A crew member of the cruise ship Emerald Princess passed away in an explosion of a nitrogen cylinder while the ship was at Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin, New Zealand. According to preliminary reports, the accident occurred in the afternoon during maintenance work on the hydraulic system for launching the tender boat. Local residents say that the explosion was so loud that it was heard 2 kilometers from the port.
The comedian Robbie Printz, won this year’s Entertainer of the Year award presented by Princess Cruises. Four entertainers enter the finals from the hundreds of talented performers— vocalists, comedians, magicians, and tribute bands—which entertain guests on Princess cruise ships each year. The selection process was by the guests who casted their ballot to select the winner. This year's competition brought a record-breaking passengers votes.
The Princes Cruise ship, Coral Princess arrived in Fort Lauderdale today with 152 passengers and 24 crew stricken with norovirus symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
All crew are on deck and work hard for the final preparations of the latest Princess cruise ship, Majestic Princess. The vessel specifically designed for the Chinese market will join the fleet later this week on March 31, 2017, with Captain Dino Sagani at the helm.
Thousands of crew and contractors were evacuated off the cruise ship Caribbean Princess on Friday due to a Bomb scare. The Princess cruise ship was in dry-dock in Grand Bahama Shipyard when the bomb alert was announced at 9:30 am and shortly after, at around 10 am the captain order all on board to abandon the vessel.
Three Princess Cruises crew members were arrested on Wednesday afternoon at the cruise terminal Canada Place in Vancouver. The police together with Canada Border Services Agency officers boarded the cruise ship Island Princess, and after searching the vessel arrested three crew members for possession of narcotics, reports CTV News.
A video was released today by two teenage boys who were planning a dangerous stunt on a cruise ship. Justice and Zach recorded a video in which they explain how one of them will jump from the railing of the upper deck into the ship's pool. As shown in the video the boys are waiting for the moment when there is no pool attendant and other crew near the pool area. Then the boy climbs on the railing and jumps into the pool full of people.
“With huge sadness and pain I’m notifying all Princess crew and friends that our dear friend and coworker Djordje Jankovic is dead...if anyone is interested in participating tomorrow on funeral it will be in his hometown Pale (Koran) at 15:00.” This was the sad message shared by Djordje's close friend and colleague.
Princess cruise ship Emerald Princess was diverted from its regular Alaskan voyage on Tuesday after a terrible tragedy on board. According to the news media, a woman was murdered by her husband after a domestic dispute. The victim is 39-year old Kristy Manzanares from Utah who together with her husband and three children was on a 7-day Alaska voyage on board Emerald Princess.
Princess Cruises vessel sailing through Southeast Alaska’s Inside Passage hit a whale that was lodged on the bow. The dead whale was removed after the cruise ship docked in Ketchikan on Wednesday morning, and towed to a nearby beach for Necropsy.
