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The above photo illustrates the final course of the Costa Concordia. It was obtained from Costa’s official vessel positioning. I then superimposed it with the last AIS data to leave the ship via MarineTraffic. Her initial course, starting from the…
Local officials have arrested the Captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino. Local law enforcement have charged him with suspicion of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing a shipwreck. They claim he deliberately ordered the ship to take a dangerous,…
This will probably be the last update for today unless something breaks. Very few photos have surfaced right after the grounding. Here you can see her sinking, stern first. Passengers onboard wait for the abandon ship order to be given…
Shows you just how close she was to the shore. Keep in mind that this may not be exactly where the underwater collision occurred, just where she came to a stop. Currently, CNN is reporting that local officials are fearful…
*Click Here for a Live Webcam from the Rescue Operation* This is BREAKING NEWS and will be updated periodically.. Costa Cruises 950 foot long, 114,500grt ship Costa Concordia had just departed Civitavecchia, Italy when she lost power and scrapped the…
Chris Owen posted the “13 things not to do on a cruise” on his site today. Now most if it is pretty good advice such as: 1. Don’t sit on the guard rail 2. Don’t argue with other passengers 5.…
OOPS: Wrote Dream in the headline. Corrected it now. Looks like the damage wasn’t too bad from the supposed water damage.
I’m usually hesitant to release numbers about my site, but I just couldn’t resist after seeing this stat below: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 53,000 times in 2011. If…
The Russian Ship owner/manager, Sovcomflot, have been rumored to be looking at a new venture in the Cruise Industry according to Cruise Business Review. This venture would greatly diversify their business portfolio. Sovcomflot owns and manages everything from ice Breakers…
That’s the million dollar question. CIN found that the Fantasy is scheduled to me berthed at the Manhattan west side piers from February 28 to March 2, 2012. This coincides with her Port Canaveral home port arrival 4 days after.…
From the Captain Greybeard Blog: A spokesperson at Disney Cruise Line’s Florida HQ said the cause of the water “intrusion” was still unknown and claimed it would be wrong to suggest – as some reports in Germany had – that…
Viking River Cruises, the huge European river line, have now launched their very own “blue-water” line. Viking Ocean Cruises has ordered two, 888-passenger oceangoing ships to be constructed at STX France yards in St. Nazaire. Measuring 750ft LOA, the sisters…
This was a nice holiday surprise. 4th result on Google!
From all of us at CruiseInd: An MSC ship in Hamburg, Germany earlier this year.
This seriously happened. I count 3 different ships in that photoshop (Epic bow, Pride of America stern, and Freedom class forward top decks.) Yahoo! blog Outdoor (via GrindTv) ran a post about this phony ship pictured above. Somehow they think…
Buried deep in NCL’s latest presser about their Summer 2013/14 Deployment, I found this interesting tidbit: Guests will also have the opportunity to sail round-trip from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy or Marseille, France giving them the flexibility to choose the homeport…
Yahoo News, the always innovative and current, has come out with a list of new ships sailing in 2012. Topping their list is Costa’s neoRomantica. Pretty sure this isn’t a new ship….
Adam Goldstein hits the nail on the head about why he blogs.
Never thought I’d see these two team up. I always thought Ballard didn’t like Cameron. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Geographic Society and National Geographic Channel today announced a major cross-platform initiative to commemorate the 100th anniversary…
AP is reporting that a 26 year old woman “fell” off the Queen Mary. Not the currently in service QM2, the original Queen Mary. As in the former Cunard-er that has been moored in Long Beach since 1967. Apparently they…
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is of the COSTA MAGICA and LOFOTEN. Photographer: roar jensen Captured: July 21, 2010 Location: Honningsvag, Norway
Well we all knew that the bubble just burst this past summer for cruises in the Med. I mean Barcelona alone had what like 11 ships homeported there. Who didn’t see this coming. Royal Caribbean was the first to pull…
Last holiday season I introduced you all to our Mobile Webcam Viewer. The past few months, we’ve been working our butts off modifying and streamlining the code for it. It is with great accomplishment that we launch CruiseInd Mobile Webcams…
Probably the most controversial drydocking in quite some time is the Costa neoRomantica. Here’s a pretty neat panorama from her Forecastle (bow) deck. Work is progressing along quite nicely in order to convert her into the most controversial ship since…
A Weekly Series featuring one photo that stand out to me on the social Photography site Shipspotting. This weeks is of the Balmoral moored at Eidjford, Norway Photographer: hmfcooper Captured: June 30, 2009