Jupiter, Florida – The Palm Beach Post reports four people were injured in a boating accident on the Intracoastal Waterway the night of May 3rd. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spokesman, Capt. Don DeLucia, stated the accident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. when a 19-foot boat struck a channel marker. Law enforcement and other emergency responders were dispatched to the vicinity of Frederick Small and Palmwood roads near the southeastern corner of the Admiral’s Cove neighborhood to treat the accident victims. The injured boaters were taken to Jupiter Medical Center. No other details are immediately available.
As reported by Maritimelawblog last month, fire broke out in the engine room of the Costa cruise ship ALLEGRA on February 27th while sailing in the Indian Ocean. The ALLEGRA, a former cargo carrier built in 1969, was towed to Seychelles where she currently remains. Micky Arison, CEO of Carnival Corp. (owner of Costa Cruises), reported to Wall Street analysts during a conference call that ALLEGRA will be sold or scrapped. Costa Cruises announced it was replacing the ALLEGRA with the 927-passenger VOYAGER for the upcoming on European cruising season.
A 47-year-old passenger was medevaced off the Norwegian cruise ship JEWEL approximately 115 miles northeast of Cape Henry, Virgina March 9, 2012. The captain of the NCL cruise ship contacted the Coast Guard at approximately 5 p.m. reporting a woman with abdominal pains was in need of medical attention. In a combined effort between a HM-60 Jayhawk crew and a HC-130 Hercules airplane crew, the sick passenger and her husband was evacuated off the JEWEL and transferred to Sentera Norfolk Hospital. This is only one of several medevacs from a cruise ship Maritime Law Blog reported this year.
Costa Cruise Ship ALLEGRA Adrift Off Seychelles
February 27, 2012
Keith S. Brais
Cruise Ship Crew Member Injury Law
Cruise Ship Passenger Injury Law
The Costa cruise ship ALLEGRA suffered a fire causing the vessel to lose propulsion off the coast of Seychelles in the Indian Sea Monday, February 27, 2012. The fire was reported to have started in the ship’s engine room and is now extinguished. No causalities among the 636 passenger and 413 are reported.
The Royal Caribbean VOYAGER OF THE SEAS sailed into New Orleans while the Princess cruise ships CROWN PRINCESS and RUBY PRINCESS sailed into Ft. Lauderdale this weekend with Norovirus outbreaks. The P&O cruise ship AURORA also reported a Norovirus outbreak earlier this year. Norovirus is a significant problem aboard cruise ships. It is rapidly passed from one person to another through direct contact and indirect contact by touching elevator buttons, door handles, pens, toilets and other common items. The disease can also spread by infected cabin attendants and galley stewards who touch your possessions while making up the cabin and eating utensils when stocking them on the tables.
