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Sun Rises on "New" Orient Lines; Maxim Gorkiy First Ship?
Most of us had long since written off Orient Lines after NCL announced the sale of its only ship, Marco Polo, in June 2007, with no replacement in sight. When Marco Polo ended her last Orient Lines vo… more »
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Sun Rises on "New" Orient Lines; Maxim Gorkiy First Ship?
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Doug Newman wrote 3 weeks ago: Most of us had long since written off Orient Lines after NCL announced the sale of its only ship, Ma … more »
Astoria Goes on a Quest for Adventure with Saga
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Doug Newman wrote 3 weeks ago: Saga has purchased the 18,591 GT, 500-berth Astoria from Club Cruise, as previously rumored. The sh … more »
Minerva's Second Swan Maiden Postponed
Doug Newman wrote 2 months ago: Swan Hellenic has been forced to cancel its first cruise with its once and future ship, Minerva, du … more »
Astoria to Become Spirit of Adventure II?
Doug Newman wrote 2 months ago: Rumors are strengthening that Club Cruise’s Astoria, whose charter to Transocean Tours ends in … more »
Aegean I Bought by Gerry Herrod?
Doug Newman wrote 3 months ago: According to a reliable source, entrepreneur Gerry Herrod has purchased Dolphin Hellas Shipping … more »
Prince Albert II: Silversea's New Expedition Ship
Doug Newman wrote 4 months ago: Silversea Cruises has announced details of its new expedition ship, Prince Albert II. Built in 1989 … more »
World Discoverer to Become Silver Dawn; Sail in Tahiti from 2009
Doug Newman wrote 7 months ago: Seatrade Insider reports that the 6,072 GT, 1989-built World Discoverer, recently bought by Silverse … more »
Perspectives on the Aftermath of the Explorer Sinking
Doug Newman wrote 7 months ago: It’s now been a week since GAP Adventures‘ Explorer sank in the Antarctic, one of the mo … more »
GAP Adventures' Explorer Sinks in Antarctica
Doug Newman wrote 8 months ago: GAP Adventures‘ Explorer has been abandoned after hitting a piece of floating ice in the Antar … more »
Silversea Acquires World Discoverer - UPDATED
Doug Newman wrote 10 months ago: Silversea Cruises has announced that it has purchased the 175-berth, 6,075 GT World Discoverer from … more »
The New Alexander Von Humboldt
Doug Newman wrote 10 months ago: With Phoenix Reisen’s 380-passenger expedition ship Alexander von Humboldt returning to Swan H … more »
Refits, Expedition Ships for Silversea
Doug Newman wrote 11 months ago: Seatrade Insider reports that at a media event in Sydney, Silversea Cruises‘ Amerigo Perasso … more »
Clipper Odyssey for Abercrombie & Kent
Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: In 2008, Abercrombie & Kent will expand its expedition cruise offerings with new cruises to Japa … more »
Polaris on Cruise Critic
Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: And now we go from a huge ship that’s not even finished yet yesterday to a tiny one that … more »
Fram Review & Blog at Cruise Critic
Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: Cruise Critic just posted a review of Hurtigruten’s new cruise ship Fram by Ginger Dingus, and … more »
More on Swan Hellenic's Return
Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: In the process of writing an article on Swan Hellenic for Cruise Critic, I was able to clarify some … more »
The Return of Swan Hellenic
Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: Today came the not-totally-unexpected announcement that former P&O Chairman Lord Sterling has so … more »
Discovery World Cruises Name Change
Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: Today Voyages of Discovery’s US subsidiary announced that it has officially changed its name f … more »
More Marco Polo UK Details
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Doug Newman wrote 1 year ago: An article in Seatrade Insider today offers more details about Transocean Tours‘ 2008 UK progr … more »
