Where Are Cruise Ships Built? These Countries Create The Most

Building a cruise ship is a phenomenal, highly skilled undertaking, and there are only a few shipyards in the world that can ...
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The real difference between a cruise ship and an ocean liner

Cruise ships and ocean liners can look similar from a distance, yet they come from different traditions. An ocean liner was built for scheduled transportation across an ocean, where missing a ...
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Why Today's Cruise Ships Are Slower Than Classic Ocean Liners

Cruise ships are one of the best luxury vacations you can take, offering the experience of a full-fledged resort while taking you to exotic locations. The biggest cruise ships feature enticing ...
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What it's like running the biggest ever ocean liner

"The less work I have to do the better," jokes Captain Tomás Connery, master of the RMS Queen Mary 2 (QM2) ocean liner. The 149,215 tonne vessel had been docked in Liverpool to celebrate the 185th ...
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SS United States begins journey down Delaware River, out of Philadelphia to become reef in Gulf

PHILADELPHIA -- It's moving day for the SS United States! The historic ocean liner has begun its journey down the Delaware River on its way out of Philadelphia on Wednesday. The SS United States ...

The rise and fall of the most beautiful ocean liner ever built

In October 1932, the first transatlantic liner to exceed 1,000 feet was launched in the depths of the Great Depression.
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So You're Going to Build on Ocean Liner?

JOHN H. SLATE IS a New York lawyer who has not yet finished his ocean liner, being preoccupied with work on his book, THE DAY THEY BUILT ROME. Every summer one (or more) of my friends goes to Europe, ...