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Good morning everyone. Here’s the latest: Unfavorable weather will not relent. Therefore, officials will call off the search for the remaining bodies. Currently there are 15 pax and crew still missing. Costa parent company Carnival Corp., disclosed the financial impact…
As I mentioned yesterday, I have been trying to find pictures of the Concordia post and during the evacuation. It seems that photos exist of her prior to the evacuation, just when she started to develop the list. And plenty…
Divers have recovered a 17th body from inside the wreck on deck 6. Weather continues to hamper recovery and prelim work on the ships fuel tanks. Smit is scheduled to start pumping out the heavy bunker fuel midweek. AP…
Gene Sloan from USA Today’s CruiseLog: Spokespeople for two of the lines, Princess Cruises and Holland America, said they would have no comment on the subject. A spokeswoman for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises, which are sister lines, said on…
Here’s some non-Concordia related new for you. Meyer Werft in Germany have launched the Disney Fantasy. She successfully transited the Emms River and is currently moored in Bremerhaven for the last of her outfitting. It will also serve as her…
I got suspicious reading a story about “Are Cruise Ships Safe?” on MyCruiseStories. So I started to investigate. I first noticed that all the images are hyperlinked to a huntsvillegrapevine.com blog. So as a proper journalist, I decided to investigate…
Costa released the below, following claims that they only offered survivors of the Concordia a refund and 30% discount on a future cruise: ============================================ With reference to news reports on discounts and promotional offers, Costa Cruises feels bound to point…
Another body was found, said to be an elderly woman with a life vest, bringing the death toll up to 16 16 are still reported missing Preparation began today for the removal of the ships bunkers(fuel) via siphoning. Divers have…
2 more bodies were just found. The death toll rises to 15. 18 are still missing By now I’m sure you’re aware that the accident was caused by the Captain navigation too close to the Island. Last night into this…
Death toll now up to 13 The passenger was found on submerged deck near the bow of the vessel Number of missing now at 20 Divers entered the Captain’s cabin and according to Italian news agency ANSA, removed his safe…
Is it just me or should Costa’s CEO really stop talking…. Doesn’t seem like these put the company in the best light. If anyone’s curious, Pier Luigi Foschi, formally titled Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Crociere,…
but when I see video below, its hard to believe. I’m referring to the gCaptain interview where a member of the crew said shame to all those criticizing them.
The above video shows how divers are searching the balconies and looking into all the cabins.
Here’s what has happened yesterday and today. The number of missing is at 21. Divers recovered a body this morning bringing the death toll up to 12. The passenger was said to have a life jacket on. They were found…
The video above shows that the vessel impacted the rocks prior to the Port of Giglio at a speed of just over 15kts. If the above is to be believed based on vessel heading, the captain made it worse by…
This video is impossible to resize…. Here is a new video that shows just how clueless the officers on the bridge thought. The ship had supposedly hit the rocks 30min prior to this recording.
Here are today’s top stories. Yet more allegations have emerged about the Captain. I am trying to stay out of this as its becoming quite the tabloid story with sketchy sources. Carnival released another official statement. 21 people still remain…
Last night I had tweeted out that I just watched a really bad “CNN Report” on cruise ship captains. I finally found a copy of it. The host of the show, I believe John King, led into the ‘report’ with…
From an unknown passenger
I was able to get this webcam grab, showing the workers leaving the vessel via helo. (from 10:11am EST) The ship is slowly shifting. The latest is 5 feet fore and 3 feet aft. This discrepancy might mean that the…
(NSFW-L) Holy Crap! I really cant come up with commentary on this right now. Wow. Just Wow.
Here’s todays top stories: The death toll is now at 11, with 6 more bodies recovered today. Divers have had to blow holes in he parts of the superstructure underwater. Surveyors are on site in anticipation of salvage crew arrival…
AnswerItRoyaly They don’t allow embedding. Sorry.Why does it seem that the Concordia accident kind of makes me second guess what they’re saying in this video?
French line, CDF (Croisières de France), has introduced a new logo. What do you think? I like it. Simple, Classy, Elegant.