Cruise Passenger Fined $800 For Cannabis
May 17, 2012 by Bernews · 54 Comments
26-year-old Brooklyn resident Jonathan Cruz — who is visiting Bermuda as a passenger on the cruise ship “Norwegian Star” — this morning [May 17] pleaded guilty to possessing 12 grams of cannabis. According to the Crown Prosecutor, at 1:52pm on Wednesday 16th May, a Bermuda Customs K-9 search team had found the illegal drug in [...]
Cruise Passenger Fined For Drug Possession
May 15, 2012 by Bernews · 38 Comments
In Plea Court this morning [May 15] 30-year-old American Tourist Trevis Gembarowski, a passenger on the cruise ship ‘Norwegian Dawn’ pleaded guilty to two charges involving the possession of 7.16 grams of Cannabis and 0.88 grams of Ecstasy. The DPP Prosecutor told Senior Magistrate Archie Warner that around 1:25pm on Sunday 13th May, a Bermuda [...]
Videos: Harley Davidsons Tour Bermuda
April 16, 2012 by Bernews · 3 Comments
This weekend a cruise ship stopping in Dockyard carried passengers as well as their 27 motorbikes, with the ETA Motorcycle Cruising Club members making their 7th visit to Bermuda. Consisting of motorcycle enthusiasts from the USA and Canada, the group arrived in Bermuda aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas at 8am on Saturday [...]
Photo Slideshow: Big Bikes Cruise Into Bermuda
April 14, 2012 by Bernews · 15 Comments
Massive Harley Davidson motorbikes with satellite radios, TVs, and airbags aren’t exactly common in Bermuda – except for today – when dozens on them could be seen on Bermuda’s roads. The group arrived in Bermuda aboard the Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas at 8am this morning [Apr.14], toured Bermuda heading all the way to [...]
Rutgers Hosts Educational Bermuda Cruise
April 9, 2012 by Bernews · Leave a Comment
Alumni of New Jersey’s Rutgers University, their families and friends will be able to mix learning with pleasure – considered by many one in the same – when they register for “Relax and Learn,” the inaugural seven-day cruise to Bermuda hosted by the Rutgers Division of Continuing Studies and the Rutgers University Alumni Association. Celebrity [...]
Three Cruise Ship Visits Scheduled This Week
April 4, 2012 by Bernews · Leave a Comment
Hamilton harbour is this week expecting a visit from two cruise ships. On Tuesday morning Silversea’s Silver Cloud will stop by the city on its way from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Silver Cloud is a 511 foot-long ship and is expected to be carrying just under 5oo passengers and crew on board. The cruise line [...]
Video: Pilot Boat Transports Sick Passenger
March 22, 2012 by Bernews · Leave a Comment
Approximately three hours after leaving Bermuda yesterday [Mar.21], the cruise ship Seven Seas Mariner turned back and returned to local waters after an 84-year-old passenger required medical treatment. The cruise ship met the pilot boat St David off the east end of the island near the sea buoy at approximately 12:15am. The passenger was brought [...]
Ships Divert To Drop Off Crew
March 12, 2012 by Bernews · Leave a Comment
The Bahamian registered cruise ship Seabourn Sojourn — which was en route from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Funchal, Madeira — diverted to Bermuda yesterday [Mar.11]. “The ship advised that she was diverting to Bermuda with two crew members in need of urgent repatriation,” said the Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre. “Transfer of the crew members to [...]
Old ‘Sea Venture’ Sold For Scrap
March 8, 2012 by Bernews · 2 Comments
Things have ended in heartbreak for the “Pacific Princess” cruise ship featured in the hit 1970s and ’80s television programme “Love Boat” and which earlier sailed to Bermuda as the “Sea Venture” [pictured] Named after Sir George Somers’ flagship which led to the accidental settlement of Bermuda in 1609, the “Sea Venture” and her sister ship [...]
First Cruise Ship Of 2012 Arrives
The first cruise ship of the 2012 season, Artania, arrived today in Bermuda waters. Artania is pictured below shortly after being boarded by the local pilot at approximately 11:00am today [Mar.4] off the east end. The Bermuda registered ship arrived from New York and is expected to stay berthed at Heritage Wharf in Dockyard until [...]
