Update: May 21, 2013: SERENISSIMA was eventually re-floated at about 1.10am local time, the ship is now anchored in Oban Bay and will undergo a dive inspection later. There were no reports of injuries or pollution or of water entering the ship. 1960-built MS SERENISSIMA (ex HARALD JARL, ANDREA) with 112 people on…
Memphis-based American Queen Steamboat Company is on the verge of announcing its acquisition of the laid up EMPRESS OF THE NORTH for Columbia River and Alaskan cruise service. The 2002-built, 223-passenger EMPRESS OF THE NORTH was withdrawn from service in 2008 following the collapse of her last owners, Majestic America…
CARNIVAL SUNSHINE emerges from a massive $155 million makeover. CARNIVAL DESTINY spent some 50 days at the fabled shipyard of Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in Trieste, Italy (she was built at Fincantieri’s nearby Monfalcone shipyard in 1996) before emerging May 5, 2013 as CARNIVAL SUNSHINE and setting off from Venice. CARNIVAL…
Knego heads to Beverly Hills to attend the gala Viking Cruises reveal feting the exciting new upper premium market cruise ship VIKING STAR. Keep up to date with Peter Knego on Twitter by clicking here Viking Cruises THE SANDS OF ALANG: Peter Knego’s brand new DVD about shipbreaking in Alang,…
As soon as we reached the promontory overlooking Aliaga, I was startled to see an unexpected but very familiar vessel. The sleek, still sparkling 1971-built VENUS lay with a sharp starboard list among a motley collection of coasters, tankers, trawlers and navy ships.…
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…
