Noordam

On Jan 18, 2026, about 700 passengers of thr 'Noordan' were timewise stranded during an excursion on Kiriwina Island on Jan 18, 2026, as a wind squall with 40 knots came in and made boat manoevers unsafe. Some of the boats were bobbing in the troubled waters for more than 90 minutes, before the wind, which had blown chairs across the decks of the cruise ship,subsided enough for safe transfers.

A 71 year old, Australian passenger of the 'Noordam' has drowned while swimming near Boracay Island on Nov 6, 2024, at 10.30 a.m. He was pulled from the water unresponsive after calling for help as he struggled to stay afloat in the water. The man had been swimming with several people near the Cagban Jetty Port, about 10 meters from the shore. Emergency services rushed the man to Ciriaco S. Tirol Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

After the repatriation flight of more than 100 Indian crew members aboard the 'Noordam' was cancelled on June 20, 2020, four of them went on a hunger strike on the ship off Manila. The sailors have been stranded on sea for more than 90 days. The flight was cancelled as Mumbai airpoirt was scheduled to receive a number of such flights during June 20-26 which would put more pressure on the quarantine facilities.

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew, forward deployed to Cordova, mmedevaced a passenger from the "Noordam" near Cordova on Sep 7, 2919, who was experiencing chest pains. The cruise ship was approximately 125 nautical miles southeast of Cordova at the time of the request.The 72-year-old male passenger and the ship’s nurse were hoisted by an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopterand taken to Cordova for a wing-to-wing transfer with a Guardian Flight team.