After initial statements that the COSTA CONCORDIA would be out of service for at least the remainder of this year, the focus now has shifted to finding a salvage company that can remove the wrecked 114,147 gross ton cruise ship from the rocks of Gabbianara…
Continuing Shawn J. Dake’s Cruise Ships 2011, The Year In Review: Celebrity Cruises, TUI Cruises, Azamara Club Cruises Celebrity Cruises latest newbuild in the five-member class of 122,400 gross ton ships joined the fleet in July. CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE provided a few new innovations while maintaining…
While a rare snow storm blanketed Rome, the 2005-built Tirrenia ferry SHARDEN was departing the nearby port of Civitavecchia for Sardinia shortly after midnight on February 4. The MV SHARDEN came in contact with the breakwater, tearing a 30 meter gash in the hull above…
The Great Lakes Steamship Society was founded in 2010 with the key goal of preserving the J.B. FORD, originally the 1904-vintage iron ore bulk carrier E.F. HOLMES commissioned for the Commonwealth Shipping Company. She was built by American Shipbuilding Company in Lorain, Ohio, measured 440…
Britain’s Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a grant of just under £1 million to the SS ROBIN, which will allow the ship to re-open to the public. Floating above the water on a purpose-built pontoon, SS ROBIN returned to her London home last summer after a…
Fun Ship 2.0: For You and Me, For LIBERTY, Part Two
Continue with Peter Knego on board the CARNIVAL LIBERTY following the ship’s recent “Fun Ship…
Fun Ship 2.0: For You and Me, For LIBERTY, Part One
In November 2011, the CARNIVAL LIBERTY was the first ship in the Carnival fleet to…
COSTA DELIZIOSA Decked!
On January 24, 2012, I enjoyed the rather exclusive privilege of spending an afternoon aboard…
MV CARNIVAL INSPIRATION Double Decked!, Part Two: Promenade to Main Deck; Cabins
Continue MaritimeMatters’ top-to-bottom tour of Carnival Cruise Line’s CARNIVAL INSPIRATION with Part Two of our…
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