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Shipping News and information / P&O Cruise Line's 175th Anniversary Event

« on: July 03, 2012, 02:19:26 AM »

Hi

Just letting all cruise ship watchers know, that all seven of P&O's UK fleet are currently converging upon Southampton for their 175th Anniversary Event, 3 July 2012. If you, like me, live on the other side of the world and cannot be there, images from the webcams of the ships and their current locations, can be seen here http://www.pocruises.com/Cruise-Ships/Ship-Webcams/ at P&Os website.

A map for those who live locally and want the best vantage points, is avail for download at http://175.pocruises.com/?utm_source=webcams&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=175 (look to the side and click on the dark blue icon for the downloadable PDF map)

Sounds like an exciting event with all seven of P&Os fleet in the one port at once! I hope to see the photos on this site soon!

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Shipping News and information / Crystal Symphony moonlighting as a containership??

« on: June 01, 2012, 05:09:04 AM »

I was watching the webcams of various cruise ships, as I love to do...and noticed that today, Crystal Symphony has taken on containers while docked at Hamburg. I found this very strange as she had her foredeck covered with what appears to be some protective (possibly anti-slip) surface and has had at least two or more containers placed there.

http://www.crystalcruises.com/home.aspx?REDIR=1&LVID=10

Why would they carry containers on a cruise ship? Wouldn't that 'tarnish' their image? Could it be an urgent/emergency supply request from someone?