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World City America: MARAD Adopts Policy Prohibiting Financing of U.S. Passenger Ships

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Ever wonder why all the cruise ships sailing out of US mainland ports have a foreign flag, foreign crew, and don’t pay US taxes? Look no further than Washington, DC. On May 10, 2012 the US Maritime Administration (MARAD) released its “2011 Statistical Snapshot” of the North American cruise industry [MarExNewsletter...

MOST RECENT STORIES

1. Costa Concordia Salvage Will Be Largest Refloat in History

Published Friday, May 18, 2012

The salvage plan for the wrecked Costa Concordia announced today details how salvage crews will use massive cranes and air tanks to refloat the half-submerged cruise liner in the largest... Read More >>

2. World's Largest Ship Baptism: 1.4 Million People Experience Parade of AIDA Ships

Published Monday, May 14, 2012

The newest cruise ship of the AIDA fleet - Aidamar - on the evening of the May 12, 2012 was baptized in a lavish production, accompanied by three sister ships in the port of Hamburg. A total of... Read More >>

3. Princess Cruises Sued for Allegedly Ignoring Distressed Fishing Boat

Published Monday, May 14, 2012

After surviving 28 days out at sea in a small disabled boat, Panamanian Adrian Vazquez is now suing Princess Cruise Lines after one of its cruise ships passed the boat in distress, but did not... Read More >>

4. Bio Attack Threat Tweets Target Carnival Magic

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A Nashville-based neurosurgeon, Jack Kruse, was set to appear as a guest speaker onboard the Carnival Magic as a part of Jimmy Moore’s 5th Annual Low-Carb Cruise. The ship was prepared to... Read More >>

5. North American Cruise Statistical Shapshot 2011 Available Online

Published Wednesday, May 9, 2012

The U.S. Maritime Administration announced that 2011 was a record year for the North American cruise line industry, with 10.9 million passengers taking 4,222 cruises for a record 71.8 million... Read More >>

PRESS RELEASES

1. MSC Cruises to Bring its Newest Ship To its Newest Departure Port: PortMiami to Welcome New MSC Divina for the 2013-14 Caribbean Season

Published Thursday, May 24, 2012

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – MSC Cruises will be bringing its newest ship, MSC Divina, to its newest departure port – PortMiami – beginning in the fall of 2013. When MSC... Read More >>

2. Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific interviews Rama Rebbapragada, Chairman of the Asia Cruise Association, on trends in the Asian marketplace

Published Monday, May 21, 2012

HAMILTON, N.J., May 15, 2012 -- Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific –conference and trade show focusing on the emerging Asian-Pacific cruise industry— interviews Rama Rebbapragada,... Read More >>

3. Enchantment of the Seas to Sail from Port Canaveral in 2013

Published Friday, May 18, 2012

PORT CANAVERAL, FL— May 17, 2012 – Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas will replace the departing Monarch of the Seas and will undergo a revitalization in December... Read More >>

4. Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific Conference Announces Speakers: Second Annual Conference Held in Singapore this September

Published Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Cruise Shipping Asia-Pacific — conference and trade show focusing on the emerging Asian-Pacific cruise industry — announced details of the speakers for its second edition, taking... Read More >>

5. Antigua Government Retains Global Destinations Development for Cruise Port Fitness Test Study

Published Thursday, April 12, 2012

It was announced at a press conference in Antigua that Saint John's Development Corporation has retained Miami-based Global Destinations Development to conduct its trademarked Cruise... Read More >>