Overview
- The fight erupted in the Port Miami customs and debarkation line after the Carnival Conquest docked, with video showing more than a dozen people throwing punches, luggage, and stanchions.
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intervened to stop the melee, and local authorities reported no arrests because those involved declined to press charges.
- Carnival Cruise Lines confirmed it placed 16 passengers connected to the incident on its Do Not Sail list and said it does not tolerate such behavior.
- Officials described the clash as involving two feuding families and said some accounts indicate it began with an altercation between two women, but the precise cause remains unclear.
- The episode follows a May onboard assault that resulted in federal citations and adds to media attention of passenger misconduct, which could increase scrutiny of cruise-line enforcement and no-sail bans.