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The above picture comes form the US Coast Guard as they prepeare for a medevac from Holland America’s Noordam.
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Ok now I have seen it all. Anyone that knows me, knows that I am always outspoken when it comes to technology. I am a proud technology pundit and always encourage the use of it, but this may be too…
You may recall that Royal Caribbean have announced plans to refurb the Liberty of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas to bring them up to Allure in terms of features, and they announced enhancements to the Oasis of the…
NCL announced last week that they will build 2 new ships in German’ys Meyer Werft Shipyard. Here is what we know so far: Each ship will be about $750 million. Pretty much average although compared to the Epic’s over 1…
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STX Finland just got a very important order for a ferry for Viking Lines. I normally don’t cover ferry travel but this is important news. No one is building ships anymore. Its just the way things are now. After Allure…
On the heels of Oasis’ rare guest, here is another post that should be on AboutThoseBirds.com but yet it finds its way here. Alastair Greener, of the great wearecunard.com blog, has the story. One story I heard about, but only…
The Allure of the Seas was delivered from STX Finland yards. The only ship with a Starbucks at sea and an GUESS store at sea sailed from the cold Finnish city of Turku. Just like her sister Oasis last year,…
You can now own a part of NCL. NCL recently filed an S-1 forum that they wish to create an Initial Public Offering. IPO’s are the first step towards being a publically traded company and then being listed in a…
And they were surprising! For Q3 Revenue of $2.1 Billion [17% increase from last year] Net Income of $356.8 million [55% increase from last year] Net Cruise Costs were down(a good thing) 2.3% and omitting fuel expenses, they were down…
The United States Justice Department and NCL finally reached an agreement to resolve a lawsuit in which NCL violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This only applies to NCL’s subsidiary NCL America which operates the only US flagged cruise…
Alaskan Dream Cruises has just formed and will sail two smallships from the former Cruise West. The Alaskan-based Allen Marine Tours purchased the 78-pax Spirit of Columbia and Spirit of Alaska. They will be renamed the Admiralty Dream and Baranof…
NCL finally went public today with their new build plans to build 2 post-panamax vessels in Germany’s Meyer Werft yard. They wil deput in Spring 2013 & 2014. The unnamed ships will be in 143,500 GRT each and have 4,000…
The Costa Classica, that has involved in the collision in china, has been “repaired” in Changxing, China. It took just 96 hours. I say repaired in quotes because, my understanding, she was just made seaworthy. That means they made the…
UK news site, Daily Mail, have posted pictures detailing the damage the Costa Classica sustained from the Cargo vessel yesterday.
Quite the story I came home to. The Costa Classica of Costa Cruises collided this morning with a cargo vessel in China. The incident occured in a deep water channel near the Yangtze River. The 1,300 pax ship was traveling…
Princess Cruises Island Princess was the first ship to hook up to shore side power while docked in San Francisco. The ship literally plugs into power cables from the dock. Several of Princess Cruises ships are equipped with the ability…
Massachusetts Port Authority, known as Masport, officially opened a new, renovated, section of Black Falcon Terminal. The former World War I warehouse is at the end of an $11 million refurbishment plan that will meet the growing demand of the…
Today we saw the introduction of a new Queen. The Queen Elizabeth was christened by Her Majesty The Queen today in Southampton. The 1,600 invited guests saw the white wine bottle break against the ships hull on the first try.…
In the above photo, Cunard President Peter Shanks holds the keys to the vessel that he then handed over to the Captain, Christopher Wells. As all my readers know, ships do not use keys to turn the engine on, but…
The cruise ship Adriana will sail to the embargoed island for the new Tropicana Cruises of Belize. Homeported out of Jamaica U.S. and Canadian passengers can cruise to the island for 7-nights. Prices start at around $1,050 per person.…
Troubled cruise line Pearl Seas Cruises has yet hit another bump in the road. The way over budget, horribly delayed small ship Pearl Mist, has been “Rejected.” You may remember the tradition in the maritime industry where the line, Cunard,…
The Disney Dream has now had her first taste of water. She was successfully floated out at Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The 128,000 grt ship is still on track for a January 26th maiden voyage.