Launching in December, the world’s largest cruise ship Oasis of the Seas will set the stage for RCI’s culinary innovations. The world’s most revolutionary cruise ship will offer passengers more variety and flexibility than ever before, thanks to 24 distinct dining...
Written for Now Public and published by Off RadarLuxury passenger vessels have always held a kind of fascination in the minds of the young and the old alike. Many people dream of taking a world cruise and others...
opinion by grantholmes | 28 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago 378 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Pirates got more than they bargained for when they attacked the Italian cruiseship, Melody. What are believed to be Somali pirates attacked a cruise ship headed to the Mediterranean on Saturday. They...
From Off Radar NewsThere are a number of rumours circulating in Dubai that the massive conversion plans to transform the former Cunard cruise ship QE2 into a floating hotel/conference/leisure centre have fallen...
opinion by grantholmes | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 268 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
" February 18, 2009 According to reports a cruise ship with 74 passengers and 30 crew members aboard the ship named Ocean Nova carrying a Bahamas flag in Antarctica in the vicinity of San Martin. According to the Argentine Army that is helping with the rescue of passengers...
created by youngturk | 40 wks ago 136 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
On a typical day, 15 oceangoing ships arrive at Jacksonville area terminals.At their
berths loading, unloading or waiting for cargo, these ships continue to run some
of their engines, in some cases burning the same extremely high sulfur fuel they
use on the open sea....
may 07,2008 Ocean-going vessels are one of the largest mobile sources of air pollution in the world.Photo: NOAA Washington, DC — The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted today to regulate...
created by diverdan363 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 213 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"More than 150 passengers and crew have been rescued from a tourist ship, after it hit ice off Antarctica.
The M/S Explorer began listing close to King George Island in the Antarctic Ocean, near the South Shetland Islands.
Susan Hayes, of Gap Adventures, which owns the ship,...
created by asterix | 2 years ago 274 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The cruise ship, Dream Princess, operated by Caspi Shipping of Israel, became nightmarish on September 18 when it began filling with water and sewage. The ship had to be evacuated after listing dangerously on its...
created by bdnegin | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 1983 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
gCaptain brings us: In a move similar to the amazingly successful Million Dollar Homepage
the Manxman Steamship Company has started selling rivets. The idea -
sell 100,000 rivets which will be used to resort the...
UPDATE: unofficialsquaw.com's stories for NowPublic have caught the ear of folks at the Seattlest blog interested in why the Seattle-bound ship ran aground. Great work, unofficialsquaw.com and gcaptain.com! Sources close to gCaptain.com tell us the cruise ship
that hit a rock...
UPDATE: unofficialsquaw.com's stories for NowPublic have caught the ear of folks at the Seattlest blog interested in why the Seattle-bound ship ran aground. Great work, unofficialsquaw.com and gcaptain.com! From...
With the recent grounding of the "Empress of the North" in the news, I'd like to bring to light the issues of cruise ship accidents. Let me first state that by no means am I an expert on the cruise ship or travel...
created by bettympage | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 6332 views | 21 recommendations | 5 comments
The cruise ship Empress of the North that hit a rock off Juneau Alaska
this morning had an eerilly similar incident in the Columbia River last
year. As the Winter 2006/2007 Issue of the US Coast Guard's...
"As the Straight went to press, it appeared that Alaskans approved a controversial ballot measure to impose a US$50-per-passenger head tax and gambling tax on the cruise-ship industry. With 87 percent of the polls...
created by lmurch | 3 years ago 1198 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments