It’s happened again. Yesterday I read another article quoting a North American port official saying how strong their port’s demand for cruises is and they are expecting to have an additional cruise ship homeported there in the not-too-distant future.
Could these people be so myopic they don’t see what is happening in the cruise industry globally? Or are they intentionally misleading their local market?
The complete story appeared in the January 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Passenger Dies on Snorkeling Excursion
A Caribbean Princess passenger died Thursday morning while on a snorkeling excursion at Belize.
The local Tourism Police said the woman was snorkeling off Sargent’s Caye when she suddenly went under water. The police superintendent said the 67-year-old woman was pulled from the water relatively quickly but could not be revived.
Details appeared in the January 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The local Tourism Police said the woman was snorkeling off Sargent’s Caye when she suddenly went under water. The police superintendent said the 67-year-old woman was pulled from the water relatively quickly but could not be revived.
Details appeared in the January 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Keep on Counting
Holland America today issued the third video in their “Countdown to Koningsdam” series. This on focuses on the ship’s main theater, the World Stage, and features Bill Price, the line’s Director of Entertainment.
Koningsdam’s theater will be rather unique with a round stage and LED screens that surround the audience 270 degrees.
Koningsdam is almost here. It will enter service in April.
Koningsdam’s theater will be rather unique with a round stage and LED screens that surround the audience 270 degrees.
Koningsdam is almost here. It will enter service in April.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Warning about Nassau
The US State Department has issued their strongest and most specific warning to US citizens to date regarding travel to Nassau, and yet the cruise industry is doing nothing about it, except admonishing passengers to be careful.
The warning was precipitated by another US citizen alleging a sexual assault by jet-ski operator in Nassau on January 2. This is the fifth since July 2014, with more by women of other nationalities.
Details appeared in the January 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The warning was precipitated by another US citizen alleging a sexual assault by jet-ski operator in Nassau on January 2. This is the fifth since July 2014, with more by women of other nationalities.
Details appeared in the January 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.
How Four Crew Members Came to Miss Norwegian Dawn
Several years ago we told readers how cruise ships were probably going to be used more in the future to import drugs because there seemed to be rather lax surveillance and customs enforcement surrounding them.
We’ve been reporting from time to time over the last couple of years on a growing number of instances of crew members being arrested after picking up drugs in one port and then taking them ashore in another, in this case in New Orleans. This week, Norwegian Dawn is four crew members short as they were arrested by federal agents last Sunday in New Orleans during an attempt to bring about ten pounds of cocaine into the US.
What’s interesting about this case is that in the complaint, presented in federal court this week, it reveals a bit about how the Homeland Security agents work. The other aspect that is always amazing is that the crew members carried the drugs to the US aboard the ship, meaning that the security people at NCL who are so meticulous about finding even small amounts of your favorite beverage that you may want to bring aboard the ship unnoticed, allow crew members to bring three-pound packages of cocaine aboard the ship stuffed in their underwear and never notice.
The complete story appeared in the January 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.
We’ve been reporting from time to time over the last couple of years on a growing number of instances of crew members being arrested after picking up drugs in one port and then taking them ashore in another, in this case in New Orleans. This week, Norwegian Dawn is four crew members short as they were arrested by federal agents last Sunday in New Orleans during an attempt to bring about ten pounds of cocaine into the US.
What’s interesting about this case is that in the complaint, presented in federal court this week, it reveals a bit about how the Homeland Security agents work. The other aspect that is always amazing is that the crew members carried the drugs to the US aboard the ship, meaning that the security people at NCL who are so meticulous about finding even small amounts of your favorite beverage that you may want to bring aboard the ship unnoticed, allow crew members to bring three-pound packages of cocaine aboard the ship stuffed in their underwear and never notice.
The complete story appeared in the January 7 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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