Coast Guard Begins Surprise Safety Inspections of Cruise Ships March 27, 2014 By Curt Anderson The Coast Guard has begun unannounced inspections of cruise ships at U.S. ports, targeting those with patterns of safety problems,...
Carnival Files Suit Against Alabama Ship Repair Firm June 19, 2013 The Carnival Corp. filed a lawsuit last week seeking more than $12 million in damage that its cruise ship, Triumph,...
Carnival Cruise Ships To Be Out of Service Longer Than Expected March 21, 2013 By David Fischer The Carnival Triumph, which was crippled by an engine fire in the Gulf of Mexico last month leaving 4,200 people...
Carnival Reviews Entire Fleet; Cruise Ship Industry Retains Rosy Outlook March 13, 2013 By Jane Sutton Carnival Corp. has launched a comprehensive review of its entire fleet after a fire crippled one of its ships last...
Carnival Cruise Ship Passengers Have Little Cause to Sue February 17, 2013 By Tom Hals After four days on a crippled cruise ship with overflowing toilets, stifling heat and hours-long waits for food, at least...
U.S. Lawsuits Target Carnival in Italy Cruise Crash September 13, 2012 By Curt Anderson Hundreds of passengers from the stricken Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia and up to 1,000 businesses on the island where...
Cruise Ship Industry Leaves Crash Victims Little Hope for Recovery February 21, 2012 By Tom Hals, Andrew Longstreth and Steve Stecklow When Walter Henry Alderfer learned last month about the Costa Concordia shipwreck off Italy, it brought back bad memories. In...
Lawyer Says Cruise Lawsuits Will Force Insurers to Demand Higher Standards February 9, 2012 By Philip Pullella Insurers stung by multi-million dollar claims over the Concordia shipwreck will demand higher safety standards from the cruise industry, a...
Concordia Disaster Could Cost Insurers $1 Billion January 19, 2012 By Scott Mayerowitz The capsizing of the Costa Concordia could not have come at a worse time for the cruise industry — right...
U.S. House Panel to Review Cruise Line Safety January 19, 2012 Responding to the still-unfolding disaster of a capsized Italian cruise ship, a U.S. congressional committee launched an investigation on Wednesday...