Clipper Group has acquired the 4,954 GT, 226-berth sister ships Cape Cod Light and Cape May Light from the US Maritime Administration (Marad) for $9 million each. Both ships will be upgraded and offered for charter beginning in the summer of 2009 as Clipper Discoverer and Clipper Voyager respectively. The ships will be managed by [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘US-Flag Cruising’
Monday, 11 February 2008
Pride of Aloha to Leave NCL America Fleet
NCL has announced that Pride of Aloha will leave its US-flag NCL America fleet on 11 May 2008. The ship will be reflagged and will move to the Star Cruises fleet for cruising in Asia. (Star Cruises owns 50% of NCL.)
The 77,104 GT, 2,002-berth Pride of Aloha was built in 1999 as Norwegian Sky and [...]
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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