The last cruise ship built in Great Britain will be retired after more than 40 years operating, more than 4 million nautical miles and more than 660 berths. This is the cruise ship Saga Ruby, which is known as the latest British ship, built in 1973 in Newcastle Swan Hunter shipyard. The cruise ship is operating for the luxury cruise company Saga Cruises and really carry the style of the middle ages. Robin Shaw, the CEO of the company announced that the cruise ship Saga Ruby, will make its final voyage on 7th December 2013. He added that operating of such old ship is really not meeting the required standards, which Saga Cruises has and the company is planning to renew its fleet till 2014. The era of Saga Ruby will finish, as the vessel carried thousands of passengers and will stop operating in the most exciting way. The last voyage of the cruise ship will be 31-night Caribbean cruise, sailing from Southampton. The ship will make some kind of lap of honor, vi…
Cruise ship Liberty of the Seas
The cruise ship Liberty of the Seas is one of the largest and most luxury vessels built ever, providing high quality service and really powerful engineering. The ship is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean Cruises, designed with special attention to the entertainment and attractions on board. The cruise ship Liberty of the Seas is 338.91 meters in length, the beam is 56.08 meters and the summer draft is 8.53 meters. The vessel has deadweight of 10,600 DWT and gross tonnage of 154,407 GRT. The giant vessel was built in the shipyard Stx Finland Turku in 2007, according to the latest standards of IMO, MARPOL and best sea practices. The cruise ship has really large capacity and can host 4,370 passengers, providing them high class service, a lot of entertainments and really good accommodations. The guests on board of Liberty of the Seas are served by 1,300 crew members and can visit some of the best tropical destinations of the world.
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Fire on Crown Princess cruise ship in Ionian sea
The luxury cruise ship Crown Princess was caught on fire on 3 nautical miles Eastern of Antipaxos island. The fire started in one of the passenger cabins and was automatically extinguished by the fire fighting system. The accident happened in Ionian sea, during a cruise between the ports Corfu and Piraeus. The cruise ship Crown Princess suffered slight damages and after inspection of the Katakolo port authorities, Crown Princess continued the voyage to the final destination. The vessel was operating on cruise with 3325 passengers on board and none of them are injured. The reason for the fire was wrong usage of electrical tools in the cabin by one of the guests.
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CMA CGM sells La Compagnie du Ponant
CMA CGM Group signed agreement to sell the luxury French cruise company La Compagnie du Ponant to Bridgepoint. The Compagnie du Ponant is one of the largest and most profitable French cruise companies, with turnover of 80 million EUR for the last year. The company operates with 6 luxury cruise ships, which carrier over 20,000 passengers during 2011. The company specialized in 5 star luxury cruises in the Arctic and Antarctic, while offer high quality service and really top class interior. The cruise ships of the company are really beautiful and the staff operating on them is about 580 people. The price of the deal is not announced, but according to the statement of Bridgepoint, they will provide to La Compagnie du Ponant the resources it needs to fulfil its ambitions.
Debut cruise for mv Riviera of Oceania Cruises
The newest and most modern cruise ship of Oceania Cruises is called mv Riviera and was launched in the beginning of the year but the debut cruise was in May 2012. The cruise ship has length 239.27 meters, beam of 32.31 meters and maximum draft of 7.31 meters. The vessel has gross tonnage of 66,084 gross tons and capacity for 1,250 passengers. The cruise ship mv Riviera is really impressive, beautiful and luxury. The ship has total 15 decks, 11 of which are available for the guests on board. The modern engineering are making the voyage really nice and comfortable. On board are installed active and passive stabilizers, so even in heavy sea the ship has small rolling. Definitely the cruise with this ship will be one of the most interesting events, which you can do.
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Grandeur of the Seas was refurbished and modernized
The cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas is really one of the most interesting vessel of the company and a lot of fans of cruises visited this ship during the years. The ship was built in 1996 and until now is one of the most visited cruise ship of the company Royal Caribbean International. The ship Grandeur of the Seas has length of 279.20 meters and beam of 32.31 meters. The ship has gross tonnage of 74,000 gross tons and capacity for 2,446 passengers. The cruise ship was built in the Kvarner Masa-Yards Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki, Finland and till now operated with great success.
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The cruise ship Carnival Breeze was launched
The cruise ship Carnival Breeze was delivered to her owner of Carnival Cruises. This is the third ship from the Dream line and definitely is one of the most powerful and most beautiful cruise ships of the company and world shipping. Carnival Breeze was built in the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy, which is one of the oldest and highest quality yards of the world. Carnival Breeze was highly expected cruise ship, as this will be the new jewel in the fleet of the one of the largest companies for cruises in the world. The ship is beautiful, luxury and very comfortable for the guests on board.
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