Last Sunday, Orient Lines completed its last cruise, ending nearly 15 years of operation. Marco Polo arrived in Lisbon after a 21-night cruise from Rio de Janiero.
The ship was handed over to her new owners, Global Maritime, and will enter service on a charter to Transocean Tours on 19 April with a cruise to the [...]
Seatrade Insider reports that Peace Boat has chartered the 22,945 GT, 1,258-berth Clipper Pearl from International Shipping Partners. According to the report, the ship will be renamed Clipper Pacific and, following the refit she is currently undergoing in Turkey, will sail to Yokohama in May.
Although not stated in the report, this suggests that the ship [...]
Cunard Line has announced a change in the 2008 schedule of its 148,528 GT, 2,620-berth flagship Queen Mary 2. A schedule change in the ship’s maintenance program has resulted a 24-day drydock period being scheduled for October 2008, requiring the cancellation of four sailings.
Affected sailings are as follows: M841 (six-night westbound Transatlantic departing 22 October); [...]
After more than four years, the US National Transportation Safety Board has released its report on the May 2003 boiler rupture aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norway that killed eight crew members, injured 17 and ended the career of one of the greatest passenger ships of all time.
Unfortunately, the report finds serious faults with the procedures [...]
Phoenix Reisen has confirmed that Maxim Gorkiy will leave its fleet in November 2008. A statement in the November 2007 issue of the company newsletter, Phoenix-Journal, is as follows (translated from German):
“This winter the ‘Maxim’, as we and countless regular guests call her, will be in Hamburg for the last time under the Phoenix flag. [...]
