Walker & O'Neill, P.A. (LexBlog Germany)

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  • Crew Member Overboard: AIDAPerla Delays Search For Missing Cruise Ship Employee for Several Hours

    A crew member employed on the AIDA operated and Carnival Corporation owned AIDAPerla cruise ship went overboard last night / early this morning as the ship was heading from Hamburg, Germany into the English Channel on a cruise to the Caribbean. A German cruise passenger provided me with a detailed explanation of the tragic events....

  • Viking Kvasir Collides with Ship On the Rhine River Near Wesel, Germany

    The Viking Kvasir collided with another ship this morning on the Rhine river near Wesel, Germany. The accident occured during the river cruise ships’s Antwerpen to Amsterdam low country cruise. A couple of passengers and several crew reportedly sustained minor injuries. We received the following information from a passengers on the ship who wishes to...

  • Passengers Injured as Viking Hermod Involved in Collision on Rhine River

    A Viking river cruise ship collided with what is described as a cargo ship yesterday, resulting in injuries to two passengers on the cruise ship. The Viking Hermod was sailing on the Rhine River near Speyer, Germany when a cargo ship reportedly turned directly into its path. The Viking Hermod tried reversing at full power...

  • Five Crew Members on Nicko Cruises’ World Voyager Test Positive for COVID-19

    A German newspaper reports that there was a COVID-19 outbreak among crew members on  the World Voyager cruise ship operated by Nicko Cruises. The virus was initially detected in a member of the engine room crew and then spread to other ship employees. The cruise ship is currently in Hamburg, Germany.  As a result, the...

  • Nine (and Counting) Crew Members on Cruise Ship in Germany Test Positive for Coronavirus

    Two days ago,  five crew members on the M/S Amera cruise ship in Bremerhaven, Germany were diagnosed with coronavirus, according to the German newspaper Buten and Binnen. The delta variant has been confirmed in two of these cases.  The ship is operated by the Phoenix Reisen company, which stated that the crew members in question...

  • AIDA Cruise Ships Under Cyber Attack – Are Costa Ships Also Affected?

    AIDA cruise ships, including the AIDAmar and the AIDAperla, are suffering what has been described as an “immense” IT problem, according to a German newspaper  published today. Bild reports that the AIDA cruise line’s operations in its home port of Rostock, Germany have been affected by the failure of the company’s land based and shipboard...

  • Another COVID-19 Outbreak on a River Cruise Ship In Europe

    For the fourth time in the last two months, a COVID-19 outbreak has occured river cruise ship in Europe. This outbreak involved the MS Thurgau Chopin (formerly the MS Frederic Chopin) river cruise ship operated by Swiss company Thurgau Travel, according to the Italian shipping publication ShipMag. (Nicko Cruises was reportedly involved in sale of...

  • Another COVID-19 Outbreak on a River Cruise – 13 Infected, All Passengers in Quarantine

    Newspapers in Germany are reporting that there has been a COVID-19 outbreak on a river cruise ship on the Moselle River in Germany. The outbreak occurred on the MS Vista Serenity river cruise ship. Germany newspapers Trierische Volksfreund, Focus, and Bild report that members of the ship’s crew contracted the virus from a guest on a...

  • Mein Schiff 1 Cruise Reportedly Cancelled Due to COVID-19

    Today I mentioned that according to the popular Crew-Center site, TUI Cruises canceled the restarting of the cruise ship Mein Schiff 1. This cruise ship was scheduled to resume cruises on July 31st out of Kiel, Germany, according to German media. The cruise blog Schiffe und Kreuzfahrten reported this morning that the reason for canceling...

  • Passenger Reported Overboard From AIDAluna

    A passenger went overboard from the AIDAluna cruise ship this morning, according to numerous German news sources. The AIDAluna left Hamburg, Germany on August 29th and was scheduled to arrive in New York City on September 14th. It was scheduled to arrive in St. Johns, Newfoundland around 2:00 P.M. today. AIDA Cruises identified the passenger...

  • Scylla’s Swiss Crystal Hits a Bridge

    The M/S Swiss Crystal river cruise ship collided with a highway bridge on the Rhine river near Duisburg, Germany last night. The river cruise ship is operated by the Swiss shipping company, SCYLLA AG, which operates several dozen ships on the waterways of Europe. Press Online reported that nearly 30 people were injured in the...

  • Passengers Injured After Rough Seas Pound AIDAprima

    I received the following information from a regular reader of this blog, who wishes to remain anonymous.  “Today’s Bild (translates to “Picture”, Germany’s largest circulation daily) reports cruise ship Aida Prima was hit by 23 ft waves in the North Sea as it was returning to home port Hamburg on Friday evening from a week-long...

  • Passenger’s Body Found in Cruise Ship’s Ventilation Shaft

    The body of a 74 year-old passenger who disappeared from the M/V Sharden, which can carry up to 2,908 passengers, has been located in the ship’s ventilation shaft, according to AOL Travel’s article Pensioner’s Body Found in Cruise Ship Ventilation Shaft After Two Months.   The woman sailed on holiday with her husband on the Tirrenia Sharden,...

  • Passenger Missing from Scandlines’ Prins Richard Ferry

    Vessel Tracker reports that on December 25, 2014, a German passenger aboard the Scandlines Prins Richard ferry went overboard while the ferry  was underway from Puttgarden, Germany to Rødby, Denmark.   German and Danish Search and rescue vessels and helicopters were deployed. The water temperature was reportedly 42 to 46 degrees ºF. There is no indication that the...

  • A Quantum Hazard: Why is a Smart Ship So Stinky?

    Kallis Video Production’s YouTube page shows a video of the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas in Bremerhaven on October 5, 2014. The video was taken from a gyrocopter.  The Quantum is the latest ballyhooed giant cruise ship from Royal Caribbean. Two weeks ago it was trotted out from the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany...

  • The Titanic Movie: A Blockbuster Love Story Starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet? Or a Nazi World War II Propaganda Film?

    When most people think of Titanic, the movie, they think of the 1997 blockbuster love affair starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet written and directed by James Cameron.   But in truth Titanic was originally a German propaganda film made during World War II. It was commissioned by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels to discredit...

  • Fire Breaks Out On Rhine River Cruise Ship

    Newspapers in Germany are reporting that a fire broke put on a river cruise ship with 134 people on board this morning. The ship is the Dutch-owned Regina Rheni. The ship was mostly filled with British tourists.  The fire quickly spread and forced the passengers to the top deck. The newspaper accounts indicate that the 102...

  • Fire Erupts On Rhine River Cruise Ship – Passengers Evacuated

    Newspapers in Germany are reporting that a fire erupted yesterday aboard the MS Gerard Schmitter river cruise ship while it was sailing from Amsterdam to Strasborg, France. The cruise ship was approaching Krefeld, Germany when the fire broke out and produced heavy smoke. Fortunately, the cruise ship was preparing to berth at a dock in Krefeld when...

  • Your Dream Cruise – The Perfect Place For The Perfect Crime?

    A blockbuster story has been published in Germany tracking crimes and the “disappearances” of passengers and crew members from cruise ships over the past decade. Published in the popular German magazine “Wunderwelt Wisen,” the article discusses the cases of passengers James Scavonne, Dianne Brimble, Merrian Carver, Christopher Caldwell, and George Smith IV, as well as the recent disappearance of..

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