Cruise & maritime incidents

On 22 November 2025, Philippine authorities arrested a 54-year-old Taiwanese national aboard Star Cruises' Star Navigator at the Port of Currimao, Ilocos Norte, after the vessel arrived inbound from Kaohsiung.

On 8 November 2025, a large coastal surge struck the seafront promenade at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, sweeping multiple people into the water.

Nicko Cruises has announced a significant itinerary revision for its 175-night world voyage aboard Vasco da Gama, which departed Hamburg on 7 November 2025.

On 7 November 2025, Cunard Line's flagship RMS Queen Mary 2 departed Southampton on a scheduled 12-day Norway and Northern Lights voyage with one of its four Mermaid propulsion pods not functioning as intended.

On 10 November 2025, the 12-meter excursion catamaran Boca de Yuma, carrying 55 cruise passengers from the Mein Schiff 1, suffered internal hull damage and sank in Samaná Bay, Dominican Republic.

On 8 November 2025, an 18-year-old female passenger died aboard the Carnival Horizon during a 6-night Caribbean cruise operated by Carnival Cruise Line.

On 30 October 2025, the river cruise vessel Viking Lif, operated by Viking River Cruises, ran aground on the Danube River near Garla Mare in Mehedinti County, Romania, close to the tri-border region of Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia.

On 26 October 2025, a Filipino crew member died in a workplace accident aboard P&O Cruises' Arvia while the vessel was underway in the Bay of Biscay during a 14-day Transatlantic repositioning cruise from Southampton to Bridgetown, Barbados.