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Black Box Transcript Leaked in Concordia Disaster.

While the actually recordings are still under possession of Italian police, parts of the transcript have begun to leak out. Among some of the alarming details was the Captains direct knowledge of the severity of the situation. Captain Schettino can…

Norwegian Breakaway Hull Art Released (YUCK!)

This is beyond bad. This is atrocious. She looks like a Mediterranean ferry. I mean if they want her to stand out, this will definitely do it. NCL CEO Kevin Sheehan, who has impressed me in the past, stated:  Norwegian…

BREAKING: Princess Names Newest Ship Regal Princess

Sister ship to the Royal Princess, and scheduled to set sail in 2014, the name has a rich history in Princess cruises. The original Regal Princess was ordered by Sitmar Cruises, but delivered to Princess Cruises when they bought Sitmar…

Cruise News

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. There just hasn’t been any really big news. A new dinning program from NCL. New way to board a ship from Carnival. Work’s underway to salvage the Concordia….Really nothing big.

Project Sunshine Render

The above is what is considered the first render of Royal Caribbean’s follow-up to the Oasis class: The Sunshine class. The origin is unknown and it is also not known who leaked it.

Royal Caribbean Q2 2012 Results

MIAMI, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reported second quarter results and updated its guidance for the remainder of 2012. KEY HIGHLIGHTS Results For the Second Quarter of 2012: Net loss was ($3.6 million), or ($0.02) per…

Titanic II Plans Leak Out

CIN found these plans for the Titanic II. You may recall, this is the one that the Australian billionaire is trying to build. Common sense says she’ll never hit the water and I’m as skeptical as everyone else is about the project.…

Royal Princess Fitness Details Announced

  Princess Cruises today revealed the sports and fitness features that will be aboard the new Royal Princess when the ship debuts next June. Passengers of all athletic abilities can test their mettle and keep in shape with a new…

Fire Breaks out on River Ship

A fire broke out Friday aboard the Regina Rheni while she was cruising the Rhine. Tauck’s MS Swiss Sapphire was first on the scene and was able to rescue the pax off the ship. There are no serious injuries reported…

Seabourn Selling their Ships?

Rumor has it that Seabourn has some ‘feelers’ out there to see if there are any interested buyers. So far it looks like they are just trying to dump some older tonnage i.e. the 3 older sisters, Pride, Spirit and…

Obligatory Liberty of the Seas Comment

If you been checking out the other cruise sites lately, I’m sure you read about the Liberty of the Seas ‘near collision’ (as CruiseCritic puts it) with a small Italian fishing boat. It gained pretty quick attention and was used…

Viking Ocean Cruises Newbuild Goes Official

After falling through with STX yards and switching the bid to Italy’s Fincanteri, the contract was officially signed. The contract calls for 2, 47,000grt ships with a capacity of about 944.

Dear Port Fever

Stop penalizing those who are tech savvy enough to block all ad networks on their personal network. It’s safer and faster to block them.

Did you know P&O has an Option for their ship?

via CIN: Sometimes supplier announcements can have unintended consequences, like Wärtsilä Hamworthy confirming an equipment order for the P&O Cruises 141,000-ton newbuild at Fincantieri, due for delivery in 2015, along with an option for a second ship. The cruise line…

Cunard Data Breach Hits Over 1,200 booked Guests

It doesn’t appear that this was the result of a hack or malicious code, just a goof on their end. And quite the goof it was. Over 1,200 booked guests had their Name, Email and Booking Number added to a…

RUMOR: Chinese Cruise Line Orders a 100,000grt Vessel

CIN is reporting that an unnamed cruise line may have just ordered a 100,000grt newbuild set for launch in 2018. The date seems a little too far in the future in my opinion, but China has no experience building post-panamax…

Fire on German River Ship Prompts Evacuation

On Saturday, a fire broke out onboard France’s MS Gerard Schmitter. The CroisiEurope ship was in the process of tying up when the fire was first reported. The cause seems to be a cable that sparked in the ships ‘Technical…

I found the QE2 in Dubai!

I spoke to one of the directors of my company and he said they keep her under heavy guard and security won’t even allow pictures. So I found a way around it. The Burj Khalifa is the worlds tallest free…

NCL Officially Acquires the Norwegian Sky?

This may sound crazy but it turns out she was never owned by NCL. According to IHS Fairplay the owner is Ample Avenue Ltd. NCL has signed a MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) to formally purchase the vessel. Ample Avenue Ltd…