The loss of Costa Concordia in January 2012 felt, in its first hours, like a disaster displaced in time, not merely because history had arranged a parallel with the 1912 Titanic disaster, […]
The failure of SS Leviathan seemed to solidify Europe’s trans-Atlantic passenger dominance in the 1920s, but within a few decades US-based cruise brands redefined the industry.
The loss of SS Tilawa is one of the least-remembered maritime tragedies of the Second World War, despite the scale of life lost and the ship’s importance within Britain’s imperial passenger network.
SS Mendi, an ocean liner turned troopship pressed into service during the First World War, is remembered not for the sinking itself but for the way in which her passengers and crew met […]
The sinking of MV Dara became the the Arabian Gulf region’s worst peacetime maritime disaster in 1961 when a mysterious explosion and raging storm consigned more than 230 souls to the sea.
Christmas and New Year are two of the most in-demand dates for modern cruise lines, with all of them providing either dedicated cruises for each, or a combined longer voyage during which […]
Much of the modern Christmas experience on cruise ships owes its origins to the days of the ocean liner, when a Christmas spent at sea was a necessity rather than a choice.
The cruise industry came of age in the 1960s and 70s, but has been around for much longer than that, surviving the Great Depression, two world wars and the 2008 financial crisis.
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