Shipspotting in Jacksonville
Hello from Jacksonville airport. I wanted to share with you a neat, off-the-beaten-path spot I found. Around an hour south of Jacksonville is the town of St Johns. Across the St Johns River is the smaller ...
Virgin Voyages Working on New PortMiami Terminal
Virgin Voyages just went public with their plan to construct a new terminal for the Scarlet Lady opening in 2021. (The Scarlet Lady sets sail in 2020.) They plan on renovating terminal H which is currently ...
Windstar Cruises To Stretch Fleet and Announces $250 Million Refurb
Beginning in Fall of 2019, Windstar Cruises will lengthen all three ex-Seabourn ships as well as give each a complete refurbishment.
The $250 million project will increase each vessel's capacity by 100pax ...
American Queen Steamboat Company Acquires Victory Cruise Lines And Adds Newbuild
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American Queen Steamboat Company has agreed to acquire Victory Cruise Lines. Victory started up in 2016 with the Victory I (ex- Cape May Light, Sea Voyager, St Laurent) and Victory II (ex-C...
Marella Spirit (ex-Nieuw Amsterdam, Patriot, Thomson Spirit) Has Been Sold For Scrap
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The ship formally know as Marella Spirit, Thomson Spirit, Patriot, and Nieuw Amsterdam has been sold to the scrappers. The 1984-built ship has been renamed Mare S and will head to Alang sho...
Here’s What Vikings US Riverboat Will Look Like
It's not the clearest of photos but this gives us an idea of what Viking's US riverboat will look like.
The Swiss based company operate the largest European river fleet and are aggressively building blue w...
First Look: America’s First Modern Riverboat is About to Set Sail
The first modern riverboat has arrived in New Orelans and will soon begin her service. Up until now, the passenger ships that sail the Mississippi are mostly paddle-wheel vessels sailing either for either Ameri...
FEMA Charters Grand Celebration for Boston
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On September 13, 2018 over 40 homes were completely destroyed in the north Boston suburbs of Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover. Excessive pressure in the underground natural gas lines is sa...
National Geographic Venture Launched
The last ship in Lindblad/National Geographic's Jones-act vessels, the National Geographic Venture has been launched. The event took place last week at Washington's Nichols Brothers Boat Builders. What's unique...
Sneak Peak At Crystal Cruises Diamond Class Vessel
Back in August, a few photos of Crystal's reimagined Diamond-class leaked.
Now we have official renders direct from Crystal. The ship is definitely a downsize from the original 100,000gt design. The new shi...