* Other Things You'll Want to Know
+ CND subscribers also read about medevacs from cruise ships over the weekend on both sides of the Atlantic. These included the one from Carnival Triumph in the Gulf of Mexico which we reported earlier with video. Off the southwest coast of Britain, the British Royal Navy performed two separate medevacs from Fred Olsen's Braemar ...
+ A new policy at Fred Olsen that's upsetting many British passengers. The line is rolling out a new policy of a charge of approximately US$8.50 for "enhanced afternoon tea" ...
+ Gershon Cohen is taking legal action in Alaska which, if successful, could shut down the cruise industry there. It relates to the waiver cruise lines were given because they can't meet the stringent wastewater standards ...
+ The Port of San Francisco recognized Princess Cruises for environmental stewardship in San Francisco ...
+ and there was a conviction in a British court in the case of two men who tried to smuggle 72 pounds of cocaine aboard Fred Olsen's Black Watch in March.
Details of these stories appeared in the "Other Things You'll Want to Know" column in the May 24, 2010 edition of Cruise News Daily.
