Cruise Destinations

Nassau, capital of The Bahamas, has spent millions of dollars dredging its harbour and building new port facilities so it can handle Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world. So a recent spate of armed attacks on visiting cruise ship passengers, must have sent a shudder of panic through the local authorities and Oasis's owners, Royal Caribbean. The ship's maiden call on Friday went ahead as planned, but passengers were warned of the risks before going ashore. As Thea Rutherford reports in the Nassau Guardian, the 6,000 passengers were advised to be "mindful of their personal [...]

We've seen a German warship, a Dutch warship, and a Norwegian warship. Captain Frank Allica says he's been in contact with ships from the Turkish and Chinese navies. There have been warships appearing on the radar that he hasn't been able to identify, but at least we can assume they're on our side. Access to the outside decks has been restricted during the hours of darkness, and we've had to eat inside the Verandah restaurant instead of outside by the pool But as Spirit of Adventure sails for a second day through the security corridor in the Gulf of Aden, [...]

Eighty British passengers on an adventure cruise to Antarctica are stranded in pack ice which has surrounded their ship. The ice-breaker Kapitan Khlebnikov left the southern Argentinian port of Ushuaia on November 3 and has been stuck near Snow Hill island, off the north-eastern tip of the Antarctic peninsula for four days. Many of the British tourists on board, who have paid up to £10,000 each, booked through the travel company Exodus. Also with them is a three-man BBC crew filming Emperor penguins for the television series The Frozen Planet. The Russian transport ministry says no-one on board is in [...]