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EXPEDITION Cruise Ship Heading For Clyde [22.05.2013]
The 6,000-tonne ship, which carries just 132 passengers, is expected at the Ocean Terminal around 7.30am and should leave around 5.30pm on a 12-day cruise including calls at Holyhead, Dublin, St Kilda, Iona, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands and ...
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Captain of luxury Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trial over deadly wreck [22.05.2013]
ROME -- He was judged guilty by public opinion after his cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, capsized off the tiny Italian island of Giglio last year, killing 32 people and leaving thousands traumatized. Now Captain Francesco Schettino will face justice ...
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World's newest cruise ship bound for Southampton [22.05.2013]
This stunning photograph is the first sight Southampton has had of Royal Princess, the world`s newest cruise ship, due in the city early next month, as she powers through the waves. Royal mum-to-be the Duchess of Cambridge will be the guest of honour ...
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Captain in deadly cruise ship accident to be tried [22.05.2013]
(CNN) -- An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the captain of a cruise ship involved in a deadly accident last year be tried, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported. Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, will be tried for ...
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Kexim expands financing to shipbuilding sector [22.05.2013]
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has announced that it is to make more funds available this year to the shipbuilding sector as part of its approach to support strategic industries that have been struggling in the face of decreased orders and ...
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The $4 billion shipbuilding shortfall [22.05.2013]
The Navy faces a major shortfall in its shipbuilding budget in the decade ahead. While 10 years sounds like a lifetime in a town that alters its strategic planning on an annual basis, building a Navy of sufficient size and capability is a generational ...
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Putin calls on shipbuilder to speed up naval deliveries [22.05.2013]
The president called on Russian shipbuilders to accelerate the delivery of ships to the customer without impairing their quality. “The corporation must work smoothly, producing warships. This is one of the key tasks facing the USC's new management ...
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Two New Cruise Ships Make Waves for Direct Line Cruises [22.05.2013]
Two new revolutionary ships are making waves in the New York area, and Direct Line Cruises is ready for the surge. Both Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line will be homeporting their spectacular mega-ships in Cape Liberty, N.J and the ...
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Luxury cruise ship powers off sandbank [22.05.2013]
A cruise ship that ran aground in Oban Bay with 61 passengers aboard was refloated in the early hours yesterday. Divers were sent down yesterday to inspect the hull of the 200ft luxury ship Serenissima for damage before a new group of passengers ...
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Dutch Shipbuilders Held Fast in Difficult [22.05.2013]
The Holland Shipbuilding Association say that the various shipbuilding sectors presented a mixed picture in the past year, ship repair & supereyact construction did well, not so large new-buildings. New constructions of seagoing vessels. Although Dutch ...
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Vandals cut mooring line to cruise ship in Port Townsend [22.05.2013]
The American Cruise Lines ship, which holds up to 100 passengers paying $3,750-$4,985 each depending on the accommodations, is making 13 weekly Puget Sound cruises this season, with stops in Port Angeles and Port Townsend as well as Anacortes, ...
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Disney Cruise Line failed to promptly notify police that crew member molested ... [22.05.2013]
A crew member escaped without repercussions after he groped an 11-year-old Brazilian girl because Disney Cruise Line failed to promptly report the incident, an investigation from WKMG Local 6 revealed. Surveillance footage shows the 33-year-old dining ...
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With All Due Respect: The Risk of Marketing Yachting as "NASCAR on Water" is ... [22.05.2013]
Rosy economic projections conjured up possibilities of 15 free-spending yachting syndicates taking up residence in San Francisco and helping to generate $1.4 billion in dinero, while providing work for 8,800 locals. These were numbers that inspired ...
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Problems Surfacing For Canada's Shipbuilding Plan [22.05.2013]
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canada's multibillion-dollar naval shipbuilding program is heading into stormy seas, critics say, as new questions emerge about costs and the capability of domestic shipyards. The construction schedules for the Royal ...
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Port of Pensacola welcomes Grand Caribe cruise ship [22.05.2013]
... Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph. The Medical Examiner's Office revised death toll is at least 24. News»Top Stories» Port of Pensacola welcomes Grand Caribe cruise ...
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EXPEDITION Cruise Ship Heading For Clyde [22.05.2013]
The 6,000-tonne ship, which carries just 132 passengers, is expected at the Ocean Terminal around 7.30am and should leave around 5.30pm on a 12-day cruise including calls at Holyhead, Dublin, St Kilda, Iona, Faroe Islands, Shetland Islands and ...
Read more
Captain of luxury Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trial over deadly wreck [22.05.2013]
ROME -- He was judged guilty by public opinion after his cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, capsized off the tiny Italian island of Giglio last year, killing 32 people and leaving thousands traumatized. Now Captain Francesco Schettino will face justice ...
Read more
World's newest cruise ship bound for Southampton [22.05.2013]
This stunning photograph is the first sight Southampton has had of Royal Princess, the world`s newest cruise ship, due in the city early next month, as she powers through the waves. Royal mum-to-be the Duchess of Cambridge will be the guest of honour ...
Read more
Captain in deadly cruise ship accident to be tried [22.05.2013]
(CNN) -- An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the captain of a cruise ship involved in a deadly accident last year be tried, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported. Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, will be tried for ...
Read more
Kexim expands financing to shipbuilding sector [22.05.2013]
The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has announced that it is to make more funds available this year to the shipbuilding sector as part of its approach to support strategic industries that have been struggling in the face of decreased orders and ...
Read more
The $4 billion shipbuilding shortfall [22.05.2013]
The Navy faces a major shortfall in its shipbuilding budget in the decade ahead. While 10 years sounds like a lifetime in a town that alters its strategic planning on an annual basis, building a Navy of sufficient size and capability is a generational ...
Read more
Putin calls on shipbuilder to speed up naval deliveries [22.05.2013]
The president called on Russian shipbuilders to accelerate the delivery of ships to the customer without impairing their quality. “The corporation must work smoothly, producing warships. This is one of the key tasks facing the USC's new management ...
Read more
Two New Cruise Ships Make Waves for Direct Line Cruises [22.05.2013]
Two new revolutionary ships are making waves in the New York area, and Direct Line Cruises is ready for the surge. Both Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line will be homeporting their spectacular mega-ships in Cape Liberty, N.J and the ...
Read more
Luxury cruise ship powers off sandbank [22.05.2013]
A cruise ship that ran aground in Oban Bay with 61 passengers aboard was refloated in the early hours yesterday. Divers were sent down yesterday to inspect the hull of the 200ft luxury ship Serenissima for damage before a new group of passengers ...
Read more
Dutch Shipbuilders Held Fast in Difficult [22.05.2013]
The Holland Shipbuilding Association say that the various shipbuilding sectors presented a mixed picture in the past year, ship repair & supereyact construction did well, not so large new-buildings. New constructions of seagoing vessels. Although Dutch ...
Read more
Vandals cut mooring line to cruise ship in Port Townsend [22.05.2013]
The American Cruise Lines ship, which holds up to 100 passengers paying $3,750-$4,985 each depending on the accommodations, is making 13 weekly Puget Sound cruises this season, with stops in Port Angeles and Port Townsend as well as Anacortes, ...
Read more
Disney Cruise Line failed to promptly notify police that crew member molested ... [22.05.2013]
A crew member escaped without repercussions after he groped an 11-year-old Brazilian girl because Disney Cruise Line failed to promptly report the incident, an investigation from WKMG Local 6 revealed. Surveillance footage shows the 33-year-old dining ...
Read more
With All Due Respect: The Risk of Marketing Yachting as "NASCAR on Water" is ... [22.05.2013]
Rosy economic projections conjured up possibilities of 15 free-spending yachting syndicates taking up residence in San Francisco and helping to generate $1.4 billion in dinero, while providing work for 8,800 locals. These were numbers that inspired ...
Read more
Problems Surfacing For Canada's Shipbuilding Plan [22.05.2013]
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canada's multibillion-dollar naval shipbuilding program is heading into stormy seas, critics say, as new questions emerge about costs and the capability of domestic shipyards. The construction schedules for the Royal ...
Read more
Port of Pensacola welcomes Grand Caribe cruise ship [22.05.2013]
... Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph. The Medical Examiner's Office revised death toll is at least 24. News»Top Stories» Port of Pensacola welcomes Grand Caribe cruise ...
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