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November 5, 2005

Cruise ship suffers pirate attack

Searbourne Spirit was the target of an attempted pirate attack off the Somalian coast in the Indian Ocean. (Hell of a place to cruise) The story can be had at the Reuters website. Reuters write: “The Bahamian-registered Seabourn ship was on a 16-day cruise from Egypt to Mombasa, Kenya. It sailed on to the Seychelles Islands, where passengers were to...

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October 31, 2005

Ft Lauderdale in disarray

I just flew in to Ft Lauderdale and the Hurricane Wilma aftermath is still quite impresive. Power is still out, making driving an expedition. I am attending training at the STAR center and things here are still hit an miss, with the power situation although they have theyre own generators. And all this, is a week after Wilma hit. Pretty...

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October 24, 2005

Enchantment in the Netherlands

Here’s a pictures of the Enchantment during its recent lenghtening process and below is the press release from Royal Caribbean. MIAMI, May 31, 2005 – Shipbuilding technology has come a long way since Royal Caribbean International lengthened its last ship 25 years ago. Royal Caribbean’s third ship to be extended, Enchantment of the Seas, lies in dry dock this month,...

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October 24, 2005

Drunken crewmen vandalise QE2

I’ve heard of some good parties onboard, but looks like they had quite a mixer on the QE 2. Here an article from SHAN ROSS. Key quote“We can confirm that an incident occurred onboard during the night of 14 April. Three crew members were subsequently dismissed.” – SPOKESPERSON FOR CUNARD A PRICELESS tapestry of the Queen commissioned to mark the...

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October 24, 2005

Confined space ?

I came across this article on the Monarch of the Seas, at the Port of LA, about a terrible accident with loss of life. As you are probably wondering how the heck this exactly happen. I am not sure myself, but it sounds like the article is not completely accurate. Although it seemed to be the most accurate from the...

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October 24, 2005

Navy sub hits mountain

I’m sure most of you have allready seen these pictures of a USN attack sub in drydock after colliding with an underwater mountain. Here is the write up from the BBC: US nuclear submarine runs aground A US nuclear submarine has run aground south of the Pacific island of Guam, injuring several sailors on board. The nuclear reactor on the...

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October 24, 2005

Freedom of the Seas

The Freedom of the Seas is floated out for the first time all was good. Though, I am not impressed with the new name – i feel a clunky marketing campaign to americans is afoot – which probably cheepens this new impressive ship given the current political misuses of “freedom”. The ship is being built in at the Aker Yard...

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October 24, 2005

Enchantment in the Netherlands

Here’s a pictures of the Enchantment during its recent lenghtening process and below is the press release from Royal Caribbean. MIAMI, May 31, 2005 – Shipbuilding technology has come a long way since Royal Caribbean International lengthened its last ship 25 years ago. Royal Caribbean’s third ship to be extended, Enchantment of the Seas, lies in dry dock this month,...

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