Continue with Peter Knego aboard Celebration Cruise Line’s MV BAHAMAS CELEBRATION for a two night cruise from Palm Beach, Florida to Freeport, Bahamas. The recently renovated ship was originally the top notch Jahre Line ferry PRINSESSE RAGNHILD of 1981. Celebration Cruise Line Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego…
On September 30, 2010, the famed yacht SAVARONA was seized by the Turkish state, two days after a raid and charges that long term charterer Sadikoglu had leased the ship to Tevfik Arik, a Kazakh businessman, who in turn was using the vessel as a floating brothel for Russian and…
December 15: Lloyds List named Louis Cruises 2010′s “Greek Passenger Line of the Year” in its annual Greek Shipping Awards ceremony, attended by the Greek Shipping Minister and members of the Greek shipping community. Louis Loizou, Executive Director of the Louis Group accepted the award for his father, Costakis Loizou,…
Carnival Cruise Lines 113,300 gross ton CARNIVAL SPLENDOR which was sidelined by an engine room fire on November 8, 2010, will not be returning to service January 16th as previously announced. Damage was more extensive than originally estimated as additional issues were discovered during the initial repair process. The next cruise…
UPDATE: December 15, 2010: Repairs will take even longer to complete and now the CARNIVAL SPLENDOR is not scheduled to return to service until February 20. The ship is currently in San Diego but will proceed to San Francisco for dry docking. “We sincerely apologize to our guests for having…
Following last week’s widely publicized storm-tossed crossing of the MV CLELIA II in the Drake Passage, Royal Caribbean International’s 2002-built, 90,090 gt GTS BRILLIANCE OF THE SEAS encountered extremely rough seas and high winds as she approached Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday morning, rolling up to 15 degrees and injuring up…
MV WIND SPIRIT Owners: Windstar Cruises Registry: Nassau, Bahamas Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, Le Havre, France Entered Service: 1988 Tonnage: 5,350 gross tons Length: 439 feet (including bowsprit) Beam: 52.1 feet Draft: 13.5 feet Passenger Capacity: 148 (152 maximum) Number of Crew: 98 Propulsion: 3 Wartsila diesels and…
Travel Dynamics’ CLELIA II page Update: CLELIA II made it safely back to Ushuaia on December 9 with all passengers and crew. The 4,077 gt, 1990-built CLELIA II (ex RENAISSANCE FOUR), operated by Travel Dynamics, is now heading at normal speed to Ushuaia after a temporary failure of her port…
Celebrity Cruises Keep up to date with MaritimeMatters’ Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here CELEBRITY SOLSTICE Decked! Celebrating SOLSTICE Sea Trek Stellar ECLIPSE Sea Trek Celebrity Cruises announced a number of refinements and new features for its fourth and fifth Solstice Class ships, the CELEBRITY SILHOUETTE (due in 2011)…
As the year draws to a close, there are a few things that every ship lover simply must have! One: The five section painting, “The Pharoah’s Feast”, created by Giovanni Majoli for the first class dining room of the gorgeous SS AUSONIA of 1957, now on sale at Midshipcentury.com Two:…
