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New £7m ship for ferry crossing
Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 12:18.
(BBC) A co-operative behind plans to restore the Swansea to Cork ferry says it has bought a new ship for almost £7m. The Julia, which will operate under the Fastnet Line brand, is due to start operating on the route from March. READ MORE 
Post to TwitterBad weather scuppers liner visit
Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/02/2009 - 13:20.
(BBC) Eight hundred tourists due to see Londonderry on
Tuesday had their trip cancelled after being trapped on their cruise
ship by bad weather. They were scheduled to come ashore at Greencastle in Donegal, but the captain felt it was too rough to disembark. READ MOREAttack of the monster cruise ships
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 12:40.
(msnbc) Hey cruisers! Are you bored with bingo? Had enough of art auctions and
pain-inducing performances of “Eye of the Tiger”? Not to worry. Over
the next few months, the cruise industry will roll out some of the most
innovative ships to hit the high seas since the RMS Olympic set sail in
1911 with a swimming pool and Turkish bath. READ MORETobacco Plant Used to Create First-Ever 'Cruise Ship' Virus Vaccine
Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 12:58.(fox) As one of the main ingredients in cigarettes, tobacco certainly gets a bad rap. But
the tobacco plant has been used to develop a new vaccine to thwart the
dreaded norovirus – an illness that has been know to wreak havoc on
cruise ships sickening passengers (sometimes hundreds of passengers)
with diarrhea and vomiting. READ MORE
60 crew have swine flu on cruise ship off France
Submitted by admin on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:46.
(AP) A French official says about 60 crewmembers on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have been diagnosed with swine flu and confined to their cabins while the ship is in a French port. Alpes-Maritime regional spokeswoman Geraldine Soulier says another 70 ship employees are showing symptoms. READ MOREBill would require cruise lines to report crime
Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 13:27.(AP) Vacationers shopping for a cruise might soon have more things to
consider than price and itineraries. They may be able to compare the
number of passengers allegedly raped, robbed or lost at sea under a
bill approved Thursday for a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives. READ MORE
Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship may become floating hotel
Submitted by admin on Tue, 07/14/2009 - 12:46.
(news.com.au) ICONIC cruise ship Queen Elizabeth 2 may leave
Dubai and take to the high seas again in order to operate as a floating
hotel in other ports, the luxury liner's cash-strapped owners said. Giant property developer Nakheel,
which had planned to tug QE2 to a special pier on its man-made Palm
Island, said it “has been investigating opening QE2 to visitors as a
stationary hotel before work on her refurbishment begins.” READ MORE Liner 'like hospital prison ship'
Submitted by admin on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:50.
(BBC) A passenger has described confinement on a cruise
liner hit by an outbreak of vomiting bug as like being on a "prison
hospital ship". Derek Cloke said people were waiting to fall
sick onboard the Marco Polo, which has been berthed at Invergordon on
the Cromarty Firth since Monday. READ MOREResidential cruise ship enters Port of Port Angeles -- but only for supplies
Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 12:35.
(peninsuladailynews) One of the world's most unusual cruise ships
pulled into Port Angeles Harbor about 6:30 this morning -- but no
passengers are scheduled to disembark as The World only receives
supplies. The World, launched in 2002, is a floating residential
community owned by its residents. Currently from 40 different
countries, they live on board as the ship slowly circumnavigates the
globe -- "chasing the sun." READ MORE$3.5 million OKd for new cruise ship port work
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 20:45.
(sfgate) The prospect of a new San Francisco cruise ship terminal became more
real Tuesday when the Port Commission authorized a $3.5 million
contract with the city's Department of Public Works for architectural
and engineering work. READ MORE