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Floating Drydocks at Sea – A Growing Problem?

By Jim Walker on April 18, 2018
Posted in Executives

AIDAperlaPassengers aboard the Norwegian Sun are still complaining about the massive renovation projects that ruined their two week cruise from Miami through the Panama Canal to Los Angeles several weeks ago.

We wrote about the problem almost three weeks ago in an article titled NCL’s Panama Canal Fiasco Cruise. The Miami Herald just reported…

Cruise Ship Medical Care – Royal Caribbean Gives Their Crew Members the Royal Shaft

By Jim Walker on September 27, 2009
Posted in Crew Member Rights, Worst Cruise Line in the World

In 2004, The Miami New Times interviewed me as part of an investigation into how cruise lines treat their crew members once they become ill or injured. The article was entitled "Screwed If By Sea – Cruise Lines Throw Workers Overboard When It Comes to Providing Urgent Medical Care."

The article focused on…

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