These are no rust-buckets or clunkers from another era. Cut down in their prime, the relics of five former glistening ships make a pitiful sight in their final port of call. The death throes are heartbreaking. In the wheelhouse, frantic commands are hollered in polyglot tongues as the man at […]
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Restarting sailing is critical not just for the cruise sector, but for the travel industry as a whole, said the chairman and chief executive of Virtuoso travel network. In a letter circulated in response to the Healthy Sail Panel recommendations – as the cruise industry waits with bated breath to […]
Photo credit: Majestic Circus From Redbook When the world came to a standstill in March of 2020, many industries were hit hard. Even a year later, travel is still mostly off the table and there’s really no telling when cruise ships will set sail once again. As a cruise director, […]
A ship is the largest human construction capable of moving across the globe. Not surprising then that putting a cruise ship together is a tour de force of structural engineering. There are only four shipyards with the capability to build the world’s biggest cruise ships: Germany’s Meyer Werft; STX Europe, […]
Heard on Main Street: How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him? If you haven’t had your flu shot, get it Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 am to 1 pm. You must go first to the vehicle staging areas […]
Further setbacks in store for troubled cruise industry following months of cautious sailing Passengers booked on Spirit of Adventure, Saga Cruises’ newest ship which docked at the Essex port of Tilbury last month, will have to wait even longer to set sail. The vessel had been due to make her […]
After a 30-minute discussion during a work session on Monday, the Port of Olympia commission is now set to vote Oct. 26 on whether to approve a contract that would bring two, 600-plus foot ships to the marine terminal for the next five years. If approved by the commission next […]