Posts tagged "carnival"
15 May 2013

  • Court rejects Costa Concordia captain’s manslaughter plea bargain

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    Prosecutors rejected a plea bargain offer by the captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which capsized off Italy’s west coast last year with the loss of 32 lives, lawyers said on Tuesday. Captain Francesco Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. He has admitted making mistakes but says he should [...]

10 May 2013

  • Carnival Cruise Lines won’t have ships in Europe in 2014

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    Carnival Cruise Lines is to send a letter to the UK trade today telling them it will have no ships in Europe next year. The iconic U.S. cruise line which had two ships in Europe this year - one sailing from Dover, the other from Barcelona and Venice - said it could not risk having ships in [...]

09 May 2013

  • Carnival’s troubled Triumph leaves Alabama for repairs in the Bahamas

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    The Carnival Triumph is headed back to sea three months after limping into port following an engine room fire. The cruise ship left the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile under its own power Wednesday after extensive work to repair damage from the fire. Miami-based Carnival says Triumph is headed to Freeport, Bahamas, for more repairs [...]

08 May 2013

  • Rising number of U.S. cruise ships cited for sanitation violations

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    More cruise ships are being hit by federal inspectors with unsatisfactory ratings for sanitation, and for the first time in recent memory, the majority of the cited vessels are operated by major U.S. cruise lines. Already in the first quarter of this year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program has [...]

07 May 2013

  • Sen. Rockefeller puts more pressure on the cruise industry’s safety practices

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    The cruise lines’ least-favorite pen pal, Senator Jay Rockefeller, is at it again: He fired off letters to the CEOs of Carnival Corp., Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line, pressing them on their cruise lines’ safety records and practices. Citing the structure of the cruise industry, with companies technically headquartered outside the U.S., the prevalence [...]

02 May 2013

  • Alaska’s first cruise season with tougher emissions laws begins now

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    More than 1 million cruise ship passengers are expected to visit Alaska this year, but industry officials fear new fuel standards intended to limit pollution from large ships could drive vessels away and lower that number later. This will be the first full cruise season in Alaska under rules that require cargo carriers and cruise [...]

30 Apr 2013

  • Carnival wants Miami court to toss Triumph-related passenger lawsuits

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    Carnival Corp. is seeking dismissal of lawsuits filed by passengers who endured days of difficult conditions aboard the disabled Triumph cruise ship. The biggest case is a potential class action seeking to represent about 3,000 Triumph passengers. Carnival said in a motion filed last week in Miami federal court that its cruise tickets clearly state [...]

26 Apr 2013
19 Apr 2013

  • Latest Carnival Triumph mishap forces line to cancel more cruises

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    The latest mishap on the Carnival Triumph has resulted in the cancellation of two more sailings. Carnival says voyages scheduled for June 3 and June 8 have been eliminated so the 2,758-passenger vessel can spend 10 more days undergoing repairs. The beleaguered cruise ship suffered a 20-foot-long gash on April 3 when it broke free [...]

17 Apr 2013

  • Carnival Triumph will return to service with emergency generator for food and toilets

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    The Carnival Triumph has been out of service for two months, but when it returns passengers can expect it to have a second emergency diesel generator as a safeguard to avoid the lack of routine guest services that plagued the ship during its previous, infamous sailing. In outlining the scope of more than $300 million [...]