| dd/mm/yy |
Ship |
Event |
Incident |
| 22.11.09 | Silver Shadow | The Miami Herald reports a Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued Ronald Shulman, 62, who went overboard the cruise ship around 3 a.m. Sunday morning. He was found swimming 20 miles southeast of Government Cut (near Miami) around 7:45 a.m. It is not known how Shulman, who was traveling alone, went overboard. Cruise operators noticed Shulman was missing and contacted the Coast Guard. A crew from Air Station Miami recovered the man, lowering a rescue swimmer from a helicopter. Shulman was back on the cruise ship Sunday morning, with a touch of hypothermia from his long night in the water, according to a Coast Guard spokeswoman. | Overbroard - Rescued alive |
| 1.9.09 | Silver Shadow | The ship was cited for violating Alaska Wastewater Quality Standards in July. There were two violations. The ship's effluent on July 2 and July 24 exceeded the allowable level of copper. | Environmental |
| 4.3.09 | Prince Albert II | The ships visit to Castro in Isla Chiloe (listed on the brochure as the trip's highlight) on its cruise of Antarctica to Chile was cancelled because of a 15 hour delay caused by a storm. However, the delay was caused not just by the storm. According to a blog from onboard, at 9:00 a.m., the Captain announced over the ship's public address system that last night's storm was considerably worse than anticipated, and a decision had been made to return south to the fjords to seek shelter. This decision was prompted, in part, due to a door being blown open at the front of the ship by the force of the seas in the early-morning hours. The Captain added that whilst this had been dealt with very quickly by the crew, it nonetheless led to approximately two tonnes of seawater entering the ship. The door had no alarm, so it was the fire patrol that found the door open and water spilling into the ship. Most damage was to private properties of the crew members who have their cabins under the forecastle. Some passenger cabins (including ours) had the carpet wet, but no damage to properties. | Cancelled port -- Scary event |
| 9.10.08 |
Prince Albert II |
Because of tropical storm Odile, the captain today decided
to give passengers the option of disembarking tomorrow at Puerto
Vallarta, instead of Acapulco in 3 days, which would coincide with the
storm approaching Acapulco. The ship is expected to arrive with a delay
of 24 hours in Acapulco, because the ship will try to circunavigate the
storm, giving it wide berth. |
Itinerary change |
| 13.12.04 |
Silver Shadow |
The ship reported that an unusual number of passengers and some crew members were experiencing GI illness. The ship’s medical staff reported that 11 of 275 (4%) passengers and 20 of 291 (6.87%) crew members were ill. Predominant symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting. The cruise ends in San Diego on December 14. | Illness |
| 9.12.04 |
Silver Wind |
A crew member was lost at sea between Montevideo, Uraguay
and Punta Arenas, Chile. The exact date was either December 9 or 10,
2004. Suicide note indicated marital complications. The event occured
at approximately 4AM and according to the captain, the ship was turned
around and a two hour search was conducted to no avail. |
Suicide |
| 5.8.04 | Silver Shadow |
On August 4, the ship reported that 13 passengers (3.5%) and 5 crew (1.73%) had reported illness consistent with norovirus. The cruise ran from July 26 - August 6, ending in San Framcisco. | Illness |