This morning as Costa Classica was returning to Shanghai at the end of a 4-night cruise and collided with the Belgian-flagged Lowlands Longevity cargo ship, damaging the 53,000-ton cruise ship's starboard superstructure at Deck 5, according to Costa. Local news reports say the collision, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, opened about a 60-foot gash, and passengers say water washed into the ship's lower decks through broken portholes.
Details of this incident, and an earlier incident aboard the same sailing, appeared in October 18, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Disney Sets Date for Expansion to Four Ships
Disney set the date today for Disney Fantasy's maiden voyage and released partial details of the 2012 fleet deployment.
Disney's second new ship of the two-ship order from Meyer Werft, Disney Fantasy, will enter service on April 7, 2012 with 7-day Caribbean cruises.
In this CND article, we also looked at the rest of the initial 2012 schedule and had some observations on the implications. The entire article appeared in the October 18, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Disney's second new ship of the two-ship order from Meyer Werft, Disney Fantasy, will enter service on April 7, 2012 with 7-day Caribbean cruises.
In this CND article, we also looked at the rest of the initial 2012 schedule and had some observations on the implications. The entire article appeared in the October 18, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Costa Classica loses passengers, Pacific Jewel cancels sailing, Update on Celebrity Century, Medevac from Osterdam, and Carnival's "bucket list"
CND subscribers read about an additional problem on Costa Classica's last cruise where Chinese passengers illegally remained behind in South Korea ... Pacific Jewel canceling an additional voyage for repairs to the ship's propulsion system ... an update from the yard on Celebrity Century's emergency repairs to its rudders ... a medevac from Holland America's Oosterdam (shown above) ... and Carnival's "bucket list." Details of these items appeared in the "Other Things You'll Want to Know" column in the October 18, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Celebrity Century Cancels Current Cruise
Like a Ship without a Rudder
Instead of cruising along the coast of Italy, tonight Celebrity Century is sitting at Villefranche waiting for its appointment in a drydock.
Damage to the rudder has caused Celebrity Cruises to cancel the current cruise for an unscheduled drydock.
Details appeared in the October 15, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Instead of cruising along the coast of Italy, tonight Celebrity Century is sitting at Villefranche waiting for its appointment in a drydock.
Damage to the rudder has caused Celebrity Cruises to cancel the current cruise for an unscheduled drydock.
Details appeared in the October 15, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Lines Cancel Calls at Falmouth Jamaica
Not Ready for Prime Time
Back in August we told readers local reports from Jamaica were telling us the new port of Falmouth was seriously behind schedule and it didn't look to be anywhere near ready for the first cruise ship passengers scheduled to arrive in November. Cruise lines are now agreeing, and the lines planning to call there before the first of the year are now making alternate plans - at least until January. The first Oasis-class ships, for which the port was primarily built, aren't scheduled to arrive until March.
The complete article appeared in the October 15, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
Back in August we told readers local reports from Jamaica were telling us the new port of Falmouth was seriously behind schedule and it didn't look to be anywhere near ready for the first cruise ship passengers scheduled to arrive in November. Cruise lines are now agreeing, and the lines planning to call there before the first of the year are now making alternate plans - at least until January. The first Oasis-class ships, for which the port was primarily built, aren't scheduled to arrive until March.
The complete article appeared in the October 15, 2010, edition of Cruise News Daily.
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