Cruises

Costa Concordia Company Launches Safety Measures As New Ship Unveiled

PA | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK

The company behind the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster has introduced a raft of new safety measures as it launched a new liner. As the new Cos...

Costa Allegra: Stricken Cruise Ship 'Will Reach Land Soon'

PA | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK

Passengers aboard the Costa Allegra cruise liner that was left without power after a fire are expected to reach land tomorrow. The vessel, which is...

Mexico Coastguard Hunt Briton Who Fell From Cruise Ship

Posted 04.04.2012 | UK

A search was under way today for a British passenger who apparently went overboard from the world's biggest cruise ship in waters near Mexico. The ...

To Italy by Freighter

Paul Dodson | Posted 30.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle

Paul Dodson

I am a passenger on board the Alexandra Rickmers, a 26 thousand-tonne freighter out of Hamburg, Germany. Tonight we are departing Singapore, sailing the infamous Strait of Malacca, the stretch of water separating Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore from Sumatra, the largest island in the Indonesian archipelago