RCCL takes up option to build second Sunshine class ship
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- Published: 29 February 2012 29 February 2012
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd (RCCL) says it has exercised its option to build a second Sunshine-class cruise ship to be delivered in the Spring 2015. The 158,000 gross ton ship will be built by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft on substantially the same terms as the first Sunshine ship. “This confirms our continued confidence in the success of this new generation of ships and our strong conviction about the Royal Caribbean International brand,” said Richard D. Fain, Chairman and CEO RCCL. The fiirst ship was ordered in February last year at a cost of 170,000 euro per berth. It will be delivered in 2014
Argentina escalates Falklands row by cruise call ban
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- Published: 28 February 2012 28 February 2012
Argentina has escalated the row over the ownership of the Falklands Islands as two British flag cruise ships were banned from calling at Ushuaia on Monday after they had called the Falklands earlier.
Princess Cruises 109,000 gross ton Star Princess and P&O Cruises 30,000 gross ton Adonia were both banned from calling at the Argentine port following an earlier visit at Port Stanley in the Falklands Islands, which belong to the UK. Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises are both parts of the Carnival Corp & plc group.
No explanation was given to the ban. Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the UK foreign ministry, said in a statement the ban was unacceptable interference with free commerce. Both ships in question are registered in Hamilton, Bermuda, a British overseas dependency. They fly the Red Ensign of the British merchant navy.
No injuries after Costa Allegra fire that disabled ship
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- Published: 27 February 2012 27 February 2012
A fire broke out in the generator room of Costa Crociere’s 28,430 gross ton Costa Allegra in the Indian Ocean that left the adrift 20 miles outside the Alphonse island, but nobody was hurt in the incident. “Inspections on the state of the engine room are on-going in order to restart the necessary equipment to reactivate the functionality of the ship,” Costa Crociere said.
“The relevant authorities were alerted, including the Maritime Rescue Control Centre in Rome, which is following the situation ready to provide the necessary support. Tugs and other naval and aerial units have been dispatched to the ship, drifting over 200 miles south-west of the Seychelles and about 20 miles from Alphonse Island."
The ship left Diego Suarez on Saturday and was cruising towards the port of Victoria for Mahè in the Seychelles where it was expected to arrive on 28 February. The ship had 636 passengers on board. Costa Allegra was built in Finland in 1969 as Annie Johnson, a container vessel of the now defunct Stockholm based Johnson Line. Following a period in lay up in the late 1980s, it entered service as Costa Allegra in December 1992 after rebuilding in Italy that included lengthening the hull by 14 metres and fitting of new engines.
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