Coral Adventurer runs aground in PNG [9 News] Updated

#expeditioncruising .

This report from 9 News Gold Coast. Coral Adventurer has run aground in Papua New Guinea. No injuries have been reported, and damage is being assessed.

UPDATE: Passengers are being ferried to Lae for flights to Cairns. A tugboat, which came from Lae to assist, initially failed to dislodge the vessel. Vessel subsequently freed from the reef 

Update 29/12: AMSA has detained the vessel in accordance with the Navigation Act 2012, based on reasonable suspicion that it is not seaworthy due to potential damage sustained during the grounding, and that it is sub‑standard as a result of failures in the implementation of its Safety Management System under the International Safety Management Code. [source]

Update 11/1/26: According to Marine Traffic, Coral Adventurer is still "at anchor" near the site of the grounding.

The Coral Adventurer had more than 120 people aboard when it hit a reef at Dregerhafen Point, Papua New Guinea. (Supplied: ABC via Jurgen Ruh)

 

Tweet

Yasawa Princess in "major fire incident".

#expeditioncruising .

Deep Blue Dive Centers Private Limited wishes to formally inform all stakeholders that at approximately 1800hrs of 24 December 2025, our vessel, Yasawa Princess experienced a major fire incident.

Luxury Travel Magazine Cruise Issue: OUT NOW

#expeditioncruising .

ExpeditionCruising.com's publisher and editor, Roderick Eime, has been tasked by Luxury Travel Media to write the cover story for the Luxury Travel Magazine's forthcoming cruising issue.

This superb glossy 200-page magazine is read by a most discerning audience.

• 112,000 highly engaged print readers
• 1,000,000+ unique website visitors annually
• 30,000+ responsive newsletter subscribers
• 78% earning over $250,000
• 60% flying first or business class
• 58% regularly cruising

Susan Adie: Advocate of the Antarctic

#expeditioncruising .

If ever there was a doyenne of Antarctic conservation, it would have to be the new president of the American Polar Society, Susan Adie.

I met Susan aboard G Adventures' MS Expedition more than ten years ago, when we sailed along the West Coast of Africa. The trip was a highlight of my more than 25 years of expedition cruising, and Susan was already a legend in the rapidly growing experiential travel sector.

Read the full story at: Asia Pacific Boating - Blue Planet 

Tweet