Cruise Ships

Germany’s ThyssenKrupp In Talks To Sell Civil Shipbuilding Operation Blohm + Voss to U.K Private Equity Firm Citing Overcapacity, Low Orders FRANKFURT

Two crew members where killed and over a dozen people injured by a fire aboard the cruise ship Nordlysand. The fire is believed to have ignited in the engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xQoENfhYZE Two people have been confirmed dead after an engine room fire broke out on the Norwegian cruise ship, MS Nordlys,

A severely overcrowded ferry capsized and sank early Saturday morning off the coast of Tanzania, killing as many as 200 people. The ferry, MV Spice Islanders,

Three people, including the chief mate, were killed Saturday in a fire that broke out on the passenger ferry M/V ISLAND FASTCRAFT 1, just miles from its

The Russian Investigative Committee said Monday that numerous safety violations and a poorly trained crew are to blame for the July 10 sinking of the

In November of last year Rick Ehlert, a passenger on Holland America’s Ryndam, did something incredibly stupid. Drunk and in a mischievous mood Mr.

Carnival’s newest ship, Carnival Breeze, is to debut in June 2012. Image courtesy Carnival Carnival Cruise Lines announced today that it will be building

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Jeff Fry Two Carnival cruise ships were involved in a minor collision in the Port of Key West Tuesday morning causing only minor

Bloomburg news makes disturbing accusations of shipowner turning a blind eye towards crews torture by Somali pirates. They tell us: Shipowners are failing to

According to this report from MSNBC, passengers on board the MSC Opera got a bit unruly when the luxury cruise liner broke down in the Baltic, leaving the

DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia – Rear Admiral Daniel Neptun, commander First Coast Guard District, and Ms. Nancy Hurlburt, Assistant Commissioner Maritimes

“While the shape of the shipping industry in North America is fairly stable, we are expecting more global demand from our cruise and offshore

Houston: The U.S. Coast Guard has extended DNV’s statutory authorizations under the USCG Alternate Compliance Program to include Passenger Ship Safety

Cruise ship operator Carnival Corp. (CCL) has sued BP PLC (BP, BP.LN), Transocean Ltd. (RIG), Cameron International Corp. (CAM), Halliburton Co. (HAL) and

Photo of the Delta Queen by fkehren The classic 418′, 436 passenger, US Flagged paddlewheel American Queen is under contract for a sale price of $15.5

MIAMI/PAPENBURG: Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. has signed a letter of intent with the Papenburg, Germany-based Royal Carribean International  to build the

Zurich, Switzerland – ABB has been awarded an order to provide power and propulsion systems for two next-generation cruise ships to be built by Meyer

STX France has received an order to build a luxury cruise ship, the “EUROPA 2”.  The new ship is being acquired by a third-party proprietary

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/18337531[/vimeo] Sure we’ve all seen and heard of the horror stories involving a boat full of tourists packed onto a ill-equipped