Norwegian Cruise Lines has announced that it will cancel one of the two ships it had on order with the shipyard STX Europe. Their project, code-named F3, was meant to include two 150,000-ton ships with a capacity of 4,200 passengers, the biggest ships in the NCL fleet. One of them has now been cancelled presumably [...]

Dear Musicians, Due to the slow economy a larger than usual number of musicians seem to run out of gigs on land and thus are applying for cruise ship jobs. This means that it’s a bit tougher at the moment to get gigs on cruise ships. Cruise lines have the luxury of picking not only [...]

The smaller tourist vessel MV Ushuaia, owned by an argentinian company grounded on December 4th near Cape Anna in the NW Antarctic Peninsula. All passengers have been transported to safety by vessels that where cruising nearby. During the accident the ship punctured fuel tanks resulting in an oil spill that seems to be contained presently [...]

News of cruise ship attacks by pirates in the waters around Somalia have have been pouring in the last couple of months. An oil tanker has been captured and a ransom is now being paid out to pirates to release the ship with its crew. The cruise ship MS Nautica was attacked by pirates but [...]

Back to basics with today’s song suggestion. Who hasn’t played “Confirmation” at jam sessions? Here’s a nice version with Michael Brecker showing us how it’s done. Artist: Will Lee & Bill Lee (Michael Brecker, Billy Hart…) Album: Birdhouse Song: Confirmation [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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