This month, much of the talk in the ocean liner and cruise ship community has been about Cunard’s latest addition to the fleet, Queen Victoria. She’s the first purpose-built cruise ship (please don’t call her an ocean liner) for Cunard in 30 years. That ship 30 years ago was Cunard Princess.
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Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Classic International Cruises Acquires Ocean Monarch
Luís Miguel Correia reports on his blog Ships & The Sea that Classic International Cruises has acquired the 15,833 GT, 432-berth Ocean Monarch from Majestic International Cruises. (Recently she has operated for a related company, Monarch Classic Cruises.) The ship will reportedly be renamed Princess Daphne. CIC already owns her sister, Princess Danae. (The sisters [...]
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Delta Queen in The New York Times
Today’s issue of The New York Times features an article about Majestic America Line’s 81-year old Delta Queen, set to be retired after her 2008 season due to Congress’ refusal to continue her exemption to the Safety at Sea Act of 1966, which would ban her due to her wooden superstructure.
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