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Cruise & maritime incidents
Groundings, collisions, medical evacuations and port disruptions affecting cruise ships and ferries worldwide.
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Carter Capner Law tracks cruise ship and ferry incidents worldwide to spotlight passenger safety issues. We act for passengers and crew injured at sea or in port.
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Fire
Fire Accident (Engine room fire) on the Stena Superfast VII ferry on 19th July 2023
On 19 July 2023, a fire broke out in the emergency generator room of the Stena Superfast VII, a passenger ferry operated by Stena Line, while the vessel was berthed at Victoria Terminal in Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland.
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Overboard
Crew / Passenger Injuries and Overboards on the Celebrity Infinity on 18th July 2023
On 18 July 2023, during a scheduled port stay in Corfu Island, Greece, a 48-year-old male crew member aboard the Celebrity Infinity required emergency medical attention and was disembarked for treatment.
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Overboard
Passenger Death (overboard) on Stena Superfast VIII ferry on 1st July 2023
On 1 July 2023, a male passenger fell overboard from the Stena Superfast VIII during an Ireland–Scotland voyage from Belfast to Cairnryan in Loch Ryan, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
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Overboard
Passenger Death (overboard) on Stena Spirit ferry on 27th June 2023
On 27 June 2023, a mother and her 7-year-old child went overboard from the Stena Spirit ferry midway across a Poland–Sweden crossing, approximately 100 kilometres from the Polish coast.
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Illness outbreak
Virus Outbreaks (Norovirus) on Viking Neptune on June 2023
In June 2023, the Viking Ocean cruise vessel Viking Neptune experienced an epidemic norovirus outbreak during a 14-day Transatlantic voyage from Reykjavik, Iceland to New York (Cape Liberty, Bayonne, NJ), departing 6 June and arriving 20 June.
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