cruise ships

With the Costa Concordia disaster headlining global news the questions most asked by mariners is: How will that disaster change the cruise ship industry? For

DP World’s cruise facility demonstrates capability to welcome cruise tourism growth in Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 29, 2012:- For the

The following editorial was written by a source trusted by the editors of gCaptain.com who wishes to remain anonymous due to his close relationship with

gCaptain’s John Konrad Narrates the Final Maneuvers of the Costa Concordia Disclaimer, we will not know the EXACT details of what happened until the

Serious, and unambiguous statements by Dr Valeria Montesarchio from the Court of Grosseto.  The following are a few highlights, the entire transcript is

President of RINA, the Italian classification society that certified the Costa Concordia for seaworthiness and safety, Gianni Scerni resigned Tuesday amid

We’ve already seen video of the Costa Concordia showing off near Giglio, now Lloyd’s List has put together this infographic showing a

A senior United Nations official today called for a thorough investigation into the incident involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off

The following is video shot in August 2011 showing the Costa Concordia “showing off” close to shore near the Port of Giglio.  The sometimes risky

[Disclaimer] the following story was reportedly written by the GSM of the Concordia but is unverified as of Monday morning.  If true, it goes against what has

ROME (Dow Jones)–The chief executive of Carnival Corp.’s (CCL) Costa Crociere SpA blamed the captain of the shipwrecked Concordia

There is lots of guessing out there in the wake of the COSTA CONCORDIA disaster. Here are my thoughts on the matter. The initial accident: First, there is lots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrBboNWVZ8 Here is some amateur video shot by some passengers of the Costa Concordia after they have disembarked the sinking

Rescue operations continued on Sunday inside the cruise ship that ran aground off the shore of Tuscany late Friday, triggering a confused evacuation of

Italian authorities on Saturday were investigating what caused a cruise ship to run aground off the Tuscan shore, triggering a confused evacuation in which

**UPDATE 15 Jan 12**: The Costa Concordia does not have azimuthing “pod-type” thrusters. Many modern cruise ships are unique from other ships such

Upon departure from the port of a Giglio, an island off the northwestern coast of Italy, the cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a reef, tearing a 50 meter-long

UPDATE: The captain of the cruise ship COSTA CONCORDIA has been arrested by Italian police as an investigation into Friday night’s grounding is

Early this week five tug boats were called out from Freeport Bahamas to pull the 93,300-ton cruise ship MSC Poesia from a reef just two miles from the port.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93FshRIFr6Q **UPDATED** (CCTV) Passengers were thrown around like ragdolls when the Pacific Sun Cruise liner struck a storm off