Carnival Corp said they have signed a memorandum of understanding with China Merchant Group (CMG) to consider the possibility of two joint ventures to grow the cruise industry in China.
The two ventures are designed to help China to realize its goal of becoming one of the world’s major cruise markets.
Details were in the January 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Electrical Problems Delay Serenade of the Seas
Late Friday night as Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas was traveling up the Mississippi River to New Orleans for its Saturday turnaround, a water pipe burst, flooding some of the ship’s electrical equipment. As a result, some areas of the ship lost power.
The end result was that Serenade was a day late leaving New Orleans on the next cruise, and many passengers didn’t sail because, even then, a large number of staterooms were still without power.
The complete story appeared in the January 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The end result was that Serenade was a day late leaving New Orleans on the next cruise, and many passengers didn’t sail because, even then, a large number of staterooms were still without power.
The complete story appeared in the January 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Veendam Rescues Pilot of Ditched Aircraft
Over the weekend, Holland America’s Veendam was involved in a rather unusual rescue off the coast of Maui.
A small plane was having a mechanical issue with its fuel system and had to ditch in the ocean near the ship 230 miles northeast of Maui. Veendam quickly rescued the pilot (the sole occupant) while a Coast Guard HC-130 circled the area capturing some incredible video.The video was, of course, edited for time, and it makes it look like Veendam arrived just after the aircraft went into the water. They were nearby, but not quite that close. The pilot was only in the water for about 30 minutes, however.
The complete story appeared in the January 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.
A small plane was having a mechanical issue with its fuel system and had to ditch in the ocean near the ship 230 miles northeast of Maui. Veendam quickly rescued the pilot (the sole occupant) while a Coast Guard HC-130 circled the area capturing some incredible video.The video was, of course, edited for time, and it makes it look like Veendam arrived just after the aircraft went into the water. They were nearby, but not quite that close. The pilot was only in the water for about 30 minutes, however.
The complete story appeared in the January 26 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Friday, January 23, 2015
After Refit, Queen Victoria Begins Her World Cruise
Cunard’s Queen Victoria sailed away from Southampton earlier this week under a canopy of fireworks celebrating the start of her world cruise in Cunard’s 175th anniversary year.
Passengers aboard Queen Victoria are enjoying a refurbished ship just back from a 20-day refit at Blohm+Voss in Hamburg, updating the ship with many of the features recently added to Queen Elizabeth.
In this video, can see just how it was done - in Cunard style.
The complete article appeared in the January 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.
The Casino Comes to You
If you’ve sailed aboard Carnival Breeze or Carnival Freedom recently, you got a chance to try a new service Carnival was testing called the Carnival Mobile Casino. It’s an app that runs on your smart phone or tablet and lets you play casino games for real money - legally, any time the ship is in international waters anywhere on the ship.
Details appeared in the January 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.
Details appeared in the January 23 edition of Cruise News Daily.
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