Articles in Channel: Admiralty & Maritime Law

Caribbean Cruise Line Lies and Steals?

September 02, 2010 00:13

A television station in Louisville, Kentucky reported on an interesting story today entitled "Woman Claims Cruise Company Promising Free Cruise Lied, Stole." Amy Zetina, a hard working mother of three in Kentucky, responded to an ad which offered a "free...

Another Carnival Crew Member Busted for Child Porn

September 01, 2010 01:11

The Chronicle Herald in Canada reports today that a crew member on a Carnival cruise ship which that visited Halifax was arrested and charged with smuggling child pornography into Canada. The newspaper indicates that 26-year-old crew member Nyoman Putra, an Indonesian working as an...

Avoid Depression and Heart Disease - Take A Royal Caribbean Cruise?

August 31, 2010 14:59

Two months ago I commented on the absurd press releases issued by Royal Caribbean Cruises in an article "Royal Caribbean Press Statements And Other Gobbledygook." Well here we go again! Yesterday Royal Caribbean released a PR statement entitled "Over-Worked Americans Give Up an...

More Cruise Ship Violence - A Drunken Brawl On Carnival's Dream

August 31, 2010 12:16

Last year I wrote a blog entitled "Cruise Ship Brawls - A Problem that Will Get Bigger with Bigger Ships" addressing the increasing violence on cruise ships.  I posted the following comments and questions:  "Complicating matters is the huge amount of alcohol which the...

Passenger With Meningococcal Disease Rescued From P&O Cruises' Pacific Sun Cruise Ship

August 30, 2010 23:27

A "Careflight Rescue" helicopter winched a 48 year-old passenger with a suspected case of the potentially fatal meningococcal disease from a cruise ship off the south-east  coast of Australia.  Several news have reported the incident; however, no one disclosed the...

#MaritimeMonday - Top 20 Maritime Twitters

August 30, 2010 09:46

Today, I'm recommending a list of my favorite maritime web sites and blogs.  Each Monday, I'll shout out my recommendations for other interesting maritime Twitters using the hashtag #MaritimeMonday.   There are other top maritime Twitter lists based on the number of...

Clipper Adventurer Cruise Ship Runs Aground in the Arctic

August 29, 2010 18:21

Canada's National Post reports that a cruise ship has run aground in the Arctic.  The newspaper reports that the Clipper Adventurer, operated by Adventure Canada and carrying around  200 passengers and crew, ran aground Friday evening  in "three meters of water." The...

California Ban On Cruise Dumping To Be Enforced

August 24, 2010 12:13

The San Jose Mercury News reports that the Obama administration will enforce a California law designed to prohibit cruise ships from dumping any kind of sewage -- even highly filtered wastewater -- along California's coast out to three miles from shore. California will now have among the...

Seven Clauses To Be Aware Of In Your Cruise Contract

August 24, 2010 06:36

MSNBC published an article yesterday about cruise passenger tickets entilted "Seven Clauses to Be Aware Of In Your Cruise Contract."  There is a lot of "fine print' designed to take away or limit passenger rights drafted in the ticket by the cruise...

Jones Act Repeal Would Hurt Jacksonville Shipping Companies

August 21, 2010 18:37

Sen. John McCain’s proposed repeal of an 80-year-old maritime law could, if passed, shake up Jacksonville’s most entrenched trade lane and endanger three hometown shipping companies dependent on it. McCain, R-Ariz., argues that requiring all goods shipped between the nation’s ports to be trans...