Costa Cruises changed the schedule of its onboard engine watchkeeping teams, according to a social media update. The company said the new rotation moves from two separate four-hour watches to one ...

A fire in the Carnival Triumph's aft engine room left the ship without power in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and the ship will have to be towed to Progreso, Mexico, to disembark passengers. The fire ...

The cruise ship Marella Discovery is temporarily stuck in port in the Dominican Republic after suffering an engine room fire, the company confirmed in a passenger memo. On the evening of July 6, the ...

A fire on Monday in the electric generator room on the 820-passenger Costa Allegra has left the ship adrift without propulsion power. The ship is about 200 miles southwest of the Seychelles and some ...

Just like airplanes, cruise ships sometimes experience technical issues that throw a wrench into their passengers' vacation plans. Mechanical problems can happen on any ship at any time, no matter how ...