MaritimeMatters writer, Shawn Dake will be appearing on a segment of the Huell Howser television program “California’s Gold” on Monday, April 23rd. The program airs at 7:30pm on KCET, Channel 28 in the Los Angeles area. The program provides a wonderful look at the former Great White Steamship s.s. CATALINA…
Charles Greco, President & CEO of Universal Event Management (Macau) Ltd. announced yesterday in a press release, “that Universal Event Management has received the rights to represent the QE2 in a number of locations, two of which include the SAR Macau and Atlantic City New Jersey.” The release goes on to…
Monaco-based Silversea Cruises’ MV SILVER SHADOW has collided with another ship in thick fog near Vietnam. The 2000-built, 28,258 gt SILVER SHADOW was about five miles off the coast in Ha Long Bay when the accident occurred on Friday morning. The ultra deluxe cruise ship reportedly slammed into the side…
The 19,903 gt, 600 passenger PACIFIC (ex SEA VENTURE, PACIFIC PRINCESS) has been sold for 2.5 million Euros to the Turkish company “Cemsan”, which specializes in ship breaking. The 1971-built PACIFIC has been idle at Genoa’s San Giorgio del Porto shipyard since being seized by the Italian Coast Guard in…
Carnival Cruises’ CARNIVAL DESTINY will undergo a dramatic transformation during a USD $155 million refit in early 2013. CARNIVAL DESTINY will be renamed CARNIVAL SUNSHINE and operate Mediterranean itineraries from April to October 2013 before homeporting in New Orleans. The major refit will incorporate all of Carnival’s “Fun Ship 2.0” dining,…
Update: Dramatic POV footage of the Bangor lifeboat arriving at the bow of UNION MOON. Update: The BBC reports that the captain of a UNION MOON will appear in court on Friday on a charge of having excess alcohol in his blood. The masters of both vessels were breathalyzed after…
Royal Caribbean International’s RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS entered Sembawang Shipyard (a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Ltd.) in Singapore March 2, to begin a month-long, US$54 million drydock where she will undergo a major revitalization. The RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS refit is the largest of its kind o take place in Singapore and…
DISNEY FANTASY, the newest ship of Disney Cruise Line, sailed past the Statue of Liberty Tuesday after traveling from Bremerhaven, Germany to New York. The 4,000-passenger vessel will be christened in New York on March 1, then sail to her home port of Port Canaveral, Florida. With a maiden voyage…
Update: (08:30hrs GMT 3/1/12) COSTA ALLEGRA arrives in Port Victoria, over half the passengers have elected to remain on the island for the rest of their stay at the company’s expense. Update: (20:00hrs GMT 2/29/12) A Seychelles Government official said that when the Seychelles tugs met up with the Costa…
Following yesterday’s fire in the generator room that wiped out power on the cruise ship COSTA ALLEGRA in the Indian Ocean, the ship has been taken in tow by a French ocean-going fishing trawler. The plan is to tow COSTA ALLEGRA, which has now power for lights and cooking facilities,…
