Schumer demands cruise passenger “bill of rights”

MARCH 18, 2013 — U.S.Senator Charles Schumer (D -NY) slammed into the cruise industry Sunday, saying “Cruise ships, in large part, operating outside the bounds of U.S. enforcement have become the wild

As Legend skips a port, Carnival reports on first quarter

MARCH 15, 2013 — As yet another Carnival Cruise Lines ship experienced problems, parent Carnival Corporation (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK) reported better than expected first quarter revenue of $3.6 billion. Carnival Legend: Skipping

Vantage christens its latest river cruise ship

MARCH 15, 2013 — Boston, MA, headquartered Vantage Deluxe World Travel has christened the newest addition to its growing European river cruising fleet, the ms River Splendor, in Antwerp as the newest

Carnival Cruises flies Dream passengers back to U.S.

MARCH 14, 2013 — If it hadn’t happened within less than a month of the the Carnival Triumph debacle, Carnival Cruise Line’s latest problem cruise would likely have gotten attention in only

Carnival Cruises looks at lessons learned from Triumph fire

MARCH 13, 2013 — As the official investigation headed by the Bahamas Maritime Authority continues to probe the engine room fire that broke out aboard the cruise ship Carnival Triumph last month,

Big cruise ship has small carbon footprint

MARCH 7, 2013 — Norwegian Cruise Line (NASDAQ: NCLH) has released details of some of the new environmentally-friendly and technologically advanced innovations on its newest cruise ship, Norwegian Breakaway, which is currently

Meyer Werft: Shipyard fire won’t delay Getaway delivery

MARCH 7, 2013 — German shipbuilder Meyer Werft said yesterday that a fire that broke out March 5 on a cruise ship newbuilding in the shipyard’s building dock II had caused less

Meyer Werft floats out Norwegian Breakaway

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Meyer Werft yesterday floated the Norwegian Breakaway, the largest ship ever constructed in Germany, out of its covered building dock II in Papenburg, Germany where the 146,600-ton ship

Costa Concordia plaintiffs claim “a huge victory”

FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Plaintiffs in a suit against Carnival Corporation brought following the January 2012 Costa Concordia grounding incident have won what law firm Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP calls “a

Norwegian Breakaway is set for float out

FEBRUARY 25, 2013 — Norwegian Cruise Line’s 145,000 gt cruise ship Norwegian Breakaway is set to be floated out tomorrow from shipbuilder Meyer Werft’s covered building dock II. Construction of the 324

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