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Earlier this month, Spanish cruise and tour operator -  Pullmantur declared bankruptcy and less than 3 weeks later, 2 of their 3 ships were sold for scrap. The two ships - the Monarch and Sovereign have been sold for scrap and are sitting on the beach at Aliaga Turkey. It appears that Royal Caribbean, who was a partner in the Pullmantur operations and who retained ownership of the Pullmantur ships, was working in advance of the announcement to have the ships scrapped. Within days of declaring bankruptcy, the ships went to Naples Italy where they were stripped of their artworks and any other furnishing not part of the deal. Within 3 weeks of the bankruptcy  announcement the ships were beached. Pullmantur also operated a third ship, which had strong ties to the port of  New York and New Jersey. The ship is the former  Celebrity Cruises' Zenith. The Zenith (along with the Horizon and Meridian)  were the birth of today's modern Celebrity Cruises wh...

Carnival Corporation Announces Upcoming Fleet Reductions and Delay of New Ships. Carnival Cruises announced that the company expects future capacity to be moderated by the phased re-entry of its ships, the removal of capacity from its fleet and delays in new ship deliveries.  As previously announced, the company intends to accelerate the removal of ships in fiscal 2020 which were previously expected to be sold over the upcoming years. The company sold one ship during June 2020 and has agreements for the disposal of five ships and preliminary agreements for an additional three ships, all of which are expected to leave the fleet in the next 90 days.  These agreements are in addition to the sale of four ships, which were announced prior to fiscal 2020. In total, the 13 ships expected to leave the fleet represent a nearly nine percent reduction in current capacity.  The company currently expects only five of the nine ships originally scheduled for delive...

Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas continues to repatriate it's crew and the crew of other Royal Caribbean . Celebrity ships. The Anthem of the Seas headed transatlantic from the Bahamas to Gibraltar. After dropping off crew and taking on crew from other Royal Caribbean ships - headed to Piraeus Greece. After calling in Piraeus, the Anthem of the Seas sailed through  the Suez Canal and in now in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Oman -  sailing east toward Mumbai India to bring crew members home. She is expected to arrive in India late on June 10th. It is unclear what will be the Anthem of the Seas next port of call after Mumbai - but check back and we will be sure to share. The ship is now 7,850 miles away from it old homeport of Cape Liberty Bayonne, NJ. RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   ---------------------------------------   Sister Sites => NYCruiseInfo.com Website - Cruise Schedule, Ship Reviews, Ports of Call & More. => Nick's Cruise Co...

Atlantic Container Line's G4 Container Ship Suspend Passenger Operations Due to COVID Restrictions On Friday May 22, 2020, Atlantic Container Line's (ACL) parent company Grimaldi Lines announced that “it has been decided to suspend passenger service on ACL, G4 Container vessels until the end of 2020.” After several weeks of valiantly trying to maintain its weekly passenger service between Hamburg, Antwerp, Liverpool, Halifax, New York and Baltimore, complications caused by Covid-19 have finally made it impossible to continue to offer passenger service. The Grimaldi Group stated  that many affected passengers have already re-booked for 2021. Those recently impacted by the announcement are now being contacted to move their reservation . The five ACL ships carry 12 passengers each and offer an annual capacity of 600 passengers in each direction. Earlier this year, the ACL ships were booked for 4 months in advance.   RETURN TO NYCRUISEINFO.com   --------...

Artists Rendering of the Lengthened Star Pride, Star Breeze, Star Legend  NON-New York Story of Interest. On September 5th, 2019, Windstar Cruises has announced the first steel cutting of the new mid-section from their Star Breeze. In 2018 and 2019, the Star Pride sailed/will sail from New York on a  New England - Canada cruise. September 5, 2019 – Today at Fincantieri’s shipyard, in Palermo, Italy, Christopher Prelog, Vice President of Fleet Operations for Seattle-based Windstar Cruises , pushed the button which activated the torch to make the first cut in the new steel that will become the newly constructed mid-section of MS Star Legend. This is the second of three new mid-ship sections being designed and constructed as part of Windstar’s $250 Million Star Plus Initiative, to expand and transform the line’s three Star-class vessels.   “This is a momentous day for Windstar as we reach another major milestone.  A project of this magnitude...

Royal Carubbean's Anthem of the Seas awaiting free berth after Medical Emergency Delays ship's arrival - May 19,2019 Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas arrived in New York 1 day late after having to make an unexpected stop in Nassau in the Bahamas, The unanticipated stop was due to a medical emergency which had the ship making the stop between calls at Labadee, Haiti (Private Beach) and New Yoprk / New Jersey. The Anthem of the Seas was supposed to arrive in New York on Friday but was delayed until 10:50 PM on Saturday night. Passengers spent the night onboard alongside Cape Liberty, NJ and disembarked at 6:00 AM on Sunday (Today). The Celebrity Summit, of Celebrity Cruises, was supposed to arrive in New York at 7:00 AM Sunday but slowed down significantly from Bermuda to New York to allow the Anthem to disembark passengers first at the terminal. At approximately 9:30 AM this morning the Anthem of the Seas departed from Cape Liberty (empty) and sailed up the Hud...

                   Maiden Arrival of French Line's Newest Liner the s/s France in February 1962. This is a great video flashback to a time in history when a ship's maiden arrival in a port like New York City was a community event. Fire boats, private ships and tugs would escort new liners into the harbor. Viewers would line the waterfront to get a glimpse at the new ships and people would put on their best suits and dresses to take a tour of the ship while docked. Today, unfortunately, the arrival of new ships go mostly unnoticed. Due to security reasons, the general public is no longer allowed on board to visit. Most cruise lines cater to the bottom line so turning around a ship as soon as possible is important. Interesting enough, the last 2 maiden arrival of cruise ships into New York Harbor happened in the middle of the night..... The Norwegian Bliss (of Norwegian Cruise Line) arrive...

  Bermuda Back In Business After Hurricane Nicole Earlier in the week Bermuda took the brunt of a category 3 Hurricane - Hurricane Nicole. The storm packed winds topping 115 miles per hour .... Click the title to read more. Check Out Our Sister Sites: Nick's Cruise Corner Blog to Learn About World Wide Cruising NYCruiseInfo.com to Learn About Cruises From New York and New Jersey.

SilverSea Cruises Silver Expedition made a call in New York City I was totally surprised when I saw a live map of ship movements and saw the Silver Explorer sailing under the Veranzarro-Narrows bridge heading toward the ocean. To Learn More - Silversea Cruises Silver Expedition Visits New York City.   Check Out Our Sister Sites: Nick's Cruise Corner Blog to Learn About World Wide Cruising NYCruiseInfo.com to Learn About Cruises From New York and New Jersey.