Domnica Cemortan, the blonde tour representative who some say bears a share of the responsibility for Captain Schettino’s hitting a reef, on Sunday gave a full account of her relationship with Costa Concordia‘s beleaguered skipper. The extensive interview is published in Sunday’s Daily Mail. See the full interview at dailymail.co.uk. While Ms. Cemortan’s flirtation could [...]
This is not the year for the Italian cruise line Costa Crociere! Readers of this blog know about the disaster involving the super-liner Costa Concordia. Now it seems that another Costa vessel is in trouble. The Telegraph broke the story this morning that Costa Allegra is adrift in the Indian Ocean following a fire that broke out [...]
New reports out today and yesterday indicate that 8 more bodies have been found on board the wrecked Costa Concordia. The sea state is such that not all the bodies have been removed. For a comprehensive article on that and on new charges facing Capt. Schettino, plus a very fine visual rendering of the last [...]
Last week, a very large collection of items relating to passenger liners from the late 1800s up to the 1980s landed at the Museum. Besides a large number of artifacts, over 14,000 archival items, ranging in description from menus to brochures to stationery to family snapshots, were donated by Mrs. Norma D. Beazley from her [...]
After such a large-scale and heavily publicized disaster like the Costa Concordia, one can’t help but wonder if the cruise industry as a whole has been affected. I wondered the same thing, and decided to find some information. Carnival Corporation (which owns Costa Cruises), as well as Royal Caribbean, have both experienced double digit declines [...]
Over the weekend news broke that salvage crews are beginning to pump the 500,000 gallons of fuel aboard the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia. The operation is a welcome relief to environmentalists, who worried that a fuel leak would be devastating to the local flora and fauna, especially in the protected marine sanctuary where the wreck lies. I [...]
In June 2011, Matt Rutherford of Annapolis, MD, began an ambitious voyage. In a small sailing vessel, Rutherford intends to circumnavigate the American continents, a voyage of some 23,000 nautical miles, solo. He is currently in the southern Atlantic Ocean, sailing north. You can follow his journey, in map form and by reading his blog, [...]
Yesterday the news broke that Costa Cruises has decided that its wrecked liner Costa Concordia is to be refloated and hauled away to a different location to be dismantled. The ship, which currently rests on its side off the Italian coast, is massive, having carried 4,200 passengers and crew. If you’re like me, then you might [...]
In news that broke hours ago, the wrecked Costa Crociere liner Costa Concordia will be re-floated and towed away, prior to being broken up. See the news here. Stay tuned to the Library blog for more on the ultimate fate of the Carnival-owned cruise liner and on the impact the wreck is having on the cruise [...]
Last week, technical experts working on the salvage operations for the wreck of the cruise liner Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy recommended that the underwater portion of the operation be called off, as conditions shipboard become evermore dangerous. As the dust settles, people are looking for answers as to what exactly happened on the [...]
