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Undocking of the quantum of the Seas – Rescue boats are on the way to Meyer Werft

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Photo: Royal Caribbean International

The latest cruise giant, Made in Papenburg “, the Quantum of the Seas, is expected this coming Saturday, the 08.02.2014, the building dock at Meyer left the shipyard and then fasten the outfitting pier. Subsequently, the new cruise ship until mid / is the end of September remain lying there until it breaks to Emsüberführung to Eemshaven. The maiden voyage will take place in late November 2014.

Meanwhile, the lifeboat / tender boats on inland waterways MS Freedom 1 on the way from the Fassmer shipyard in moaning at the Ems. The 12.50 meters long and 5.40 meters wide boats will arrive probably there on Thursday. The cruise liner, we in the project, Sunshine “for the American shipping company Royal Carriebean Int. built. By mid-2016, will be built from this class three ships. They count with a size of 167,800 GT to the second largest cruise ship in the world class.

Photo: North Sea man

 

Rockefeller seeks to tie cruise reforms to Coast Guard bill

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By Tom Stieghorst
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D.-W.Va.) signaled his intent to attach his cruise industry consumer protection legislation to a bill to reauthorize the U.S. Coast Guard, strengthening its chances of consideration.

Rockefeller introduced his Cruise Passenger Protection Act last year, but despite co-sponsorship by several Democratic senators it has not been passed out of committee.

At a hearing of the U.S. Commerce Committee, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said in his opening remarks that he thought it would be best as a stand-alone bill and not in connection with the Coast Guard authorization act.

Later in the hearing, Rockefeller disagreed, saying, “Everybody knows that the Coast Guard reauthorization is a bill Congress has to pass. If you separate this, the Coast Guard bill will pass and the cruise ship bill will get flushed down the toilet.

“My job as chairman is to make sure we don’t play the game that way,” Rockefeller said.

The Coast Guard bill sets funding for the agency for the next two years and has numerous other provisions supported by various constituencies. It passed the House in April without the consumer measures, but a conference committee could adopt the Rockefeller provisions if they are included in the Senate’s bill.

The measures would make it easier for consumers to report crimes and make complaints about problems on cruise ships, according to Rockefeller, while simplifying ticket contracts and publishing more information about crimes and other problems on cruise ships.

“These aren’t crazy ideas,” Rockefeller said. “They are common-sense protections that consumers already have if they travel in airplanes or by rail.”

Cruise industry representatives who testified at hearings last year said the provisions were regulatory over-reach or problematic for other reasons.

No industry representatives appeared at this year’s hearings. Witnesses included passengers or their relatives who experienced crimes, medical emergencies or mechanical breakdowns on ships, plus a Miami lawyer who has sued cruise lines over such issues.

9 Fun Facts about Cruise Lines

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9 Fun Facts about Cruise Lines

9 Fun Facts about Cruise Lines:

1. An average cruise ship could have six huge diesel engines producing one hundred four horse powers and guzzling three thousand gallons of fuel per hour.

 

2. Cruise ships on modern design can actually cost about six hundred sixty million dollars.

 

3. There are nine brand new ships that entered service around the North America coast line every year.

 

4. A modern luxury cruise vessel is able to be built, fitted out and tested in one-and-a half years though it usually takes about three years.

 

5. On the average, there are one hundred five thousand meals are prepared every single week onboard a cruise ship. The meals include twenty thousand pounds of beef, twelve thousand pounds of chicken and twenty eight thousands of eggs.

 

6. There are about one thousand crew members on board the average ships to cater to passengers every need. These people are experts from engineers to waiter to navigators.

 

7. A modern cruise liner are able to hold three thousand passengers aboard in an absolute luxury.

 

8. Caribbean is the most popular cruising destination in the world with almost every cruise line operator.

 

9. The cruise line industry produces two thousand five hundred fifty five gallons of gray water and thirty thousand gallons of black water every single day. Gray waters are wastes from sinks, showers and bath while black waters is what you flush down the toilets.