Author: Cruiser Evan
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The Raising of the Costa Concordia, to be Attempted Monday
If you follow cruise industry news, or if you follow the news at all, you’ll probably know plenty about the Costa Concordia disaster. You’ll recall that the Costa Concordia, a cruise ship that could hold over 4,000 passengers, crashed into rocks near the Isola del Giglio, Italy, an accident causing 32 deaths, because its captain, Francesco Schettino, sailed too close to shore. However, this tragedy happened nearly two years ago, and you probably haven’t heard much about the ship since then. What happened to the Costa Concordia? Do the waters off the coast Giglio now have a permanent shipwreck site, or are they going raise the Costa Concordia and get it out of there? At last, there is some new information on this front, and the plan, by no means guaranteed to be successful, is to remove the ship from its current, tenuous resting place, possibly as soon as this Monday. Below are the most recent updates about the Costa Concordia. Read more […] -
The Maersk Triple E Class: The Largest Container Ships in the World
At one point or another, you have probably heard that the “global economy is becoming increasingly interconnected” or some similar such phrase. While accurate, these statements aren’t particularly informative: how exactly are various markets across the world intertwined with one another? One obvious way is that products made in one country are distributed across the world, and these products are often distributed by enormous container ships. A new class of such gigantic container ships – indeed, the largest container ships in the world – was recently commissioned by Maersk, the Danish business conglomerate, and the first vessels (out of a planned 20) have recently gone into operation. The container ships belonging to the “Maersk Triple E class” are built by Daewoo Shipbuilding, a South Korean company that is the second largest shipbuilder in the world. (Daewoo also had an automobile division, which is now owned by GM.) Below is some basic information about the Maersk Triple E class and how the ships in this group compare to other enormous vessels. Read more […] -
Nickelodeon Cruise Line
There is no Nickelodeon Cruise Line; that is, no cruise line is actually named “Nickelodeon Cruise Line,” “Nickelodeon Cruises,” or some similar proper noun, nor does the Nickelodeon network operate its own cruise line. There are, however, Nickelodeon-themed cruises, and we suppose that those searching for the chimerical Nickelodeon Cruise Line are really looking for these themed voyages, which are operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. As you’ll see, though, Nickelodeon cruises in some sense a standalone enterprise – a sort of cruise line within a cruise line, if you will – so it is not entirely unreasonable to think of them as if they were a cruise line unto themselves. Read more […] -
Ozcruising
Ozcruising, which you might expect to be spelled as two words (“Oz Cruising”) or at least with two capital letters (“OzCruising”), is a company that focuses exclusively on the Australian cruise market. Obviously, this includes cruises that go to and from Australia, most frequently in one voyage, but it also encompasses cruises in this region of the world that never call at a port in Australia (like cruises in South East Asia), as well as a few world cruises that involve Australia in one way or another. (The cruise either starts or ends here, or else it stops by one or more Australian ports.) Basically, Ozcruising is concerned with marketing any cruise that starts, ends, or is near the continent of Australia. Below is an overview of Ozcruising, covering questions like “what does it do?” and “is it legitimate?” Read more […] -
Repositioning Cruises: What Kinds of Discounts and Deals are Available?
Having explained the basics of repositioning cruises and described the sort of people who can take transitional cruises (as repositioning cruises are sometimes known), we figured we should now delve into the specific types of cruises you can take. After all, even if you gathered that you like the idea of repositioning cruises and have determined you are able to take one after reading these first two articles, this still doesn’t tell you much about what possibilities actually await you when you start looking into taking a repositioning cruise. Where and when exactly can you take a repositioning cruise? What kinds of deals or discounts can you get by taking a repositioning cruise? To these and similar questions we now turn our attention. Read more […] -
Repositioning Cruises: Who Can Take Them?
Repositioning cruises are often overlooked as a vacation possibility. To an extent, this makes sense, as they are somewhat difficult to arrange. As we explained in our article about the basics of repositioning cruises, they tend to take longer than a regular cruise, and they are also one-way, so you end up far away from your port of embarkation, necessitating a long flight home (if you need to go home). Both characteristics of repositioning cruises nullify their viability for the majority of regular cruisers, which caused us to wonder exactly who can take a repositioning cruises. They are a bit complicated, so what type of person is even in a position to take one? Read more […]
