Cruise & maritime incidents

On 22 October 2023, a male crew member went missing from the cruise ship AIDAperla while the vessel was navigating off the coast of Kent, England, near Ramsgate.

On 3 October 2023, an 8-year-old boy fell into the water while disembarking a cruise ship at the port of Salerno, Italy.

On 14 September 2023, Italian police arrested a 56-year-old male passenger aboard the cruise vessel Costa Smeralda (Costa Cruises) approximately 5 kilometres off Palermo, Sicily.

On 5 September 2023, a tragic overboard incident occurred as the cruise vessel Blue Horizon was departing from Port Piraeus (Athens), Greece.

On 14 September 2023, an event unfolded aboard the cruise ship Costa Smeralda that led to the arrest and subsequent disembarkation of a 56-year-old male passenger, Matteo Romano.

On 27 August 2023, the cruise ship Britannia broke its mooring lines due to severe weather conditions while berthed in Port Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

On 18 August 2023, a 40-year-old Filipino crew member fell overboard from the Viking Mars while the vessel was docked at Saltburn Pier in Port Cromarty Firth, Invergordon, Scotland.

On 8 August 2023, the Pont Aven, a scheduled cruise ferry operated by Brittany Ferries, was diverted from its Plymouth, England destination to Port Brest, France as a precautionary measure following an outbreak of food poisoning symptoms among crew members.