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Eight passengers from the cruise ferry Bahuga Jaya are reported dead after a collision in Indonesian waters.
The LPG tanker Norgas Cathinka struck and sank the Bahuga Jaya, which is a Ro-Ro passenger cruise ferry vessel, near the port of Merak, Indonesia.
The accident took place on Wednesday. Eight passengers on the cruise ferry
The cruise blog Noticias de Cruceros published an interesting article today about the former president and CEO of Costa Crociere, Pier Luigi Foschi.
It seems that Mr. Luigi, who supposedly "retired" last July following the Concordia disaster, has been selected by the Carnival Corporation as the president and CEO of a new business new unit
Experts selected by the Italian magistrate presiding over the investigation into the Concordia disaster have criticized the Costa cruise line in addition to the Concordia cruise ship’s reckless captain.
Notwithstanding the cruise industry’s media campaign to portray the incident as solely the result of Captain Schettino’s renegade conduct, the Italian experts included criticisms of
The Associated Press just published an article about the hundreds of passengers and crew members who have filed suit against Costa and Carnival here in the U.S. following the Costa Concordia disaster.
A number of newspapers are running the story, as well as TIME magazine which carried the article "Passengers Suing Carnival Cruises for Millions
Recently released "black box" recordings from the Costa Concordia reveal that Captain Schettino deliberately misled his passengers, the Italian Coast Guard and even his wife about the true conditions of the doomed cruise ship.
Immediately after the collision at 9:45 PM, Schettino is heard saying: "Madonna what have I done?"
He then calls the engine
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Yesterday, we discussed Captain Schettino’s paid interview with an Italian news station where he blamed a junior officer for the Concordia disaster, claiming that he entered the bridge only after the cruise ship hit the rocks. He says that he ordered the navigation to be manual in an effort to save the ship.
But today
On Thursday night at 10:00 PM, NBC will broadcast a special report on the Costa Concordia during an episode of Rock Center With Brian Williams. The special will features a story about the survivors of Italy’s Costa Concordia shipwreck, and the rights that they unknowingly signed away when they boarded the ship. Here’s the
Earlier today I blogged that the Italian judges released Costa Captain Schettino of the doomed Concordia cruise ship from house arrest. The judges also released him from the strict prohibition against speaking with anyone other than his lawyer and close family friends.
So by this afternoon we have one of Captain Schettino’s first statements.
Reuters is reporting that yesterday Italian judges released the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship from house arrest.
Francesco Schettino was arrested following his abandonment of the Concordia on on January 13th in a disaster in which 30 passengers and crew died and two people are lost and presumed dead.
The judges in
Tonight CNN will broadcast "Cruise to Disaster," a documentary into the Costa Concordia disaster. Here is the lead in to the CNN special program:
"What we found will be unsettling for anyone who has taken or is thinking of taking a cruise: allegations of inadequate safety briefings and chaos in the minutes after the collision
A newspaper in Italy is reporting that the doomed Costa Concordia was sailing with its sealed doors open, unapproved maps and faulty instruments, based on information leaked from investigators.
The Milan daily newspaper Corriere della Sera states that a court hearing is scheduled on July 21st when the full results of technical analysis will be revealed.
The PBS / NOVA cruise documentary "Why Ships Sink" is now available to be watched on line.
The documentary takes a look at cruise ship safety from the time of the Titanic to the recent disaster of the Costa Concordia. The story about the sinking of the Oceanos which was abandoned by
Yesterday was one of the stranger days in the weird world of cruising.
Royal Caribbean reported a 40% drop in net income for the first quarter of this year. Its net income was $47 million, down from $78.4 million a year earlier. Royal Caribbean’s CEO Richard Fain attributed the decline in net income on the Costa
As we all know, 100 years ago today the Titanic struck an iceberg. By the following morning over 1,500 people were dead.
The horror of the event, it seems to me, has largely faded by the passing of time. Does anyone really stop and reflect on the fear and suffering experienced by the doomed passengers
Is nature trying to tell us something?
First high winds and rough weather delayed the "Titanic Memorial Cruise" as 30 foot winds forced the Balmoral cruise ship to turn around with a little over 1,300 passengers aboard. Now news sources area reporting that a medical emergency involving a passenger has complicated matters. The
The U.K.’s Channel 4 broadcast a cruise documentary tonight called "Disaster at Sea: Why Ships Sink."
"Why Ships Sink" examines the issue of passenger safety at sea since the Titanic. A film crew came to Miami last month and interviewed me and others involved in the cruise and maritime industries.
Unfortunately, the documentary
