More container volume, new cruise ship for Port of Charleston
The Port of Charleston is seeing an increase in both cargo and cruise ships. Carnival Cruise Lines announced Monday that it will add five departures in 2016 for its Carnival Sunshine cruise ship. Tho ...
More cruises, more questions
Less than a month before the updated Tourism Management Plan gets its first official airing, the S.C. State Ports Authority is changing the tourism equation in Charleston. The SPA is allowing Carniva ...
Once again, Charleston should learn from Venice….
STARS ALIGNED AGAINST BIG SHIPSLike Charleston, Venice has mixed feelings about the cruise industry. Environmentalists and preservationists — and movie stars — fear large ships will do extensive damag ...
The times are NOT a changing…
Cruise Ships Are Unregulated Trouble on the High Seas Elizabeth Becker, a former New York Times correspondent, is the author of “Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism.” Congress h ...
2014 Cruise Report Card
For those of you who have not seen it, each year the Friends of the Earth (FOE) publishes the cruise ship report card. This annual document awards grades to cruise lines and individual ships, and can ...
It’s Raining in Charleston
It's Raining in Charleston So Brian Hicks, a Post and Courier columnist, took this opportunity to rain down on the Board of Zoning Appeals' decision to deny a condo conversion for 1 Meeting Street. ...
Formal appeal is filed in Charleston cruise ship terminal dispute
Two Charleston neighborhood associations and other groups have filed a formal appeal in their efforts to challenge permits for a new cruise ship terminal planned for the peninsula. They are seeking t ...
South Carolina Ports again seek cruise terminal permit
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press Aug 16 2014 12:13 pm The cruise liner Crystal Symphony leaves the harbor in Charleston in this May 2013 file photo, The South Carolina Ports Authority is renewing it ...
10 Things to Know Before Going on a Cruise
10 Things to Know Before Going on a Cruise DISCOVERY NEWS | JULY 30, 2014 http://pulse.me/s/1WE7Az The cruising season is here; how much do you know about this type of holiday? Read more