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Crew Member Dies in Accident at Sea on P&O Cruise Ship

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Crew Member Dies in Accident at Sea on P&O Cruise Ship

British cruise ship Arvia was at sea when the accident occurred killing one crewmember (P&O file photo)

The British press and maritime authorities are reporting that a crewmember was killed yesterday aboard the P&O cruise ship Arvia. The ship was two days into a two-week cruise to the Caribbean from the UK.

The Arvia, which is 185,581 gross tons, is one of the largest cruise ships in the world, and with her sister ship Iona, is the largest operating from the UK. The Arvia was introduced by the UK’s P&O Cruises in 2022 and is 344 meters (1,128 feet) in length with accommodations for more than 6,600 passengers and approximately 1,800 crew.

P&O confirmed in a brief statement that there had been an onboard accident. It said its thoughts and prayers were with the onboard friends and family members. The company provided no further details.

While registered in Bermuda, the cruise ship is under the authority of the British, and the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch listed the incident today. It is posted it as a “lift shaft” (elevator) accident that happened on October 26. MAIB reports that it will investigate on behalf of the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority.

The cruise had been en route to its first port in Tenerife. However, Puerto de A Coruña, on the northern Spanish coast, reported that the Arvia made a stop on October 26 from 3:00 p.m. into the night “following a workplace accident.” The ship stayed till around midnight and has resumed its trip to Tenerife.

Diver working on Costa Concordia dies in accident

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Diver working on Costa Concordia dies in accident

A diver is reported to have died while working on the shipwrecked Costa Concordia after apparently gashing his leg on an underwater metal sheet.

Italy’s civil protection agency, which is leading the removal of the Concordia from the Tuscan coast, said the diver was Spanish.

Tuscany’s La Nazione newspaper said the diver had been working on preparations to attach huge tanks on to sides of the Concordia, to float the ship off its false seabed and tow it to a port for eventual dismantling.

The newspaper reported he gashed his leg on an underwater metal sheet and was then unable to get free.

It said he bled heavily before a diver colleague was able to bring him to the surface. He was reportedly conscious upon surfacing but later died, according to Sky News.

He is the first diver to die in the line of work on salvaging the Concordia ever since it hit a reef off the island of Giglio in January 2012, killing 32 passengers and crew.

The Concordia was righted in preparation for removal during a 19-hour engineering feat last autumn, in which a system of pulleys wrenched 115,000-ton cruise ship from its side to vertical.

How clean are the pools on your cruise ship?

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Enjoying a dip in the pool is a great way to spend the time at sea on any cruise, but have you ever stopped to think how clean the pools really are, especially if there are lots of young ones using them?

That was the question raised by cruise director Sally MacMillan in the Sydney Morning Herald, who pointed out that pools on cruise ships are generally quite small (because of the space and weight they take up), and are often very busy.

These two factors can conspire to limit the amount of enjoyment to be had at the pool, with a ten-day family cruise typically being incomplete unless the pools are closed several times for cleaning after a child has had an accident.

This can be incredibly annoying for those wishing to use the pool, especially if you’re holidaying without children of your own. But then that’s what adult-only cruises are for. And it’s better to be inconvenienced for a short while in order to be able to enjoy clean facilities.

That being said, Ms MacMillan takes the opportunity to remind parents of the rules that do exist on most cruise ships, even if they are often ignored.

“Let’s be clear here – if your child is not toilet trained, whether or not he or she is wearing ‘swim nappies’, whether he or she is 10 months or 10 years old, they are not allowed in the pool,” she says. “Any pool on the ship.”

Indeed, with the recent debate over the safety of pools on cruise ships for young children following the drowning of a six-year-old aboard the Carnival Victory earlier this year, parents would be well advised to consider alternative activities if their children aren’t ready for the pool.