| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
Event |
Incident |
| 8.4.08 |
Queen of the West Majestic America Line |
Fire broke out in the engine room while the ship was near
Maryhill, WA on the Columbia River. The fire was quickly exteniguished
but the ship had to be towed to a state part where it was nudge into
the river bank for evacuation of th124 passengers and 53 crew. The only
reports of injury were from crew members who suffered smoke inhalation
while fighting the fire. |
Fire |
| 25.7.07 |
Delta Queen
|
The ship made an unplanned stop at the Demopolis (Alabama)
Yacht Basin to make needed mechanical repairs. The overnight stop
allowed the passengers to participate in an extended tour of the city.
as well as providing an economic boost to the business community. |
Unscheduled Stop |
| 14.5.07 |
Empress of the North Majestic America Line |
The 360-foot long ship ran aground off the Alaskan coast and
began taking on water near Hanus Reef
in Lynn Canal. It was listing 6 degrees at the southern end of
Icy Strait, about 15 miles southwest of Juneau when all passengers
and most crew (approx 281) were evacuated to a tugboat and
barge. By early morning the ship was moving toward Juneau with 29
crew members
under Coast Guard escort. The accident occured on day 2 of a 7
day cruise. For past events for this ship, check
here. UPDATE 31 May:
The ship is expected to return to service June 24. |
Grounded / Evacuated |
| 21.3.07 |
Empress of the North Majestic America Line |
The
ship reported that 7 of 77 crew (9.1%) and 26 of 169 passengers (15.4%)
had reported ill on a 7 day Northwest River cruise that ended today. |
Illness |
| 26.10.06 |
Mississippi Queen Majestic America Line |
The seven day
cruise beginning October 25 was canceled the
second day after 12 passengers reported ill with norovirus.
Passengers were disembarked at Hannibal and bussed back to St.
Louis. The cruise scheduled for November 1 has also been caceled
so that the ship can be throughly and completely disinfected. |
Illness / Cancellations |
| 22.10.06 |
Mississippi Queen Majestic America Line |
Ten
passengers remain hospitalized with gastro-intestinal illness after at
least 36 passengers complained of illness, forcing the ship to dock at
Paducah, Kentucky. The illness affected approximately 20% of
passengers and crew. The cruise was ended 2 days early and the
ship was cleaned while it returned (passenger-less) to St. Louis. |
Illness |
| 24.3.06 |
Empress of the North American West Steamboat |
The 360-foot
cruise ship with
more than 250 people on
board ran aground on a sandbar near Washougal, Wash; there were no
injuries, the vessel wasn't sinking and a tugboat would be used to
refloat it. In the meantime, passengers were transferred to the
Queen of the West, which pulled alongside in order to take aboard
passengers and crew members. The ship was
refloated two days later at high tide. It returned to service
April 16th, following repairs. |
Grounded |
| 29.11.03 |
Empress
of the North American West Steamboat |
Ship went agrond on the
Oregon
side of the Columbia River. Two crew and on passenger suffered
minor
injuries. |
Grounded |
| 24.10.03 |
Empress
of the North American West Steamboat |
The paddle wheel ship was
headed upriver to Clarkson when it hit the gate at Ice Harbor Dam and
became
stuck in the natigagtional lock. 200 Passengers bussed back to
Portland. |
Grounded |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
Event |
Incident |
| 10.12.12 | MV Bellriva |
Merco Press reports many passengers aboard the River Rhine cruise ship have fallen ill. Around 70 people complained of symptoms linked to the highly contagious Norovirus. Some of the more elderly affected passengers were taken off the ship to nearby hospitals in Wiesbaden while 183 people have been quarantined onboard. | Illness |
| 2.10.12 | Cinderella Viking Line |
The Local (Sweden) reports a 28-year-old man thought to have forced a younger man to jump off the deck of a Viking Line ferry – a fall of some 27 metres – is under arrest in Stockholm on suspicions of attempted murder The drama unfolded on the deck of the Viking Line ferry Cinderella around 4pm on Sunday as the boat was moored at the Stadsgårds pier in Stockholm. The man who jumped overboard managed to survive the fall and get back onboard the boat "He was able to find a ladder on the stern of the boat," Bengt Hellström of the Södermalm police told the Aftonbladet newspaper. "He was really lucky to survive. If he'd twisted in the slightest, we would have been killed by the impact with the hard water." The 28-year-old man was arrested by guards onboard the ferry and then turned over to police. The victim was taken to hospital, but escaped the harrowing fall without sustaining any serious injuries. It remains unclear exactly what prompted the man to jump over the ferry's railing and into the chilly waters of Stockholm harbour.
"They were travelling together, but they reportedly had made each other's acquaintance rather recently," Hellström told the paper. Police have classified the incident as attempted murder.
"If a person forces a someone to jump 27 metres down into the water, that person should realize that normally, you don't survive," said Hellström |
Forced to jump overboard |
| 14.09.2012 | Sound of Music Gate 1 Travel |
From a passenger: On board with 114 passengers on the Danube headed toward Nurenburg. Min. 15 passengers have become ill with symptoms of virus ( vomiting and diahria). Started Tuesday afternoon continues today (Friday). | Illness |
| 16.11.2011 | Viking Spirit and Viking Neptune Viking River Cruises |
From a passenger: There was an outbreak of GI illness on the Viking Spirit (sail date Nov 6, 2011). The crew consulted physicians and distributed hand sanitizer and stopped serving uncooked fresh fruits and vegetables. They also closed the restrooms near the reception desk. Many of the passengers on the Spirit transferred to the Viking Neptune on Nov 13, and now people on the Neptune are getting sick too. The staff on the Neptune has not addressed the situation as far as I know. IMHO, cruise ship staff should advise guests to wash hands with soap before eating and after using the restroom and also to shower daily. They should avoid handshaking and touching handrails with ungloved hands. The crew should also stop serving food eaten with one's hands such as sandwiches. There must be scrupulous cleanliness in the galley and bathrooms. Passengers should be advised to avoid touching their mouth, nose, or eyes with their hands. | Illness |
| 14.11.2011 | Sergei Abramov Russian riverboat |
RiaNovosti reports a fire on a passenger vessel moored at a Moscow river port was finally extinguished after a thirteen hour struggle by firefighters on Monday evening. Four people on board were injured and one crewmember is still missing. “The fire was extinguished at 5.27 p.m Moscow time [13.27 GMT],” the source said, adding the boat is underwater at the stern but the burnt-out bow remains afloat. The three-deck river boat Sergei Abramov caught fire early on Monday. The fire quickly engulfed the vessel and caused it to list. Emergency crews will attempt to settle the vessel on the riverbed to prevent engine oil spilling into the river, the source said. According to a preliminary investigation, the fire might have been caused by defective electric wiring or fire-safety violations. | Fire - sunk |
| 5.9.11 | Avalon Tranquility Avalon Waterways |
Cruise Critic UK reports a Danube cruise has been abandoned after the vessel was struck by a cargo ship on Friday evening. The collision took place just north of Passau in Germany, the impact causing extensive damage to Avalon Tranquility's hull. According to a statement from the ship's operator, Avalon Waterways, the resulting two-foot hole was away from passenger areas but significant enough to flood the engine room. Nobody was hurt but the 157 passengers, from the USA, Australia and New Zealand, and 43 crewmembers were mustered on deck in their lifejackets. According to the company's press statement, passengers were given two options: to be flown home; or to continue with a land programme taking in the sites they were supposed to see on the Amsterdam to Budapest cruise. As for the ship…According to the local paper, Vilshofener Anzeiger, divers made emergency repairs to the tear in the hull and the crippled Tranquility was moved on Sunday to Passau. Today, it will be towed to a shipyard in Linz; the engines are not working as there is still more than a foot of water in the engine room. Passengers' luggage has, however, been retrieved. | Collision - holed |
| 26.8.11 | Viking Danube Viking River Cruises |
The company has notified pax that the ship's propeller
needs to be repaired and as a result the cruise scheduled to begin in Amsterdam on August 27 will now begin in Cologne a day or two later.
Pax are advised: Upon arrival in Amsterdam, we will meet you at the airport and take you
to the Mint Hotel in the city. If you booked the pre-extension with
Viking, we will extend your stay for an additional night. However, if you made your own pre-hotel arrangements, we are happy to extend your stay for you. If you did not arrange arrival transfers with Viking on August 27th, please let us know when you are arriving in Amsterdam so we can arrange your transfer from the airport to the hotel. |
Propulsion problems - itinerary change |
| 20.8.11 | Panorama Avalon Waterways |
Cruise Critic UK reports the ship suffered a propeller malfunction Wednesday evening, forcing the new river ship to continue its Danube cruise by bus. Avalon Waterways spokeswoman Melanie Gravdal tells Cruise Critic that Panorama was able to continue the cruise with limited top speed until Friday, when the ship went into a dry dock in Linz to replace the faulty propeller. Instead of canceling the sailing, as big-ship lines might do in similar circumstances, Avalon temporarily put passengers up in hotels in Vienna, from which the original itinerary continued by bus. | Propulsion problems |
| 31.7.11 | Swallow (riverboat) | The Moscow Times reports aAn overloaded boat, apparently carrying a group of partyers, rammed into a moored barge near Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium early Sunday, sinking on the spot and killing nine people. The Moscow River accident is the second of its kind in less than a month after the Bulgaria riverboat sank in the Volga River, killing 122. An investigation was ongoing Sunday, but investigators said they were inclined to blame the motorboat’s owner, with a reputation for giving rides to celebrities and ignoring navigation rules. He died in the accident. The boat, identified in some news reports as the Swallow, collided with the Oka-5 barge around 1 a.m. It was carrying 16 people despite a maximum capacity of 12. | Sunk |
| 11.7.11 | Bulgaria |
RIA Novosti reports the twin-deck river boat sank on Sunday at 01:58 PM Moscow time (09:58 GMT) near the village of Syukeyevo in the Kansko-Ustinovsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan on the Volga River. The ship was carrying 196 people instead of the maximum 120 allowed by safety rules. A total of 79 people were rescued, while around 100 are still missing and nine, including a child, have been found dead, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Monday. Witnesses said the vessel rolled on its right side and sank in eight minutes. Rescuers say that the vessel could have been sunk by a large wave. | Sunk |
| 18.8.10 | Sergei Kirov (Russian ship) | Associated Press reports the cruise ship, carrying hundreds of U.S. and German tourists, collided Wednesday with a barge on the Volga River, but no one was hurt. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry's branch in the Yaroslavl region said the collision occurred early Wednesday in the Rybinsk reservoir on the Volga River. The barge carrying sand hit the cruise liner Sergei Kirov, piercing a 5-meter hole in its starboard side. The ministry said that none of the 202 tourists and 91 crew aboard had suffered any injuries and the crew quickly patched the hole. Passengers were moved to other boats and then returned to Moscow by bus, about 300 miles away. | Collision |
| 23.7.09 | Avalon Tranquility Avalon Waterways |
Nachrichten reports the riverboat collided with the tall ship Schoenbrunn, a 1912-built paddlesteamer, while it was maneuvering in Linz on the Danube River in Austria. Damage to the Schoenbrunn was extensive -- it will be out of service for up to 12 months; damage to the riverboat was minimal. | Colllision |
| 19.4.09 | Un-named Riverboat | Dutch News reports a cruise ship with 155 American tourists on board collided with two other cargo barges on the Waal river, a tributary of the Rhine, close to Nijmegen. No-one was injured and although the cruise ship was badly damaged, it was declared safe to sail on to Dordrecht. The cruise ship crashed into an oncoming tanker carrying 2,400 tonnes of aircraft fuel during a manoeuvre to overtake another barge. | Collision |
| 25.11.08 |
Lady Anne River Cruise Line |
Monster
and Critics reports a party of sick British pensioners were isolated Tuesday aboard the
river cruise boat after German authorities put them under quarantine on
the Rhine River. At least 42 of 110 passengers came down with a
norovirus infection and 16 were moved to area hospitals after suffering
drastic loss of body fluid. The rest were not allowed to leave the
boat. A German disinfection team was sent aboard the anchored boat off
Boppard to clean it after the captain radioed for help Monday with
dozens of patients suffering vomiting and diarrhea. |
Illness |
| 26.5.07 |
Bellriva Rhine Danube Line |
More than 20 British tourists were injured when the river ship struck a lock on the Rhine in Alsace, eastern France. Thirteen of the 22 injured tourists were taken to hospital with concussion. One also had a broken leg. The ship struck a concrete wall designed to prevent vessels moving until the water is high enough at 06:30 GMT. It had left Strasbourg early on Saturday with 208 people bound for Breisach, on the German side of the waterway separting France and Germany. | Collision |
| 25.5.06 |
River Empress Uniworld |
The river boat
hit a
bridge on the
|
Collision with bridge |
| 3.10.05 |
Oltenita Danube Black Sea Shipping |
A fire broke out
on the river cruise ship while on the
Danube near the Slovak capital of Bratislava. All 77 tourists
from Denmark, Norway, and Belgium evacuated safely. 43 Romanian
crew also escaped, though one crew member (a singer in the band) was
missing and feared dead. |
Fire |
| 4.4.05 |
River Duchess Uniworld |
The ship crashed into a dockside restaurant in Amsterdam on Sunday. Police said the ship — owned by US firm Uniworld — went off course due to technical reasons. It could not go into reverse and smashed into a dock, destroying a terrace and part of the restaurant. About 20 people were seated on the terrace when the accident occurred. A young girl was treated in hospital with head wounds after she fell trying to escape. Two people on the boat were injured. Work was needed to strengthen the restaurant's foundations due to the danger of collapse and will remain temporarily closed. The 110m ship was also severely damaged in the incident. | Collision |
| 10.6.04 |
Viking
Europe Viking River Cruises |
The river cruise ship (135
passengers; 39 crew) hit a bridge
in Vienna, injuring 19 people. Injuries were minor -- mainly scrapes
and bruises. The ship was still function and the damage to the bridge
was slight. |
Collision |
| 29.3 - 5.04.03 |
Viking
Burgundy Viking River Cruises |
Reported by a passsenger that
approximately 90 of the 150
passengers (and a number of
crew) became ill during the cruise, with gastro-intestinal
symptoms like Norwalk-like virus. There was no confirmation
of the cause. |
Illness |
| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
Event |
Incident |
| 2.12.07 |
M/S Aurora Nile Cruise |
Five Egyptians were killed and two wounded when a fire broke
out in the engine room on the Nile cruise ship when it was anchored
near the ancient
Egyptian ruins of Luxor early this morning, forcing the evacuation of
43 French
tourists. The five Egyptians who died were either trapped by flames as
they tried
to extinguish the blaze or drowned after falling into the river. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. |
Fire |
| 1.12.07 |
M/S Aurora Nile Cruise |
Five Egyptians were killed and two wounded when a fire broke
out in the engine room on the Nile cruise ship when it was anchored
near the ancient
Egyptian ruins of Luxor early this morning, forcing the evacuation of
43 French
tourists. The five Egyptians who died were either trapped by flames as
they tried
to extinguish the blaze or drowned after falling into the river. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. |
Fire |
| 22.3.06 |
King Tut Egyptian Nile River Cruise |
An Egyptian crew member was killed when the vessel hit a bridge in Dendera, site of a pharonic temple approximately 480 km south of Cairo. The crew member died, when the upper bridge dais collapsed under the shock of the impact, and 35 others were injured: 8 more Egyptian crew members and 27 German tourists. The “King Tut” was taking the tourists from Luxor north to Qena. | Collision with Bridge |
| 16.10.03 |
Kempiniski
Ganna |
A
2002-built Nile cruise ship suffered a fire as it sailed
from Luxor to Aswan with 144 passengers. The captain ordered the
ship abandoned. One passenger remained unaccounted for, 2 were
taken to hospital and discharged, and nine treated for injuries.
The fire is thought to have broken out in a passenger cabin. |
Fire |