In July we reported about the sinking of a Russian river ship. Well yesterday, fire broke out on the Sergey Abramov. A crew member is still missing as of this post and two people were taken to the hospital. She…
Here is the latest on the hijacked ferry in Turkey. Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Yıldırım stated that the assailants are supposedly members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Turkey has a large Kurdish population in the south who have recently attacked…
Two weeks ago, we reported on Royal Caribbean’s Q3 earnings. The results were kind of melancholy. Not good, not bad, just ‘eh.’ Afterwards, UBS analyst Robin Farley interpreted the situation as ‘not terrible, not great, but perhaps a situation that…
This is a devolving story….. via BBC Details are sparse but it appears between 1-5 Hijackers have taken hostage 24 people on the ferry Kartepe travelling in the Gulf of Izmit. file photo:
And I think I’m in love! The second photo sells it for me. Just looks so peaceful! View the slide show below. I don’t say this a lot, but Good Job CC! (scroll right to see their commentary)
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is of the Sea Dream II. She is seen here leaving the Tejo River near Lisbon, Portugal heading into the Atlantic.…
Rumor circulating around the internets has it that MSC has completed a deal to acquire the partially built Phoenicia. The ship was originally ordered for the state run National Company for Maritime Transport of Libya. But given recent civil war…
Governor Rick Scott Serves as Guest DJ on Carnival Imagination
Some Highlights with the full results below: Income for the quarter improved 18.3% to $162.7 million Net Revenue grew 4.6% to $491.6 million Expenses from the 2010 launch of Norwegian Epic increase Q3 2010 17.9% increase in the price of…
The transformation from a unique looking ship to a ugly looking ship is taking place in Italy’s T. Mariotti shipyard. For those that don’t recall Costa is taking this: and turning it into this: Well I am defiantly looking forward…