A perfect day for whale watching on the Pacific from the Zaandam aft deck. THE PRIVATEER CLAUSE photo

FROM CREWCENTER.COM Dear Friends, with deep sorrow we would like to inform you that a fellow crew member who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has passed away. Our hearts are saddened of the passing of the Costa Favolosa security …

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President Theodore Roosevelt boarding the Manhattan from a Holland America ship

The decision to buy the unfinished Panama Canal from the French put into motion international intrigue, political shenanigans and accusations, bribery and corruption – much of it portrayed here in the editorial cartoons of the era. Enjoy this short book …

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Duck Boat retrieved from Table Rock Lake - Missouri State Highway Patrol divers rigged the sunken Duck and a barge crew raised it from the bottom.

ATTORNEY FILES SUIT AGAINST DUCK BOATS Only a massive jury verdict will change the way Ducks operates  It will be up to a Judge and Jury to allow an award of punitive damages. In the Philidelphia Duck Boat Disaster in …

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At the Panama 2016 International Book Fair in Panama, Ken Rossignol reading to children from his book Panama 1914 small

Rough Going Can Visit the Most Dependably Smooth Voyage By Ken Rossignol MIAMI, FLA. — It’s all about the bass – is quite the tune for many pop singing groups with some such as Home Free really able to pull …

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Reporter Steve Haines (Boyd), on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean liner and gets wound up in a cruise full of intrigue, romance and murder. Director: Sam Newfield Writer: George Wallace Sayre (screenplay) (as …

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  This introduction to the story of the Titanic is a contemporary production by the Discovery Channel. The first of the Titanic movies appeared in 1912, ‘Saved from the Titanic” and starred Dorothy Gibson, who was on the Titanic with …

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‘Sexiest’ cruise ship arrives in Tauranga From the New Zealand Bay of Plenty Times Feb. 17, 2017 — A cruise ship dubbed the “sexiest ship” which collided with a concrete carrier on Sunday has arrived in Tauranga. Luxury liner Seabourn …

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Join Marsha & Danny Jones and all the cast, crew, officers, and killers as the newest saga of the SEA EMPRESS sets sail!   WHO COLLECTS THE SOULS HAVE a fun trip back into entertainment with this great video featuring …

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