Army Corps, SPA withdraw appeal over Charleston cruise terminal permit
By Tyrone Richardson The Army Corps of Engineers and the State Ports Authority have halted their challenge of a judge's decision that nixed a permit the SPA needed to build a new cruise terminal in d ...
4 years on, Charleston cruise debate lingers
By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press January 2, 2014 CHARLESTON, S.C. — It's been almost four years since the South Carolina Ports Authority announced plans to build a new $35 million passenger cruise te ...
Documents show Carnival knew of fire danger before ill-fated cruise, CNN Exclusive
(CNN) -- Bettina Rodriguez and her daughter Isabel had planned their cruise for half a year. They would sail on the Carnival Triumph cruise ship and celebrate Isabel's birthday. It was the trip of a ...
Could Carnival have avoided the Triumph cruise nightmare?
Please click on the header below to see the video footage from this Anderson Cooper exclusive! Could Carnival have avoided the Triumph cruise nightmare? It was the vacation from hell for thousands o ...
Air samples at cruise ship docks worldwide find dangerous levels of deadly soot
Tests in Manhattan, Venice, Germany show urgent need for lines to upgrade pollution controls NEW YORK – Air samples taken near idling cruise ships in New York and three European ports contained dange ...
Sink or Swim – Why is Carnival Cruise Lines exempt from city regulations?
Sink or Swim, taken from Charleston City Paper contribution by Katie Zimmerman The latest column from Charleston City Paper columnist Bryan Crabtree on cruise ships included suggestions in line with ...
Per the City…. we all suffer….
Attorneys argue in front of S.C. Supreme Court over harm cruise ships would cause Charleston By Schuyler Kropf COLUMBIA — Allowing a lawsuit that challenges Charleston’s cruise ship visits over zonin ...
CHS | After losing its permit, the SPA will surely compromise. Ah, no.
CHS | After losing its permit, the SPA will surely compromise. Ah, no. U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Gergel ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to comply with the "formal asses ...
Carnival will sail bigger ships from New Orleans
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY November 13, 2013 10:13 AM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some larger cruise ships will call New Orleans their home as the role of the cruise business continues to increase at the Port of N ...
November 15 Letter to the Editor
Well said Pat! We couldn't agree more! Cruise insights I recently had the good fortune to visit two historic port cities: Athens, Greece, and Istanbul, Turkey. The experience showed me that it is qui ...