Carnival Cruise passengers brawl in port in horrific scenes caught on camera
Carnival Cruise passengers brawl in Miami port as more than a dozen banned
Two women allegedly started the fight which led to multiple people becoming involved before the authorities stepped in
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Add us as preferred source Comments By Tannur Anders 01:17, Wed, Jun 24, 2026 Updated: 01:25, Wed, Jun 24, 2026 
Sixteen people have been banned from Carnival Cruise Line after a fight broke out among passengers while they waited in a customs line.
Footage captured the moment passengers charged at one another at 8am on Monday, June 22 after the Carnival Conquest ship docked at Port Miami, Florida after a trip to the Bahamas.
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Two women allegedly started the fight. One, dressed in a black strapless dress, ducked under a line divider and started swinging at another woman wearing polka dot pyjamas.
Another woman, who donned a yellow and white maxi-dress, then jumped into the scuffle and grabbed one of the women's hair.
Several men and women joined the scuffle as US Customs and Border Protection officers attempted to break up the fight.
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The fight broke out while passengers waited in a customs line (Image: Only In Dade)
Two women started the fight (Image: Only In Dade)
US Customs and Border Protection officers attempted to break up the fight (Image: Only In Dade)
Suitcases and personal belongings were hurled around during the chaotic scene. At one point, a man was seen holding a stanchion over his head as people screamed.
The brawl was broken up after a few minutes.
It remains unclear what sparked the outburst between two families.
No one was arrested after neither of the parties decided to press charges.
As a result of the fight, 16 people have been placed on Carnival Cruise Lines' "Do Not Sail List", a company spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
"The incident occurred in the debarkation area under the authority of US Customs and Border Patrol [sic]," the company said.
"We are appreciative of law enforcement’s swift response and handling of the matter. We do not tolerate such behaviour."
The incident comes just months after a fight on another Carnival cruise ship, in which two women are accused of slapping one another as the ship returned to Mobile, Alabama from Nassau, Bahamas.
Both women are facing federal court citations for simple assault and appeared before a judge in early May.
US magistrate Judge Bert Milling Jr told the women their case will be dismissed if they do not get arrested or have contact with one another for three months, according to Fox 10.
A final decision on that case is set to be made on August 12.
Badenoch blasts 'moaning' female Labour MPs over Burnham jobs 'quota'
Kemi Badenoch has told Labour women to earn a job in Andy Burnham's Cabinet instead of demanding they are handed jobs because of their gender.
The Tory leader lashed out today amid reports that female MPs are demanding the de-facto new prime minister introduce a 50:50 gender split 'quota' in his government.
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister also complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts.
But in a scathing article in the Times today Mrs Badenoch told them to 'stop moaning' and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'.
'There are many, many reasons why you shouldn't have any Milibands in the cabinet,' she said.
'But complaining that the boys haven't given them the right jobs or that the boys are taking all the jobs, just shows that Labour's women still don't get it.'
The idea of quotas was also attacked by Baroness Jacqui Smith, Labour's Skills Minister.
Asked by Times Radio if Mr Burnham should reserve jobs for women, she said: 'No, I think what Andy Burnham should be doing is building the very best team around him to change this country.'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs
Amid reports that former foreign secretary David Miliband (above, right, in 2010) is being lined up to return to the role, possibly with his brother Ed as Chancellor, one female minister complained that Burnham could not have 'more Milibands than women' in the top posts
But Mrs Badenoch told them to pipe down and get chosen on merit instead of retreating into 'more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country'
A letter written by the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party and seen by the BBC has called on Mr Burnham to ensure a 50:50 split between men and women in government jobs after he succeeds Sir Keir Starmer.
'We are asking you to demonstrate this change from day one and address the toxicity and misogyny within our own party and government,' it said.
Labour has never had a female leader, while the Conservatives have had three, and Mrs Badenoch urged the government to follow its meritocratic example.
'If you run a meritocracy, then you do not have to worry about jobs for the boys,' she wrote.
'Every woman who is a Conservative MP, every woman who has ever won the leadership, has had to fight to get where she is.
'By contrast, Labour women are demanding guarantees from Burnham. But the truth is he doesn't have to give any guarantees.
'If none of Labour's women are prepared to get their hands dirty and challenge him for the leadership, their demands are toothless.'
'In fact, it's quite revealing that the women's parliamentary Labour Party has written to Burnham asking him to commit himself to at least 50 per cent female ministers.
'This has nothing to do with meritocracy. It is yet more of the failed identity politics that is holding back our country.'
