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Royal Caribbean Cuts Steel for Fifth Oasis-Class Cruise Ship

Once again, Royal Caribbean has begun construction on the world's largest cruise ship, a title that each of the line's Oasis-class vessels have held until the delivery of the next (slightly larger) si...

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Photos: The First Cruise Ship Purpose-Built for the Galapagos

Celebrity Cruises has released photos of the first cruise ship purpose-built for operations in the Galapagos Islands. The new expedition ship Celebrity Flora has a capacity of 100 passengers, the larg...

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The Human Side

When the Titanic sank in 1912, many crewmembers went down with the ship so that passengers could survive. When the cruise ship Oceanos foundered off the coast of South Africa in August of 1991, most o...

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St. Lucia Provides Measles Vaccine for Quarantined Cruise Ship

On Thursday, the government of the island of St. Lucia provided the quarantined cruise ship Freewinds with 100 doses of measles vaccine after a request from the ship's physician. One female passenger...

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Philippines Tightens Restrictions on Cruise Ships at Boracay

In response to concerns over visitor traffic volume, the government of the Philippines is tightening its limits on cruise ships at the island of Boracay during peak traffic periods. Starting April 16,...

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Three Senators Report That Trump Won't Issue Jones Act Waiver

On Wednesday, three Republican senators said that President Donald Trump has pledged not to issue a Jones Act waiver for the transportation of LNG.  “He’s not going to make any changes to the Jones...

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UK Cancels Contracts for Brexit Backup Ferries

Embattled UK transport secretary Chris Grayling is canceling two ferry contracts that his ministry took out as an insurance policy in the event of a "hard Brexit."  If Britain had departed the Euro...

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Report: China Ranks Worst on Global Illegal Fishing Index

[By Gilles Hosch] An index launched in February scores countries according to their degree of exposure to and quality of response towards illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. China re...

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Scientologists' Cruise Ship Quarantined for Measles

The Church of Scientology's cruise ship, the Freewinds, has been quarantined at the port of St. Lucia after the local government learned of a confirmed case of measles on board.  The Freewinds repo...

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Greening the World’s Blue Highways

Ferries today are typically fueled by oil, but when they first got their start beasts of burden propelled them across the water. In the Roman Empire, two oxen walking in front of a ship with a water w...