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SS Rotterdam
The fifth SS ''Rotterdam'', also known as "The Grande Dame", is a former ocean liner and cruise ship, and has been a hotel ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands since 2010. She was launched by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in a gala ceremony on 13 September 1958, and was completed the following summer. The ''Rotterdam'' was the last great Dutch "ship of state", employing the finest artisans from the Netherlands in her construction and fitting out process. Her career spanned forty-one years. She sailed from 1959 until her final retirement in September 2000. Concept and design Originally she was conceived as a running mate to the popular launched in 1937, but work was put on hold at the outbreak of World War II in Europe. When economic conditions once again became favorable for completion of the new ship in early 1954, the beginning of the end of ocean liners as basic transport was visible on the horizon. The designers took this in mind and created a groundbreaking vessel, a two cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"New Meuse"'' inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse first, but now to the Rhine instead. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest seaport. In 2020, it had a population of 651,446 and is home to over 180 nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its university, riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival Cruise Lines
Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo is a funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a red, white, and blue color scheme. This trademark funnel design is built onto the line's ships. Carnival is ranked first on the list of largest cruise lines based on passengers carried annually. , Carnival Cruise Line operates a fleet of 24 ships. They have one additional new build on order and a further two ships will join the fleet in 2023 and 2024, following a new joint venture deal between Carnival and Costa. Company structure Carnival is one of ten cruise lines owned by the world's largest cruise ship operator, the American-British Carnival Corporation & plc. In 2021, Carnival Cruise Line was estimated to hold a 7.6% share of cruise industry revenue and 18.2% of passengers. It has 24 vessels and is the largest fleet in the Carnival group. The ships fly flags of convenience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Atlantic
MS ''Melody'' was a cruise ship, formerly owned and operated by MSC Cruises. She was built in 1982 by the CNIM shipyard in La Seyne, France for Home Lines as ''Atlantic''. Between 1988 and 1997 she sailed for Premier Cruise Line as ''StarShip Atlantic''. In 1997, the vessel entered service for MSC Cruises as ''Melody.'' She ended her career as an accommodation ship ''Qing'', where she sank in storm at her berth, and was scrapped in 2019. History Home Lines - ''Atlantic'' The ''Atlantic'' was built in 1982 by the CNIM shipyard in La Seyne, France for Home Lines as their second purpose built ship. The ship was the second to take the name, after the previous SS Malolo, SS ''Atlantic'' of 1948''.'' In preparation for the delivery of the new ''Atlantic'' in 1982, the ''Doric'' was sold to Royal Cruise Line. When delivered in April 1982, the ''Atlantic'' took over the New York-Bahama-Bermuda cruise service. The ship's design was considered very dated for the 1980s, with an exterio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel New York (Rotterdam)
Hotel New York is a hotel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, based in the former office building of the Holland America Lines (Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij). It was used as temporary accommodation for European emigres in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: "Often, package deals were available which would combine a train ticket, hotel accommodation and passage over the oceans." When sailing from Rotterdam to New York was superseded by flying, the building became derelict in the 1980s. It was squatted in 1988. The building received a new lease on life when entrepreneurs Daan van der Have and Hans Loos, together with designer Dorine de Vos saw the possibility of making a hotel. After several years of rebuilding, the hotel opened in 1993. Since 2006 Hotel New York is operated bWestCord Hotels the same company that owns the ss Rotterdam, the 1950's flagship of the Holland Amerika Lijn. Situated in the Kop van Zuid neighbourhood, the building has been a national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Halifax Regional Municipality
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Premier Cruises
Premier Cruises was a cruise line holding company formed in the early 1990s that focused on the family cruise market as well as on developing cruise operations in new geographic markets. The company's business focus was to acquire older cruise vessels, refurbish these vessels in order to offer "traditional cruise experiences", operate the vessels in geographic areas, such as Europe and south/Central America, which the major operators such as Carnival Cruise Line, Norwegian Cruise Line and Royal Caribbean International were not focusing at the time, and to market their cruises largely to European and South American customers through strategic marketing partnerships with some of the major tour and travel groups in the world such as Thomson Holidays in the U.K, TUI in Germany, Fritidsresor in Scandinavia, Alpitour in Italy and Pullmantur in Spain (subsequently acquired by Royal Caribbean International for $800 million,) as well as through more than a dozen operators in south / Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RMS Transvaal Castle
RMS ''Transvaal Castle'' was a British ocean liner built by John Brown & Company at Clydebank for the Union-Castle Line for their mail service between Southampton and Durban. In 1966 she was sold to the South Africa-based Safmarine and renamed ''S.A. Vaal'' for further service on the same route. Following cessation of the service between the UK and South Africa in 1977 the ship was sold to Carnival Cruise Line and rebuilt in Japan as the cruise ship SS ''Festivale'', re-entering service in 1978. In 1996 she was chartered to Dolphin Cruise Line and renamed ''IslandBreeze''. In 1998 the ship was sold to Premier Cruise Line, which renamed her ''The Big Red Boat III''. Following the bankruptcy of Premier Cruise Line in 2000, ''The Big Red Boat III'' was laid up until 2003 when she was sold to scrappers in Alang, India. She was renamed ''The Big Red Boat'' for her final voyage to the scrapyard. Concept and construction RMS ''Transvaal Castle'' was the last in a series of three shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugenio C
The SS ''Eugenio C'' was a 1966 Italian built ocean liner/cruise ship originally owned by the Costa Line. She was scrapped as the ''Big Red'' at Alang, India in June 2005. History ''Eugenio C'' was ordered for the South American service by Costa (Linea C), to replace the ''Frederico C'' on that route. Her keel was laid on 4 January 1964, with ''Eugenio C'' being delivered to Costa on 22 August 1966, the same day she set out on her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage. For 10 years she only operated trans-Atlantic voyages between Genoa and South America, until passenger loading dropped rapidly in the 1970s, when the ''Eugenio C'' began cruising. After 1983 she would cross the Atlantic Ocean twice a year on a repositioning voyage. In 1984 she was extensively renovated and renamed the ''Eugenio Costa''. It was planned the vessel would be renamed American Adventure and transferred to American Family Cruises, which was to be a branch of Costa, but this plan was never realized. ''Eugenio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Oceanic (1965)
SS ''Oceanic'' was a cruise ship built in 1963 by Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico, Monfalcone, Italy for Home Lines. Between 1985 and 2000, she sailed for Premier Cruise Line under the names ''Starship Oceanic'' and ''Big Red Boat I'', before being sold to Pullmantur Cruises and reverting to her original name. In 2009 was sold to a new owner-operator, Peace Boat, which kept her until 2012. She was broken up in China later that year. Concept and construction ''Oceanic'' was the first newbuilt ship ordered by Home Lines. She was ordered from the Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico shipyard at Monfalcone, Italy. She was designed as a combined two-class ocean liner and one-class cruise ship, running line voyages from Cuxhaven, Southampton, and Le Havre to Canada during the northern hemisphere summer and cruising during the winter. According to William H. Miller's book, ''Greek Passenger Liners'', the main designer behind the ship was in fact Home Lines' executive vice president, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Canberra
SS ''Canberra'' was an ocean liner, which later operated on cruises, in the P&O fleet from 1961 to 1997. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland at a cost of £17 million. The ship was named on 17 March 1958, after the federal capital of Australia, Canberra. She was launched on 16 March 1960, sponsored by Dame Pattie Menzies, wife of the then Prime Minister of Australia, Robert Menzies. She entered service in May 1961, and made her maiden voyage starting in June. She appeared in the 1971 James Bond film '' Diamonds Are Forever''. In the 1982 Falklands War she served as a troopship. In 1997 the singer and songwriter Gerard Kenny released the single "Farewell Canberra" which was specially composed for the last voyage. History Ocean liner P&O commissioned ''Canberra'' to operate the combined P&O–Orient Line service between the United Kingdom and Australasia and designed her to carry 548 first-class passengers and 1,650 tourist class. Too b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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