Thank You for Your Service

Princess Cruises is the Official Cruise Line of the Seattle Seahawks, and Monday night at the Seahawks game, they honored military veterans Matthew and Brittney Linville for their service in the Army by awarding the couple a free seven-day cruise. The couple's service to the United States includes deployment to Iraq.

The complete story appeared in the November 10 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Mobile's Fantasy

The city of Mobile had a fantasy, and that was the return of cruise ships to once again dock at their modern, purpose-built cruise terminal. Today Mobile's fantasy came true when Carnival Fantasy arrived at the Alabama Cruise Terminal for a year-long series of short cruises to Mexico.

The complete story appeared in the November 9 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Carnival Fantasy at the Alabama Cruise Terminal at Mobile today

Photo courtesy of Carnival Cruise Line. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.

Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 9, 2016

CND subscribers also read about:

• The first steel was cut for the fourth ship in the Royal Princess series.
• Two passengers from P&O's Oriana successfully fought off an armed gunman in New Orleans.
• Houston's former cruise terminal is about to take on a new role.

Details appeared in the November 9 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Photo courtesy of Princess Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without permission. 

Carnival Will Know Who You Are

Carnival Corp has completed a successful test using INTERPOL's I-Checkit system to verify travel documents authenticity and verify they haven't been reported lost or stolen anywhere in the world. Approval was granted today by INTERPOL's General Assembly for Carnival Corp to be the first maritime company to use the system and expand use across the 10 Carnival brands and their 101 ships.

The complete story appeared in the November 8 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Under the Hood

MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the contract to provide engines for three ships being built by Fincantieri for Costa Asia and P&O Australia.

Details appeared in the November 8 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Common-rail MAN V48/60CR Tier-II compliant engines similar to those ordered by Costa Asia and P&O Cruises Australia

Photo courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission.