Posted on 02 February 2010. Tags: Abu Dhabi, Bharain, Carnival Corporation, ciao, Costa Cociere, Costa Cruises, Costa Deliziosa, Dubai, Fun ships, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Sidra, Italian cruising, Italy, Oman, Qatar, Savona, UAE, United Arab Emirates
Costa Cruises took delivery of its 15th cruiseship, the $625 million Costa Deliziosa in Venice on Saturday. Sister ship to the Costa Luminosa the 92,600-ton Costa Deliziosa carries 2,826 guests in 1,130 staterooms – including 52 Samsara, 718 veranda…
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Posted on 06 January 2010. Tags: Caribbean, Far East, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Malaysia, Mediterranean, Mikael Krafft, piracy, Pirates, Somalia, Star Clipper, Star Clippers, Straight of Malacca, tall ship, Thailand, windjammer
Star Clippers announced today that it will not operate in the Far East next winter due to concerns about piracy. The cruise line has had a ship based in the Far East for over a decade. Instead the tall…
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Posted on 04 March 2009. Tags: Balmoral, evades pirates, Fred Olsen, Gulf of Aden, Middle Eastern Cruising, pirate attack
Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ Balmoral took evasive action last night in the Gulf of Aden to avoid suspicious activity by two small boats, observed on radar to be closing at high speed. Read for more details…
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Posted on 08 December 2008. Tags: Africa, cruise ship attacked, cruise ship pirate attack, Dubai, exotic cruises, Germans, Gulf of Aden, Hapag-Lloyd, Middle East, MS Columbus, Nautica, Oceania Cruises, Oman, Pirates, Seabourn, Somalia
Last week’s pirate attack on Oceania Cruises’ Nautica has the cruise industry on edge. German cruise operator Hapag-Lloyd is so concerned about a pirate attack that it unloaded passengers from the MS Columbus in Hodeidah, Yemen. Currently, MS Columbus’ officers and some crew are taking the risky voyage through the Gulf of Aden. Read for more details…
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Posted on 04 December 2008. Tags: Americans, Aussie, cruise ship attack, drive by shooting, Gulf of Aden, Nautica, Nautica pirate attack, Oceania Cruises, Oceania Cruises Nautica, Oman, Pirates, Somalia, stupid passengers, stupid people
After reading the passenger accounts of what occurred during the pirate attack on Oceania Cruises’ Nautica one really big thing stood out — some passengers are really stupid! Read on to see just how stupid…
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