Tag: cruise ships

  • Trump Administration Imposes New Travel Restrictions on Cuba, Banning Cruise Ships

    June 04: The US announced major new restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba on Tuesday, blocking the most common way Americans are able to visit the island — through […]

  • China’s barrack ships

    R&R, Chinese style. China Militarizes Cruise Ship Design In 2012 the Chinese naval ships operating off Somalia were seen accompanied by what appeared to be a cruise ship. It was […]

  • Cruise Ships Avoid Kenya

    Despite fall in piracy, cruise lines avoid risk. Cruise Ships Avoid Kenya Even as High Season Unfolds By Martin Mwita Kenya is yet to receive a single cruise ship this […]

  • No central agency inspects cruise ships

    A maze of maritime rules and regulations for cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health and safety record of the ship they’re about to board. No […]

  • Tighter Inspections

    According to the Irish Marine Survey Office, cruise ships calling at Irish ports will be subject to “tighter” inspections as a result of the Costa Concordia sinking off Italy last January. […]

  • Execute Passengers

    “We could hijack a passenger ship and use it to pressurize the public.” Documents detailing al Qaeda plans to seize criuse ships contain sections interpreted to mean that terrorists would […]

  • Seizing Cruise Ships

    Hundreds of documents were discovered by German cryptologists embedded inside a pornographic movie on a memory disk belonging to a suspected al Qaeda operative arrested in Berlin last year. Amongst them […]