CARNIVAL SUNSHINE returns from a massive $155 million makeover. CARNIVAL DESTINY spent some 50 days at the fabled shipyard of Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Italy, where she had been built in 1996, before emerging May 5, 2013 as CARNIVAL SUNSHINE and setting off from Venice, Italy. CARNIVAL SUNSHINE’s sailing from…
US Congressman Steve Chabot of Ohio has introduced legislation to allow the historic river boat DELTA QUEEN to once again ply America’s rivers. Paddlewheel included, the DELTA QUEEN is 285 feet long (87 m), the distance across her cambered decks is 60 feet and with a shallow draft of just 9 feet…
Royal Caribbean International’s 2002-built 90,090 gt BRILLIANCE OF THE SEAS has reemerged from Navantia ship yard in Cadiz, Spain following a US$30 million drydock. From RCCI release: “The 2,100 guest ship will now offer vacationers signature Royal Caribbean amenities first introduced aboard Oasis-class ships including five new dining concepts, an exhilarating aerial entertainment experience and…
May 15, 2013 - 400-tonne keel section was laid today in dry dock at the Monfalcone shipyard at a ceremony to mark the start of building of a new passenger ship for P&O Cruises. The keel laying involved the placement in the dry dock of the first section of the ship’s hull.…
Luis Miguel Correia of “Ships and the Sea” has revealed former Classic International Cruises ships PRINCESS DANAE and ARION have just been renamed by current owner Portuscalecruises as LISBOA and PORTO. Following the demise of Classic International Cruises (CIC), four of it’s ships were bought from the creditors by 44-year-old…
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ newest ship EUROPA 2 was named in a ceremony in Hamburg coinciding with the port’s 824th anniversary on May 10, 2013. From May 9th to 12th, 2013, more than a million people are expected to be at one of the largest maritime festivals in the world. At around 7:00 pm…
Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship, NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY was named in New York by the legendary “Rockettes” during a ceremony officiated by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Cardinal Timothy Dolan. MaritimeMatter’s writer Peter Newall went on board NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY in Southampton before her Atlantic crossing for a sneak preview of some of her…
A rare collision between ship and building leaves up to 9 people dead when a container ship smashed into the 50-meter (170ft) port tower of Genoa, causing it to collapse. Seven people died and 2 remain missing from the tower collapse.* The tower stood at the entrance to the so-called…
The Steamship Historical Society presented several awards at its annual conference and ShiPosium which took place on the QUEEN MARY May 2 – 5, 2013. Among the awards the Los Angeles Maritime Museum’s tugboat ANGELS GATE took Tugboat of the Year. Also during the ceremony, the battleship IOWA was named…
A sneak preview of NCL’s fabulous NORWEGIAN BREAKAWAY. By Peter Newall All images copyright Peter Newall Three years after the introduction of the 155,873gt, French-built Norwegian Epic, one of the most extraordinary cruise ships ever built, NCL has taken delivery of the 146,600gt, 4,028-capacity Norwegian Breakaway the first of a…
