Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Cruise ship passengers injured in Gibraltar blast - Forbes

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Cruise ship passengers injured in Gibraltar blast
Forbes
By ALAN CLENDENNING , 05.31.11, 06:16 PM EDT MADRID -- Twelve passengers on a cruise ship moored in Gibraltar were injured Tuesday after a towering dockside tank holding used oil and water exploded as workers were welding it, sending plumes of black ...
Explosion, fire in Gibraltar fuel tank, two injuredAFP
Blast injures 12 cruise ship passengersmsnbc.com
Cruise ship passengers injured in Gibraltar blastCNBC.com
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Cruise ship passengers injured in Gibraltar blast after dockside oil tank explodes - The Canadian Press

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Cruise ship passengers injured in Gibraltar blast after dockside oil tank explodes
The Canadian Press
MADRID — Twelve passengers on a cruise ship moored in Gibraltar were injured Tuesday after a towering dockside tank holding used oil and water exploded as workers were welding it, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and shrouding the British ...
Explosion, fire in Gibraltar fuel tank, two injuredAFP
Passengers injured as cruise ship is rocked by blast in Gibraltar fuel tankMirror.co.uk (blog)
Explosion rocks Gibraltar portBBC News
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New ship handed over to Seabourn - MiamiHerald.com

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New ship handed over to Seabourn
MiamiHerald.com
Luxury cruise line Seabourn took delivery of its third new ship in three years Tuesday at a shipyard in Genoa, Italy. With the addition of the 450-passenger Seabourn Quest, the Seattle-based cruise operator has increased capacity by ...
Seabourn Takes Delivery of Seabourn QuestPR Newswire (press release)

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Man admits attack on cruise ship visitors - Royal Gazette

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Man admits attack on cruise ship visitors
Royal Gazette
The two cruise ship visitors had gone to the park while their wives were shopping. Young was inside the bathrooms when they entered, and told them “give me everything you got”, blocking the entrance when they tried to leave. According to Crown counsel ...

Praise as buses and ferries run smoother - Royal Gazette

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Praise as buses and ferries run smoother
Royal Gazette
Cruise ship bosses say they have not had any complaints over the last few weeks. Government's website also reports there have not been any cancellations of buses for about a week. Businessman Henry Hayward, who is Bermuda's representative for cruise ...

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Who's that playing on a cruise ship? The Who's Roger Daltrey - USA Today

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Who's that playing on a cruise ship? The Who's Roger Daltrey
USA Today
That's the word this week from several UK news outlets that are reporting the former lead singer of English band The Who took the stage in the ship's pub and offered up an impromptu performance. The 67-year-old rocker was aboard the vessel's ...

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Travel Indochina launches new luxury river cruise holiday - Breaking Travel News

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Travel Indochina launches new luxury river cruise holiday
Breaking Travel News
Leading Asia specialist, Travel Indochina, through its trade partner Travel 2, announced the introduction of a brand new boutique-style river cruise liner, The Jahan, to its product portfolio. A boutique and more opulent sister ship to the ...

A comeback for small ships in Alaska? Another line bets on it - USA Today

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A comeback for small ships in Alaska? Another line bets on it
USA Today
You're not alone if you're looking for a small ship cruise experience in Alaska. Charles Robertson, the CEO of small ship specialist American Cruise Lines, says the company is seeing strong interest in the region. ...

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Olympic Dream is shattered - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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Olympic Dream is shattered
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
When luxury cruise ship SeaDream I was berthed alongside HMS Belfast at Tower Bridge a few weeks ago, there were hopes that its sister, SeaDream II, would be in the Thames next year for the London ...
SeaDream blames Olympics for cancellation of UK sailingsTravel Weekly UK

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Indonesia has yet to tap its cruise industry potential - Jakarta Post

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Indonesia has yet to tap its cruise industry potential
Jakarta Post
Indonesia has not tapped the large potential of the cruise ship industry despite its vast maritime resources due to several challenges, an international seminar on cruise development on Monday heard. The challenges include inadequate conditions, ...

Monday, May 30, 2011

Pacific Islands: Indulgence the only must-do - New Zealand Herald

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Pacific Islands: Indulgence the only must-do
New Zealand Herald
Surely being a hair's breadth from 30 years old meant a holiday should still be an exercise in adventure, of expanding horizons - not watching the sunset from the deck of a cruise ship. What on earth do you do for 10 days on a boat? As it turns out, ...
All aboard for modern cruisingIndependent Online
Royal Caribbean to resume Japan visitsTravel Daily UK
Royal Caribbean to Resume Calls to JapanASIATravelTips.com
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Feds probe transit district's cruise ship service - Daily Astorian

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Feds probe transit district's cruise ship service
Daily Astorian
Members of the Sunset Empire Transportation District's board of directors were already aware of the risk they were taking with the federal government by agreeing in April to continue “temporary fixed routes” for cruise ship passengers until the end of ...

Cruises from Boston in 2012 with Carnival Cruise ships - Cruise Ship News

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Cruises from Boston in 2012 with Carnival Cruise ships
Cruise Ship News
Carnival Cruises have announced that they are going to extend their cruise schedule out of Boston. Carnival Glory, which is a 2974-passenger ship will sail on June 10, 2012 from Black Falcon Cruise Terminal. This has just been recently ...
Carnival extends Glory's Canada tripse-Travel Blackboard (press release)

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RNLI rescue woman from cruise ship - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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RNLI rescue woman from cruise ship
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
One passenger's planned week-long cruise to the Norwegian fjords lasted no more than a few hours before she had to be rescued by lifeboat after falling and breaking a leg. ...
Elderly cruise ship passenger rescued by Newhaven lifeboatsThe Argus

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Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship - WNCT

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Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship
WNCT
By WNCT Staff OREGON INLET, NC - A 60-year-old man had to be medevaced from the cruise ship Carnival Miracle on Sunday. It happened about 43 miles east of Oregon Inlet. The Coast Guard said in a new release that the man was reported to have suffered ...
Coast Guard takes man from cruise ship off North CarolinaWVEC.com (subscription)
POSTED: 6:14 pm EDT May 29, 2011WCTI12.com

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Juneau, state projects awaiting review by Parnell - Juneau Empire

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Juneau, state projects awaiting review by Parnell
Juneau Empire
“If you go through the projects, there's a lot of benefits for Juneau, there's some great harbor projects, including the cruise ship dock project and DeHart's Marina,” said Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau. The city's cruise ship dock project downtown will ...

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All aboard for modern cruising - Independent Online

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All aboard for modern cruising
Independent Online
Other mammoth liners in operation include Cunard's 1132ft Queen Mary II and Norwegian Cruise Line's (NCL) 1081ft Norwegian Epic. With Hollywood's latest blockbusters now being presented in 3D, cruise ship operators including Royal Caribbean have ...
Royal Caribbean to Resume Calls to JapanASIATravelTips.com
Royal Caribbean Announces New Ship FeaturesADI News

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Cruise liner Rotterdam makes return visit to Liverpool - Liverpool Echo

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Cruise liner Rotterdam makes return visit to Liverpool
Liverpool Echo
A string of ships are due to call in over the next few months for the 2011 season which started with the visit of the Crown Princess last week. Some 25000 people are expected to visit Liverpool by cruise ship this year – with 15 liners due to stop off ...

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Cruise ship fails port safety checks - Yorkshire Post (press release)

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Cruise ship fails port safety checks
Yorkshire Post (press release)
“MCA surveyors have made a number of follow-up visits to the ship to assess progress although the ship continues to be detained at this time.” The vessel is offering cruises this summer to Amsterdam, France and Spain as well as the Norwegians Fjords ...

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

P&O Cruises ARCADIA Maiden Port Call at Los Angeles - Maritime Matters

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P&O Cruises ARCADIA Maiden Port Call at Los Angeles
Maritime Matters
In her 25 year career she served as a liner from Great Britain out to India and Australia and in later years as a pioneering cruise ship for P&O. Reviving the name of that popular ship, the third ARCADIA came about as a transfer from Princess Cruises ...
The Cruise News in fullMirror.co.uk (blog)

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Pressure for national convention centre - Stuff.co.nz

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Pressure for national convention centre
Stuff.co.nz
Though the TIA manifesto has not been developed, Mr Cossar said it was likely to call for formal commitment to a convention centre capable of hosting several thousand delegates, as well as improving port facilities for a growing cruise ship industry ...

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If Agatha Christie floats your boat: An Iberian cruise with a murderous twist - Daily Mail

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If Agatha Christie floats your boat: An Iberian cruise with a murderous twist
Daily Mail
I found plenty of clues aboard the cruise ship Balmoral recently, on a trip from Southampton to Casablanca. Fred Olsen Cruises runs 'Vistas', a programme of special-interest trips featuring entertaining talks on subjects ranging from wildlife to ...

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The Cruise News in full - Mirror.co.uk (blog)

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The Cruise News in full
Mirror.co.uk (blog)
I'll be returning in July for the naming of Celebrity Silhouette, fourth out of five planned Solstice-class ships and a sister for Eclipse which is based in the UK throughout the summer. ► Although it is Norwegian-owned, the Fred. Olsen cruise line is ...

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Marshals defend Port of LA - Contra Costa Times

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Marshals defend Port of LA
Contra Costa Times
Three miles out from the Port of Los Angeles, Sgt. David Clements climbs a slippery rope ladder to board a cruise ship and quickly navigates his way through a maze of corridors. After sweeping through the engine room to ...

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Ill-fated cruise was no vacation - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Ill-fated cruise was no vacation
Minneapolis Star Tribune
We wanted to reschedule the cruise, but Carnival suggested that we catch up with the ship in the Cayman Islands. We had to pay for new tickets to the Caymans. But when we arrived in Miami, a Carnival representative asked us for passports -- and we only ...

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Cruise ship of hope sails for Misurata - Aljazeera.net

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Cruise ship of hope sails for Misurata
Aljazeera.net
Hundreds of families gathered at Benghazi dock, pushing and jostling their way onto the cruise ship bound for war. A prominent business man has chartered the passenger ferry to open a commercial line between Benghazi and the besieged west Libya town of ...

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How Astoria got it right - Coos Bay World

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How Astoria got it right
Coos Bay World
Estes points to cruise ship voyagers, who disembark to marvel at log-loading operations. "We like to say, 'Astoria for Astorians,'" he said. "Do things that are right for the community, and people will come visit."

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The Who's Roger Daltrey performs cabaret on a cruise ship - Tabloid Hell - NME.com

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The Who's Roger Daltrey performs cabaret on a cruise ship - Tabloid Hell
NME.com
Daltrey took to the stage on the Queen Mary 2 liner during a week-long cruise from Southampton to New York reports The Sun. The frontman had apparently been holding songwriting workshops during the voyage with ex-Squeeze singer Chris Difford. ...
Who's that playing on a cruise ship?The Sun
LOOK WHO'S THE SURPRISE CABARET ON HOLIDAY CRUISEExpress.co.uk
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The Who are you? Roger Daltrey performs impromptu gig to 120 passengers on ... - Daily Mail

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The Who are you? Roger Daltrey performs impromptu gig to 120 passengers on ...
Daily Mail
The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey serenaded passengers on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship leaving holiday makers gobsmacked. Daltrey,67, took to the stage to perform an impromptu gig in front of the 120 strong crowd and sang a number of his hit songs ...
The Who's Roger Daltrey performs cabaret on a cruise ship - Tabloid HellNME.com
Who's that playing on a cruise ship?The Sun
LOOK WHO'S THE SURPRISE CABARET ON HOLIDAY CRUISEExpress.co.uk

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Roger Daltrey performs impromptu gig to 120 passengers on cruise ship - Daily Mail

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Roger Daltrey performs impromptu gig to 120 passengers on cruise ship
Daily Mail
The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey serenaded passengers on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship leaving holiday makers gobsmacked. Daltrey,67, took to the stage to perform an impromptu gig in front of the 120 strong crowd and sang a number of his hit songs ...
Who's that playing on a cruise ship?The Sun
LOOK WHO'S THE SURPRISE CABARET ON HOLIDAY CRUISEExpress.co.uk

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Cruise capital - BBC News

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Cruise capital
BBC News
Gerry Lennon from Belfast Visitor & Convention Bureau said the 10th visit of the Crown Princess to Belfast since 2008 confirmed investment in tourism over the last decade was "paying dividends in attracting new and repeat cruise ship visits". ...
Are Refurbished Cruise Ships Returning to Service Too Soon?CruiseCritic.co.uk

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Detained liner allowed to sail - Littlehampton Gazette

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Detained liner allowed to sail
Littlehampton Gazette
Various defects were found which meant that the ship was not fully compliant with international maritime safety regulations and the vessel was detained. It was due to leave Southampton at 4pm for an eight-day cruise to the Norwegian fjords and will now ...
Detained cruise ship MSC Opera sails againmsnbc.com
MSC Opera power-loss cruise ship held in SouthamptonBBC News
New drama as cruise ship is detained in Southampton by coastguardsMirror.co.uk (blog)
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