In the wake of Tuesday’s terrorist attack near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Crystal Cruises has decided to cancel their calls at Istanbul and Kusadasi. In the attack, a suicide bomber killed 10 and injured more than a dozen in an area teaming with tourists.
The canceled calls in Turkey will be replaced with calls in Greece.
The complete story appeared in the January 15 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Friday, January 15, 2016
Mein Schiff 5 Floats Out
Meyer Turku began the float out today of Mein Schiff 5 for TUI Cruises at their Turku (Finland) yard amid a snow storm and freezing temperatures. TUI Cruises is the German-based line that is a partnership between German travel company, TUI travel and Royal Caribbean Cruises.
Ferdinand Strohmeier, VP of Operations for TUI Cruises, and Dr. Jan Meyer, the president of Meyer Turku, opened the valve that began flooding the drydock with some 300 million liters of water. Despite the 10-degree temperature (-12 Celsius), the water flowed, and once the dry dock is filled tomorrow, the 99,000-ton ship will be towed upstream to the outfitting pier where it will be finished over the next six months.
The complete story appeared in the January 15 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Ferdinand Strohmeier, VP of Operations for TUI Cruises, and Dr. Jan Meyer, the president of Meyer Turku, opened the valve that began flooding the drydock with some 300 million liters of water. Despite the 10-degree temperature (-12 Celsius), the water flowed, and once the dry dock is filled tomorrow, the 99,000-ton ship will be towed upstream to the outfitting pier where it will be finished over the next six months.
The complete story appeared in the January 15 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
A Vote of Support for the Elderly
Carnival Cruise Line said today they would be giving Carnival Inspiration a multi-million-dollar makeover during its upcoming dry dock and adding a number of the line’s latest dining and bar features to the 70,000-ton ship. It does carry a bigger message, however.
The complete story appeared in the January 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The complete story appeared in the January 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Cruise Passenger Dies in Jamaican Bus Accident
Royal Caribbean said that twenty-one passengers from Independence of the Seas were aboard a tour bus in Jamaican today when it was involved in a traffic accident. One of the passengers died in the four-vehicle crash, and three others were taken to the hospital with injuries.
Details appeared in the January 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Details appeared in the January 14 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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