Firefighters responded to a call just before 7.30am on Wednesday to the Ocean Navigator, a five-deck cruise ship owned by American Queen Voyages, after reports of smoke coming from the engine room ...

Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship that departed from Vancouver Wednesday, was alerted by the U.S. Coast Guard around 9 a.m. that the Discoverer was nearby and needed help.

Holland America cruise ship workers were boiled to death when steam compensator EXPLODED in engine room Named as engineer Joseph Terrado and wiper Wawan Gusnawan by a maritime lawyer, the two were ...

But at around 9am on Friday, March 22, a steam compensator exploded in the engine room of the Nieuw Amsterdam ship. The blast sent steam into the engine room, triggering an alarm.

The ship, registered in the Bahamas, was built in 2001. It embarked on a one-way trip from Montreal, Canada, on October 10 and is scheduled to arrive in Portland, Maine Wednesday.

The Splendor could reach the port late today. Accidents like the engine room fire are rare, said Monty Mathisen, of the New York-based publication Cruise Industry News.