Cruise Safety, Sailings, and Sustainability

Today's brief covers three stories. A 76-year-old American guest sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Jewel died after becoming unresponsive while snorkeling at Ely's Harbour in Bermuda's Sandys Parish on Sunday, June 14; the Bermuda Police Service said foul play is not suspected and attributed the death to a pre-existing medical condition. Holland America Line has opened Rotterdam's 2027 Mediterranean program, five 10- and 11-day cruises plus a 14-day Barcelona-to-Fort Lauderdale transatlantic crossing running October 17 through December 8, 2027, with calls ranging from Lisbon and Palma de Mallorca to overnights in Istanbul and Haifa. And CLIA's 2025 Environmental Technologies and Practices Report details the industry's push toward net-zero emissions by 2050, noting that fewer than 3% of cruise ports worldwide currently offer shore power, that 120 cruise ships are equipped to connect today, and that 239 ships, nearly 80% of the fleet, are expected to be shore-power ready by 2028.