Europe’s MSC Cruises is currently testing onboard the MSC Lirica a new fee for guests to pay if they want to leave the vessel. When the ships stops in Portofino, Italy, there is no dock available to tie up at, so she anchors offshore and tenders guests ashore. MSC is now charging for this service. [...]
On the other side of the pond, I’m referring to England, John Honeywell has the excellent blog, Captain Greybeard. Today he highlights the additions of new ship deployments from “down under.”
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This may not be considered your typical cruise ship, but The World is sort of close. You may recall the World of ResidentSea, is the “condo ship” that sails millionaires around the world, all while staying in the comfort of private residences.
CruiseNewsDaily Posts an interesting photo from their archives.
This is how she was [...]
Now that the Epic coverage has died down, here is what you may have missed on CruiseInd:
The Carnival Pride needs to enter its scheduled drydock early and has cancelled 2 cruises.
The Alaska Head Tax has some “funny math.”
The Famed SS United States may have been saved from the scrapyard.
A Carnival Ship temporarily lost power.
Carnival adds [...]
If you haven’t followed the Alaska cruise saga I’ll sum it up:
Basically locals were getting annoyed that lines were sending more and increasing larger ships to their ports. Passengers were overwhelming tiny port towns and ruining the waterfront. The ships were also ruining the environment both above water, exhaust fumes, and below water, legal and [...]
NCL has been swamping the cruise media with its new ship the Norwegian Epic. If you frequent this blog then you know its been THE news lately. But what about NCL’s oldest ship, the one they bought in 2003. I am of course talking about the most famous ship of the US Merchant Marine; the [...]
The first hurricane in the 2010 Atlantic season has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Due to the location of the storm in the gulf, no ships will have issues with ports. Carnival’s vessels sailing in/out of Galveston and New Orleans may have a bumpy ride though.
Texas is starting to feel the effects [...]
Hi everyone. I am currently in Massachusetts for a surprise visit for my Brother’s graduation. If anything big breaks in the cruise industry, I’ll keep you up to date. Other than that, enjoy your weekend!
-Greg
Yes, that’s right. Libya just ordered a cruise ship. The Libyan National Company for Maritime Transport, GNMTC, just signed a letter of intent to build one ship at STX France in Saint Nazaire. The ship, to be completed by December 2012, will come in at around 140,000 grt. That puts it at around a [...]
In my post titled “Cruise Line Changes From Israel-Gaza Ship Clash,” it was mentioned that further alteration could be announced. This morning comes word that Azamara Club Cruises had cancelled the Azamara Quest’s port of call in Ashdod, Israel.
Although, she will call in Haifa, Israel. She is currently there now and will stay there until [...]
