News broke yesterday of a horrific physical and sexual assault of a female passenger by a crewmember aboard Holland America’s cruise vessel Nieuw Amsterdam. The altercation allegedly began because the 31-year-old passenger offended the crewmember when he delivered breakfast to her room. The crewmember allegedly knocked three times before the…
The three largest cruise lines based in the United States, Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line, began posting data related to shipboard crime earlier this month. The decision to post the data was announced last month and data was posted on August 1. Disney Cruise Line followed suit…
By: Richard J. Davies, Kraft Davies Olsson PLLC, Seattle, Washington When Does The 2002 Protocol Go Into Effect? Under Article 20, the 2002 Protocol will go into effect 12 months after 10 member states have ratified it. On April 23, 2013, Belgium became the 10th member state to ratify the…
Earlier this month, prosecutors in Italy rejected a plea bargain offer from Frencesco Schettino, the captain of the Carnival cruise vessel Costa Concordia at the time it hit a reef and capsized. Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship while many of the 4,229 passengers and…
The search for a 30 year-old man and a 27 year-old woman who fell overboard off the Carnival Cruise ship ms SPIRIT has been halted. The cruise line did not become aware that the couple was missing until they failed to pick up their luggage at the end of the…
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported that 60 passengers became ill during the voyage of the Holland America Line cruise ship ms VEENDAM from April 13 to May 4, 2013. This represented 4.85% of the 1,237 passengers on board the vessel. The predominant symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea. In…
When you book your plans for a cruise on a Holland America Ship, the last thing on your mind is what to do if you are injured on the ship. You’re not thinking about how to pay for your hospital bills or how long it will take to recover from…