Just like people, when ships are going to retire, all the "remember when" stories come out. There is one about QE2 in Scotland's Daily Record today. In the article, they allege that QE2's entry into service in 1967 was delayed intentionally by the shipyard workers at John Brown's shipyard. The article claims that they deliberately vandalized many of the cabins as they were completed in order to provide more work for the yard in repairing them. It also contends that the employees considered pilfering the ship's furnishings as a "perk" of the job.
No matter what they did, QE2 went on to have a proud career with Cunard and will finish it out next year.
Note: Link is valid at time of posting.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
From the going up department:
A 22-year-old female crew member was taken off Norwegian Majesty about 7:30am this morning by helicopter as the ship was sailing about 150 miles southeast of Cape Cod. (Video is below.) The ship was on the second day of it's 7-day cruise from Boston to Bermuda.
The Coast Guard received a call from the ship at 5:22am advising them that the woman needed to be transported to a shoreside medical facility. The Coast Guard dispatched an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter along with a HU-25 Falcon Jet to fly cover.
The operation was completed successfully when the helicopter arrived at the airport in Hyannis, and the woman was taken by local EMS to Cape Cod Hospital.
The Coast Guard received a call from the ship at 5:22am advising them that the woman needed to be transported to a shoreside medical facility. The Coast Guard dispatched an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter along with a HU-25 Falcon Jet to fly cover.
The operation was completed successfully when the helicopter arrived at the airport in Hyannis, and the woman was taken by local EMS to Cape Cod Hospital.
Video is courtesy of the US Coast Guard
CND Headlines - A Royal Occasion
If there's one thing you can say about Cunard, they know how to design an impressive naming ceremony.
A little more than three years ago, Her Majesty The Queen named QM2. So expectations are high for the events surrounding Queen Victoria's ceremony, and today the bar was set higher.
Today, Cunard Line announced that Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend the ceremony in Southampton on December 10 to mark the introduction of Queen Victoria. During the ceremony, The Duchess of Cornwall will officially name the ship.
Of course, since most of our readers are American, and in case you didn't pick up on it, we are speaking of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, as they are popularly known here.
Details are in today's edition of Cruise News Daily.
A little more than three years ago, Her Majesty The Queen named QM2. So expectations are high for the events surrounding Queen Victoria's ceremony, and today the bar was set higher.
Today, Cunard Line announced that Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend the ceremony in Southampton on December 10 to mark the introduction of Queen Victoria. During the ceremony, The Duchess of Cornwall will officially name the ship.
Of course, since most of our readers are American, and in case you didn't pick up on it, we are speaking of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, as they are popularly known here.
Details are in today's edition of Cruise News Daily.
From the dream job department:
Have you ever dreamt of working on a cruise ship? It's an idle dream for most Americans who do, but the Marietta Times profiles one Ohio woman who works as a hostess on NCL America's Pride of America in Hawaii. According to the article, Dianne Ramsey has "just a regular job — made in heaven."
It sounds good, but we're sure there are some crew members who would admit that not every day is that dreamy. Nonetheless, the article does give readers a little insight into her life working on a cruise ship.
Note: Link is valid at time of posting.
It sounds good, but we're sure there are some crew members who would admit that not every day is that dreamy. Nonetheless, the article does give readers a little insight into her life working on a cruise ship.
Note: Link is valid at time of posting.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
From the all in a days work department:
It may have been a routine emergency procedure for the experienced crew of Royal Caribbean's Empress of the Seas, but in Wilmington (DE), it was big news.
According to the Wilmington News Journal, Empress of the Seas made an emergency call at the port of Wilmington Saturday night due to a medical emergency aboard. The ship left Philadelphia about 5:30pm Saturday afternoon on a 7-day cruise to Bermuda. About 8pm, a passenger, a 60-year old man from New Jersey went into cardiac arrest, and the ship's doctor determined he would be better off at a shoreside hospital. So the captain turned the ship in the channel and docked at Wilmington. The operation happened so quickly, EMS technicians were onboard even before patient was stabilized enough to be taken off the ship.
Cruise ships do not normally call at Wilmington, and at that time on a Saturday night, there weren't enough handlers on duty at the port to properly land Empress, so the firefighters we pressed into service to assist handling the lines.
The patient was in critical condition when he left the ship with his wife, and an update wasn't available. Empress of the Seas continued on its way to Bermuda a few minutes after the patient was on his way to the hospital. The crew of Empress of the Seas trains for such operations on a regular basis, and it quite often called upon to perform those operations, so it was all in a day's work for them. In Wilmington, however, when a cruise ship comes into port, it makes big news.
Note: Link is valid at the time of posting.
According to the Wilmington News Journal, Empress of the Seas made an emergency call at the port of Wilmington Saturday night due to a medical emergency aboard. The ship left Philadelphia about 5:30pm Saturday afternoon on a 7-day cruise to Bermuda. About 8pm, a passenger, a 60-year old man from New Jersey went into cardiac arrest, and the ship's doctor determined he would be better off at a shoreside hospital. So the captain turned the ship in the channel and docked at Wilmington. The operation happened so quickly, EMS technicians were onboard even before patient was stabilized enough to be taken off the ship.
Cruise ships do not normally call at Wilmington, and at that time on a Saturday night, there weren't enough handlers on duty at the port to properly land Empress, so the firefighters we pressed into service to assist handling the lines.
The patient was in critical condition when he left the ship with his wife, and an update wasn't available. Empress of the Seas continued on its way to Bermuda a few minutes after the patient was on his way to the hospital. The crew of Empress of the Seas trains for such operations on a regular basis, and it quite often called upon to perform those operations, so it was all in a day's work for them. In Wilmington, however, when a cruise ship comes into port, it makes big news.
Note: Link is valid at the time of posting.
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