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Latest Cruise Stories
Winter Cruising In Northern Europe: A Possibility?
A blustery and frigid day in Sweden's second largest city, as P&O
Cruises Arcadia embarks bundled-up passengers returning from shore
excursions.
Reaching The Port Of Perfection: Saint-Malo, France
This past fall, I had the good fortune to visit Saint-Malo, France.
Knowing little about the destination before I arrived on Oceania
Cruises’ Regatta, I found myself astounded by the region’s rich
diversity.
News
Klaipeda appointed a “new and more experienced independent company in 2009 to guard the cruise terminal” according to Henry Shapkin, agency department manager SC Klaipeda Laivu Remontas (operators of Klaipeda Cruise Terminal).
Ships calling Hernesaari, Helsinki, this season will be able to discharge black and grey water at 80-100m3 per hour as originally promised due to the pipeline being checked and straightened, according to Eeva Hietanen, communications & cruise development, Port of Helsinki.
The North American cruise industry has reaffirmed its faith in Europe by placing much of its crop of new ships in 2010 on the Continent.
Cruise & Maritime Voyages Ocean Countess will make her inaugural turnaround in the Port of Tyne, UK, in 2010 which will be the first of many, according to Fergus Poole, terminal manager.
Orsta in Norway is looking forward to Cruise & Maritime Voyages’ Marco Polo docking at its upgraded pier in August 2010.
