Ships Built in Finland

25 Jul 2012

Cruise tourism is booming in Sanya, which has seen a sharp increase in the number of visiting ships and passengers since the beginning of this year.

The numbers are set to grow even...

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Safe on the ocean wave

22 Feb 2012

Despite concerns after the Costa Concordia tragedy in Italy, major travel agents in Hong Kong haven't seen massive cancellations.

They believe cruising is still one of the safest...

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HK slow to join Asian cruise ship gravy train

6 Jul 2009

Hong Kong is among the last of the major Asian ports to develop a terminal that can handle the world's largest cruise ships, which means planning the itineraries for such liners is not likely...

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HK pair rescued from liner that hit iceberg

25 Nov 2007

Three Chinese tourists, two of them from Hong Kong, were among 100 passengers and 54 crew members evacuated from a Canadian cruise ship that sank after striking an iceberg off Antarctica, the...

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Shanghai bets on Bubble to fulfil cruise ship hub dream

3 Sep 2007

Space-age glass building scheduled to open next year

A multibillion-yuan terminal nearing completion on the Huangpu River in the heart of Shanghai could help fulfil the city's...

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Cruise firms want locals all at sea

6 Jul 2007

HK demand the key to growth of industry, say tour operators

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Cruising for adventure

Asian holidaymakers are becoming more demanding in their choice of destinations, and travel companies have come up with itineraries to fit the mood

The cruise boom in Asia is just...

12:24AM

Carnival time on the love boat

A new ship cruised into Victoria Harbour yesterday. The Costa Allegra, owned by a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise ship operator, will start operating from Asia this...

6:54PM

Passenger leaps off cruise ship

A man was missing, feared dead, after he jumped from the Star Pisces cruise ship yesterday.

His shoes and a suicide note were found by a crew member on the deck at 6am.

12:02PM

Hyundai buys passenger vessel

Hyundai Merchant Marine has bought passenger cruise ship SuperStar Sagittarius from Singapore's Star Cruises. The vessel will be delivered in Port Klang, Malaysia, on September 20.

5:18PM

Airtours buys cruise vessel

Royal Caribbean Cruises says it will sell its 1,400-passenger Song of America cruise ship to the British company Airtours for US$95 million as it replaces older ships with more modern ones.

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Silja forecasts sales slip

Finland's Silja expects its Baltic sea ferry operator Silja Line's 1997 gross sales to be more than 3.3 billion markka (about HK$4.25 billion), compared with 3.35 billion markka in 1996.

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