2014 The Russian passenger ship Lyubov Orlova -arrested three years earlier in Canada because of unpaid debts- which was on its way way under tow to the breakers almost a year earlier and broke free during a storm still seems to be afloat. The abandoned ship is inhabited solely by rats and is drifting towards …
The end of the pandemic: cruising restarts MSC Magnifica is an excellent example of the way cruise ships returned to service after the pandemic. She was one of the pilot-ships when she was pushed back into operation late 2021, but unfortunately was forced to quit sailing her North Sea itinerary when several ports closed down because …
2013 – The QE2 could be on her way back to London, after four years of languishing in the port of Rashid, Dubai. Recent reports say the owners of the ship, Dubai-based Istithmar have sold the ship to the Chinese for £20m to be scrapped. Just before Christmas a 20-man Chinese crew replaced a crew …
Built 1989, Viking Line, Finland 204 photographs (24hr cruise Stockholm – Aland Islands)
2012 – Royal Caribbean’s third Oasis-class vessel will be built by STX’s shipyard in France and will be delivered summer 2016. The cruise line has also opted for a second ship with a potential delivery of mid-2018. – Costa Cruises’ Costa Pacifica hit a pier in Marseilles on the morning of December 11, leaving an …
2011 – P&O Cruises Australia has announced that is has sold Pacific Sun, which has sailed for the company since 2004, and before that operated as Jubilee for Carnival Cruise Lines. Rumour has it the buyer is a Chinese company and that she will sail from China’s mainland. – Paul Gauguin Cruises announced today that …
8,658 GRT, loa 140m, 398 passengers. She spent all of her active life as a ferry sailing for DFDS, a large Danish ferry company. When she came of age, she was occaisionally used as a cruise ship and was used to open up new ferry routes, the Amsterdam-Newcastle route being one of these. After an …
Built 1993, Nicko Cruises, Germany, 284 photographs, 2019 (a short trip from Hamburg to Antwerp)
Built 2002. Hurtigruten, Norway 59 photographs (2004 ship visit in Amsterdam). She will be converted to a hybrid-powered expedition vessel in 2020-2021 and renamed Maud.
