Tweet September 30: Cunard took delivery of QUEEN ELIZABETH today in an official Handover Ceremony at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone, Italy-based shipyard, when the Italian flag was ceremonially lowered and replaced with the Blue Ensign, officiating the ship’s entry into the Register of British Shipping. The 92,400 gt vessel, the third QUEEN…
Tweet Part Two of Shawn Dake’s river cruise aboard steamboat DELTA QUEEN DAY 5, OCTOBER 12, 2007, PORT OF CLAY COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI Talk about waking up and not knowing where you are. The Majestic America Line brochure says today’s call is Waverley Plantation; the daily program says Columbus, Mississippi; and…
Tweet MaritimeMatters is having a refit. We are open during this upgrade, but some categories and items are on the move. This week we have added a TRANSLATE button at the bottom of each post with a list of the languages to choose from. (I used our list of countries…
Tweet According to the 2011 Berlitz Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships, the EUROPA has been ranked as the top cruise ship in the world for the eleventh time in a row. “Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships 2011″, edited by Douglas Ward, will be available from November. Of…
Tweet Oceania Cruises’ 65,000 gt cruise ship MARINA completed her trials in the Mediterranean Sea on September 26. The 1,250-passenger MARINA is a product of the Fincantieri shipyard in Sestre Ponente, Italy and is scheduled for delivery January 17, 2011. During her three days at sea, technicians and engineers from…
Tweet By Shawn Dake. First published on MaritimeMatters in 2007. The DELTA QUEEN is a symbol of America. That rather grand opening statement does not overstate the singular importance of this wonderful old riverboat. The last authentic wooden-structure steamboat, carrying overnight passengers, rightfully deserves her place as a National Historic…
Tweet Celebrity Cruises announced the name of its fifth ship in the Solstice Class. The new vessel, under construction at Meyer Werft, Germany, will be delivered in November 2012 and will round out the US$ 3.7-billion class. Joining CELEBRITY SOLSTICE, CELEBRITY EQUINOX, CELEBRITY ECLIPSE and the soon to be delivered…
Tweet The name TITANIC has been all over the media this week. As we move towards the 100th anniversary of that tragic disaster, a second TITANIC cruise is announced and yet another new theory to explain the disaster. Departing from Southampton, England on April 8, 2012, a Titanic Memorial Cruise…
Tweet Ferries of Southern Europe report that 1967-built F. DIAMOND (ex TOR HOLLANDIA, ARIADNE, OURANOS) has arrived in Aliaga, Turkey to be scrapped together with her sister, the 1966-built BAIA SARDINA (ex TOR ANGLIA, ESPRESSO OLBIA, SARDINA NOVA) five days apart. Both ships were built with car decks, constructed by Flender…
Tweet IMO celebrates World Maritime Day starting today. The exact date is left to individual Governments but is usually celebrated during the last week of September. The day is used to focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine environment and to emphasize a particular…
