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The U.S. state department has just issued a travel warning for its citizens travelling to Honduras. They rank the crime and violence in the central american country as Critically High. Travelers can take solace in knowing that the crime rates at…
UPDATE January 2: All 52 pax have been finally rescued. They are currently onboard the Australian ice breaker Aurora Australis, and are finally on their way home. BBC has this photo showing the loading of pax onto the helicopter. The helicopter landed…
Viking Cruises announced the keel was laid for its first ocean cruise vessel, Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, December 18, at Fincantieri’s Marghera shipyard outside Venice, Italy. Viking Star is scheduled to…
Carnival has announced that the Carnival Splendor will reposition to Miami in November 2014 for the winter 2014-2015 season. This removes their only ship from yearound service out of New York City. She’ll be back in the summer 2015 for…
UPDATE December 26: MSC and Fincantieri have announced that they came to an agreement on a €200m program to refit and stretch the 4 Liricia class ships. They will add the rumored 200 cabins to each ship via a stretching. The…
Seatrade is reporting that Fincanteri is currently working on a prototype for a new MSC Cruises vessel. The details are unknown at this time, however the size is estimated in the 150,000gt and over 308m loa.The ship with have the…
Happy Holidays from all of us at CruiseInd. Photo of the The Grand Lobby on board Queen Victoria. From Cunard.
Getting work done at the airport. Too bad I don’t get to board her….this time.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just issues a travel notice for travelers headed to the Dutch/French Island of St Martin. There are currently 10 reported cases of Chikungunya, which is a virus spread from mosquito bites, on…
A new lawsuit alleges that Carnival sailed the Triumph on her fateful trip all while knowing that the ship was our of class (classification) and not in compliance. The lawsuit is filed in a Houston, TX district court; not sure…