoms of COVID-19 or recovering were being kept on ship until medically cleared. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
US travelers wait days to leave cruise ship with virus cases

By Adriana Gomez Licon Apr. 06, 2020 05:08 PM EDT

The Coral Princess cruise ship arrives at PortMiami during the new coronavirus outbreak, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in Miami. According to Princess Cruises, disembarkation of guests is expected to take several days due to limited flight availability. Guests requiring shoreside medical care will be prioritized to disembark first. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Florida mayor: 1 more death tied to virus-stricken cruise

Apr. 05, 2020 11:17 PM EDT