Cruise News Daily Headlines for November 15, 2013

* Norwegian Getaway Leaves Meyer Werft
Norwegian Getaway had a rather unusual conveyance down the river Ems to the North Sea today, the path which all ships built at Meyer Werft must go, once and only once. More

* Grand Princess Continues to Hawaii
Grand Princess continued on to Hawaii Thursday night after concluding its search for the passenger who jumped overboard Wednesday afternoon. The woman’s body was never located.

* Another Costa Vessel Hits the Water
There was more shipbuilding excitement today near Venice at the Fincantieri yard at Marghera. Water flowed under the keel of Costa Diadema this morning allowing the ship to float for the first time.  More

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Fincantieri Floats out Costa Diadema at Marghera Yard

Fincantieri put water under the keel of Costa Diadema allowing the ship to float for the first time today at the company's Marghera yard (near Venice) today.

The 132,500-gross ton vessel will be delivered on October 30, 2014. Deployment will initially be in the western Mediterranean during the winter 2014-2015 season. 

Just before the valve is turned and water pours into the dry dock.

The first water pours into the dry dock. Filling the dry dock takes almost a day. The ship will then be towed to a finishing dock.

Antonio Quintano (Director Fincantieri Marghera shipyard ), Franca Grasso (madrina - godmother), and Michael Thamm: CEO Costa Crociere

Norwegian Getaway Departs Meyer Werft

Norwegian Getaway departed Meyer Werft in Papenburg early this morning (November 15, 2015) at about 1am (local time) amidst cold and fog, causing the ship to quickly become invisible. The fog persisted through its entire river conveyance, sometimes making it impossible to see the ship from the shore.

Norwegian Getaway being readied for departure from Meyer Werft

Norwegian Getaway passing the dam at Meyer Werft taking the ship into the river.

Norwegian Getaway leaves Papenburg and disappears into the fog

Norwegian Getaway at Weener. The heavy fog like this obscured the ship through its complete river conveyance.

When the sun rose, the visibility did not increase.

Norwegian Getaway nearing Emden Friday afternoon in the fog.

Photos copyright Michael Wessells and Meyer Werft. May not be copied or used without permission.

Cruise News Daily Headlines for November 14, 2013

* Allure Repair Will Cancel One Sailing
Ten days ago we told subscribers that Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas was experiencing propulsion problems which had necessitated sailing slower on its eastern Caribbean itinerary while company management considered how to fix the problem.

Lots of rumors have swirled about how Royal Caribbean would make the repairs and when, but the company put and end to those today when they said the ship would be taken out of service for a week next February for a repair in Freeport. More

* The Search Continues
Grand Princess continued to search today for the passenger who was seen jumping overboard yesterday while the ship was en route from San Francisco to Hawaii.

The incident occurred on Day 3 of the cruise when Grand Princess was 750 miles northeast from Hilo. The remote location is making the search extremely difficult.

* Other Things You’ll Want to Know
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Allure of the Seas to be out of Service for Repairs

Updated 5:46pm - Royal Caribbean International announced that Allure of the Seas would be taken out of service for a week to perform repairs on the propulsion system, resulting in the cancellation of the February 23, 2014 sailing. The repairs will be performed at the Grand Bahama Shipyard in Freeport.

The propulsion problem has manifested itself in the ship having to sail at reduced speeds over the last several weeks on its eastern Caribbean itinerary. (The weeks it sails to the western Caribbean are unaffected because of shorter distances.) On those weeks, the itinerary is modified to reduce port times in Nassau and St. Thomas, thus giving the ship more sailing time to cover the distances. Allure of the Seas will continue to operate that modified itinerary on sailings to the eastern Caribbean through February when it will be repaired.

Passengers booked on the canceled February 23 sailing will receive a full refund or the option to sail on select itineraries at the same rate.

Complete details will be in today's issue of Cruise News Daily.