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Royal Caribbean defends cruise-ship calls on Haiti after earthquake
Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 14:31.
(latimes) Royal Caribbean International, which last week pledged at least $1 million in relief for quake-ravaged Haiti, this week defended its decision to continue cruise-ship calls on its private Labadee resort on the country’s northern coast, which was undamaged. READ MOREMain engine still dead, Princess cleared to sail
Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 13:56.
(palmbeachpost) The sidelined Palm Beach Princess casino ship, though equipped only
with backup engines, has regained permission to sail, the result of
weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling with international maritime
inspectors. READ MOREWinter boat show roundup
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/10/2009 - 14:41.
(soundings) The Providence Boat Show, known as the first winter boat show in New
England, is scheduled for Jan. 7-10 at the Rhode Island Convention
Center. The show primarily presents exhibits of powerboats that appeal to
the family cruising and fishing audiences, plus small sailing craft,
personal watercraft and inflatables. In addition, there are hundreds of
exhibits that feature fresh- and saltwater fishing gear, technology,
engines and electronics. READ MOREGambing ship faces Coast Guard-ordered shutdown
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/08/2009 - 14:16.(
palmbeachpost) The Palm Beach Princess will be ordered today to halt its gambling
cruises-to-nowhere if the owners do not come up with a detailed plan to
fix the ship's main engine, which died three months ago. READ MORE
palmbeachpost) The Palm Beach Princess will be ordered today to halt its gambling
cruises-to-nowhere if the owners do not come up with a detailed plan to
fix the ship's main engine, which died three months ago. READ MORE Carnival and other lines buck bad economy and order new ships to be built
Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 18:46.
(examiner) Carnival Corporation
announced that they are indeed flourishing in these troubled economic
times. Well, not exactly in that fashion, but the statement was made
when it announced that they have ordered another ship to be built.
Carnival signed an agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build another sister ship to the newly-released Carnival Dream.
The ship will also be built at 130,000 tons, same as the Dream, which
gives indication that times when shipbuilding was on hold are now over
for the major cruise lines.Passengers recount chaos as cruise ship lost power in the Caribbean
Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:41.
(USA TODAY) Passengers returning home from the Norwegian Cruise Line ship that lost power over the weekend in the Caribbean are recounting a situation that quickly became unbearable. READ MOREOn board the world's biggest cruise ship
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 13:35.
(BBC) From the outside, the world's biggest and most expensive cruise ship looks like a floating block of flats. It
is only when you are on board the Oasis of the Seas that you start to
get a sense of the scale of this enormous liner, which can cater for
more than 6,000 passengers. READ MORE and WATCH THE VIDEO
Cruise ship breaks Antarctic ice, nears open water
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 15:18.
(AP) A Russian icebreaker carrying over 100 tourists and scientists to see
emperor penguins in Antarctica has been crunching through pack ice and
should reach clear water soon, a shipping official said Wednesday. READ MORERussian cruise ship icebound in Antarctica
Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 14:00.
(UPI) A Russian cruise ship with 105 passengers aboard is stuck in the ice near Antarctica, shipping sources said. READ MOREBerth of a Cruise Ship: World’s Biggest Gets a Home
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:00.
(NYTIMES) When the Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, departed Finland on its maiden voyage earlier this month, it barely squeezed
under Denmark’s Great Belt Bridge, with less than two feet to spare.
There will be no such close calls when the Oasis, owned by Royal
Caribbean International, docks in its new home, Cruise Terminal 18, a huge complex that opened Nov. 8, at Port Everglades, Fla. READ MORE