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Man Overboard from Star Cruises MV Super Star Libra
A newspaper in Malaysia is reporting that the body of a man who fell overboard from the Star Cruises MV Super Star Libra was found last night. The body of Mulianto Raik, age 50, an Indonesian, was...
View ArticlePart 2: Cruise Critic Picks Viking Star As Best New Cruise Ship?
A number of people contacted me after I wrote about the editors at Cruise Critic picking the Viking Star (Viking’s first ocean-going cruise ship) as the "Best New Cruise Ship" for 2015. Cruise...
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Passenger Overboard From SuperStar Gemini
Newspapers in India are reporting that a thirty year old male Indian passenger disappeared in the Strait of Malacca from the SuperStar Gemini operated by Star Cruises. Rajkumar Agarwal, from Calcutta,...
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Azipod Failure on Norwegian Star
Passengers aboard NCL’s Norwegian Star are telling me that the ship’s azipod system has failed. The cruise ship is skipping Miami today and is heading for Tampa one day early. One passenger said that...
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Cruise Operators Continue to Hide Behind the Death on the High Seas Act
One of the very first articles I wrote when I started this blog almost eight years ago was about the Death on the High Seas Act. "DOHSA," as it is commonly called, is one of the cruelest and most...
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Norwegian Star Returns to Miami After Medical Emergency
Several passengers onboard the Norwegian Star state that the NCL cruise ship is returning to Miami a day early due to a medical emergency. One passenger on the ship writes: "The Norwegian Star is...
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Passenger Goes Overboard from Greek Ferry
A young man went overboard from a passenger ship in the port of Piraeus four days ago, according to the Safety4Sea publication. During the evening of May 23, 2018, the passenger went overboard from the...
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Man Overboard From Norwegian Star
A person has gone overboard from the Norwegian Star cruise ship, according to a passenger on the Norwegian cruise ship who contacted me this morning. The Norwegian Star was returning to Venice, Italy...
View ArticleMother of NCL Cruise Executive Calls Overboard Guest “Stupid”
According to The Telegraph newspaper, NCL cruise executive Andy Stuart’s 83-year-old mother told the newspaper that Norwegian Star cruise guest Kay Longstaff, who went overboard as the cruise ship was...
View ArticleCoast Guard Medevacs Cruise Passenger From Norwegian Star
The United States Coast Guard medevaced a passenger from a NCL cruise ship yesterday off of Southern California. The Norwegian Star requested assistance on Thursday morning from the Coast Guard after a...
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