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What Life Is Like For 3,700 Cruise Ship Passengers Stuck In Coronavirus Quarantine

8:01am February 09, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Dozens of passengers on a cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Gay and Philip Courter, among the 3,700 quarantined on a ship in Yokohama, Japan.

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Carnival Glory (right) sheered off a chunk of its deck when it collided with Carnival Legend while trying to maneuver into port Friday morning in Cozumel, Mexico.

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WATCH: Carnival Cruises Collide In Attempt To Dock Off Mexico

3:12pm December 20, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Luckily, the crash in Cozumel looked more serious than it turned out to be. Just a handful of passengers reported minor injuries, and Carnival says the ships remain seaworthy. Still, there's video.

Tourists who have just disembarked from a cruise liner tour Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday. The Trump administration has imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to the island by U.S. citizens.

Trump Administration Clamps Down On Travel To Cuba, Bans Cruise Ships

8:46pm June 04, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The changes, which bar "people-to-people" tours, are intended to further squeeze the Cuban economy while keeping U.S. dollars "out of the hands" of the communist government.

The Viking Sky cruise ship sent out a mayday call on Saturday after encountering engine problems amid high seas and strong winds.

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Passengers Rescued From Disabled Cruise Ship Off Norway's West Coast

5:09pm March 23, 2019

by Wynne Davis

Helicopters were being used to evacuate some of the vessel's 1,300 passengers after its crew issued a mayday call on Saturday amid engine problems, high seas and strong winds.

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WATCH: Giant Cruise Ship Smashes Into Dock In Honduras

8:58am April 11, 2018

by Scott Neuman

On approach to a cruise ship dock at the island of Roatan, the MSC Armonia plowed into the pier. The ship's operator says there were no injuries and that the damage to the vessel was minor.

A passenger from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Anthem of the Seas waits for transportation after arriving at the Cape Liberty cruise port in Bayonne, N.J., Wednesday. The ship was forced to turn around after hitting a strong storm at sea.

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Storm-Tossed Cruise Ship Returns To N.J. Port: 'All Hell Broke Loose'

9:52am February 11, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"The first day was great," one passenger says. "The second day we were watching a musical and everything started sliding."

The Royal Caribbean cruise liner Anthem of the Seas, the third-largest cruise ship in the world, is seen here during its inaugural voyage last April.

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Damaged By Strong Storm Off Eastern U.S., Cruise Ship Heads Back To Port

3:54pm February 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The storm off Cape Hatteras, N.C., was so severe that passengers were ordered to stay inside their cabins. The ship has been turned around and is now returning to its port in Bayonne, N.J.

Rescuers work in the hull of the upright ship Eastern Star to launch rescue work in the section of Jianli on the Yangtze River, central China's Hubei Province, on Saturday.

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Official Death Toll In China's 'Eastern Star' Disaster Rises To Nearly 400

1:10pm June 06, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The cruise ship, which was righted on Friday, capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River with 456 people aboard.

Relatives await word of survivors from a cruise ship that capsized in the Yangtze River. The Eastern Star was carrying more than 450 people; only 14 have been rescued.

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Death Toll Up To 65 In China Boat Disaster; Government Orders Censorship

1:24am June 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Of the more than 450 people who were aboard the Eastern Star when it capsized in rough weather Monday, only 14 have reportedly been saved — but rescuers haven't given up hope of finding more alive.

The cruise ship Carnival Magic floats behind a catamaran off Cozumel, Mexico on Oct. 17. The ship skipped a planned stop there Friday, the cruise line says, after Mexican authorities delayed granting permission to dock.

When Reassuring Isn't: The Rush To Test Cruise Passenger For Ebola

10:41am October 21, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Galveston, Texas, officials meant well when they tested a passenger while she was still at sea. But some say airlifting a blood sample in a Coast Guard helicopter was needlessly alarming.