An 8-year old boy is in critical condition after nearly drowned in a pool on Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The accident happened on Thursday evening at eight to 10 miles off the coast of Breezy Point, Queens, according to officials. Crew members were alerted on Thursday evening that a boy needed medical attention after he was found unconscious at the bottom of one of the ship’s swimming pools. Coast Guard Senior Chief Steven Allard said that he boy remained in the water without oxygen for almost 18 minutes before being discovered by ship officials. Continue reading
Category Archives: Vessels
The $5.4 Billion Panama Canal Expansion Opens
After more than $5 billion and almost a decade of construction, the long-delayed Panama expansion opened amid cheering crowds on Sunday.
At 8 a.m. on Sunday morning, the first official voyage through the newly expanded waterway was completed by a Chinese ship bearing 9,472 containers and named Cosco Shipping Panama. The mammoth set sail from the Greek port of Piraeus and two weeks later entered one of the new locks, on its way to the man-made Gatun Lake and the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading
Cruise Ship Crashes Into Alaska Dock
Multiple news sources have reported that Celebrity Cruises’ ship Infinity crashed into a dock in Ketchikan, Alaska . The accident happened between 2 pm – 2.30 pm June 3. No injuries were reported in the accident.
The city’s ports and harbors director Steve Corporon reportedly estimated the damage to the dock will cost between 2 and 3 million dollars to repair. Although the Coast Guard has not yet announced a determination of the official cause of the incident, there is information that winds in the area were reported to be gusting to around 45 miles per hour. Continue reading
Royal Caribbean to Expand Fleet with Three New Ships
Royal Caribbean continues to expand its fleet with a new order for three additional cruise ships to be built during the next six years.
The paint is barely dried on Harmony of the Seas, the third Oasis-class ship, the largest and the fastest in the world, and only two weeks after its debut, Royal Caribbean announced its plans to build three more ships. Continue reading
Harmony of the Seas- Does the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Cause Supersized Pollution Problem?
While cruise ship companies are struggling to lure passengers by building the biggest ever ships and offering various first-of-its-kind amenities aboard, they have been loudly trumpeting how their ships’ monster engines are designed to run as cheap as possible. However, there are concerns that the bigger the ships are the more polluting and harmful they are to the living world. Continue reading