Cruise & maritime incidents

On 26 October 2025, the cruise ship MSC Splendida responded to a distress alert and rescued 19 people—including two small children aged three and four—from the water south of Mallorca after their overcrowded boat capsized in rough seas.

On 27 October 2025, a crew member from the Viking Star went overboard while the vessel was transiting between Crete and Sicily in the southern Aegean Sea.

On 22 October 2025, Norwegian Epic, a cruise vessel operated by Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), conducted a large-scale rescue operation in the Ionian Sea after responding to a distress call from the Hellenic Coast Guard.

An outbreak of norovirus occurred aboard the Oceania Cruises vessel Insignia during an 11-night voyage from Montreal to Boston in October 2025.

On 25 October 2025, an 80-year-old female passenger from the expedition cruise vessel Coral Adventurer, operated by Coral Expeditions, was found deceased on Lizard Island, approximately 320 km north of Cairns, Queensland.

On 21 October 2025, the MSC Preziosa, a large transatlantic cruise vessel operated by MSC Cruises, was unable to berth at Salvador de Bahia as scheduled due to severe weather conditions along Brazil's northeastern coastline.

On 9 October 2025, Italian authorities initiated an investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a female crew member aboard the Costa Cruises vessel Costa Favolosa while en route to Genoa, Italy.

On 8 October 2025, Algerian naval forces conducted an emergency medical evacuation of a 77-year-old British passenger from the Sky Princess while the ship was sailing in international waters approximately 35 nautical miles north of Cap de Fer, off Algeria's northeastern coast.