Costa Crociere and Titan-Micoperi, the American-Italian jv appointed to remove Costa Concordia from its resting place off the island of Giglio, today announced a four-stage plan for the operation.
Antarctica’s passenger count fell 22% during the 2011/12 season, to 26,519, down from 33,824 in the 2010/11 season, mostly as a result of fewer ‘big ship’ operators finding it cost-effective to sail in the region since the ban on carrying or burning heavy fuel oil below 60 degrees south latitude...
So-called 'trialogue' talks in Brussels between representatives of the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission are understood to be moving towards a compromise on the incendiary issue of tough new sulphur limits on marine fuels.
Royal Caribbean International added Legend of the Seas and Vision of the Seas to complete its Europe 2013 deployment, totaling nine ships. That is scaled back from the record 12 RCI vessels in Europe during 2012.