A Cuban woman living in Malta says she was banned from returning to Cuba for five years after leaving her job on cruise ship and remaining abroad.

A passenger died after falling from a balcony onto a lower deck of the Norwegian Getaway during the final night of a short Bahamas cruise.

The cruise ship Costa Toscana donated surplus food to local charities during its call at the Port of Cagliari, Italy.

Around 80 kilograms of surplus food were unloaded from Costa Toscana at the Port of Cagliari and donated to organizations supporting people in need. The carefully packaged food will be used by the Caritas soup kitchen and Mensa del Viandante.

AIDAprima Entertainment Manager Benny Güttler has ended his current assignment earlier than planned after suffering a knee injury during a farewell show onboard.

Celebrity Ascent welcomed a familiar face to the bridge following a recent change of command aboard the ship.

Captain Tasos Kafetzis signed off after completing his latest rotation, handing command to his brother and fellow Celebrity Cruises captain, Dimitrios “Captain D” Kafetzis.

Federal authorities detained 11 cruise ship crew members in Boston during a multi-agency operation targeting individuals suspected of involvement with child sexual abuse material.

The crew members were taken into custody when two cruise ships, Holland America Line’s Volendam and Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Breakaway, arrived at the Port of Boston on August 15 and 16.

MSC Cruises has introduced stricter rules for crew members who choose to resign and leave a ship before completing their contract, according to an internal policy document shared with Crew Center.

The rules set out how much of the repatriation expenses a crew member must cover depending on how quickly they leave the ship after submitting their resignation.

Royal Caribbean Group has teamed up with Finland’s Aboa Mare Maritime Academy and Training Center, opening a new route for maritime students to gain hands-on experience aboard cruise ships.

Under the new cooperation, Aboa Mare engineering students will be able to apply for Royal Caribbean’s cadet programme and complete part of their supervised onboard training aboard the company’s international cruise vessels.

Princess Cruises is changing the way mandatory deductions and salary allotments are processed for Filipino crew members, with the new system set to take effect with the September 2026 payroll.