Cruising (maritime) In the BlogOsphere

Ecoscene - images of the environment and wildlife: Towards a ...

Until fairly recently it was common practice for cruise liners to dump a large amount of untreated waste into the oceans, causing major destruction on the ecosystems and marine life. The cruise companies have made tremendous strides ... The rules approved by the International Maritime Organization will be phased in from 2012, and new ships will have to use advanced pollution-control technology beginning in 2016. The problem is that this fuel is twice as expensive so the ...

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Cruise ship injury lawyers, you need a good one now! | Teh7

regarding the handling of legal claims against the cruise line. Maritime law fa lls under admiralty law, but cruise ships also have a contractual, state law and common law component best left to an experienced cruise ship injury lawyer ...

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Maine Maritime Museum | Little Green Boat

After thirty years of summer cruising the British Isles and nearby Europe Sue & Andy set off in Spruce to sail to the Caribbean, USA and Canada. This is a story of those adventures.

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Peter Knego's MidShipCentury In New York Times | MaritimeMatters ...

But when he's not doing all that, he is trying to save the remains of a period in maritime design that we shall not see again. And to do that he has to go to Alang, India where so many liners end their days on the beach being scrapped. September 9th's New York Times Home & Garden section carries an article on MaritimeMatter's own Contributing Editor, Peter Knego. The piece, by Fred A. Bernstein, entitled “On a Mission to Save Cruise Ship Décor”, can be found at this link: ...

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How to navigate a boat | ADB Article Directory

This allows sailors to lay out a course, determine cruising times and work out fuel levels. But there are other ways to navigate your boat... Maritime charts - Road maps of the waterways! Without road signs and landmarks, ...

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Alang Again, Naturally (2010) | MaritimeMatters | Cruise ship news ...

After receiving the sad but not unexpected news that Louis Cruises had sold their cruise ship IVORY, the former 1957-built AUSONIA, for scrap, I knew another.

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Cruise Ship | The Adventure That Passes By The Polar Bear Hangout

Many valuable finds are included like the North Pole, different research areas and the all time famous maritime route headed east. Across the North East route is the longest tour of the Russian Far East Cruise and Tours and extends for ...

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