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After the PR nightmare Carnival plc CEO Micky Arison received after the Concordia disaster, he’s at it again. While grieving relatives and shocked passengers were stuck on Giglio trying to sort things out, Micky Arison was photographed enjoying a Miami…
The Carnival Triumph suffered an engine room fire this morning while on transit from Mexico back to her homeport of Galveston, Texas. The ship is currently operating on minimal power in the Gulf of Mexico with 3,143 guests and 1,086…
5 crew members were killed when a routine lifeboat drill went horribly wrong. The ship was docked at the port of Santa Cruz on La Palma in the Canary Islands. It should be noted, the davit arm involved that faulted…
From Royal Caribbean: KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results For the Full Year 2012: Full year Net Yields increased 3.0% on a Constant-Currency basis; 1.5% As-Reported; Net Cruise Costs ("NCC") excluding fuel increased 4.2% on a Constant-Currency basis; 2.7% As-Reported; Net income before…
I usually don’t write much about Walt Disney Co. Their financial structure is usually well insulated from the performance of the cruise line. There’s no better example of this than Q4 2012. For the last 3 months of 2012, the…
And they are: Quantum of the Seas (2014) Anthem of the Seas (2015) Just like the names rumored….
Here’s the QE2 as seen from the worlds tallest building in a 360 panorama. See it from the source The yacht on the far left (facing us) is the Sheikh‘s private yacht Dubai. Second largest in the world.
This one’s just bizarre. 52 pax were rescued after the ferry, Baleno 168, lost its propeller and started taking on water. The accident took place in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines while she was enroute to Calapan Port Terminal. Initial attempts…
It is being reported that the Nova Scotian government are taking bids to relaunch the Portland, ME – Yarmouth, NS seasonal ferry service. So far only Quest Navigation of Maine and Maritime Applied Physics Corp of Baltimore, MD are known…
NCL has announced that they beat their goal of $16-18 /share and came in at $19 This yields them a net of $446.5 million. Their target revenue was only $400 million. The owners on Norwegian Cruise Lines, Genting, Apollo,…