Cruise Line Ports

Cruise ship returns to Baltimore after $48 million renovation

Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship returned to the Port of Baltimore Friday after undergoing a $48 million renovation. The ship, which replaces the Enchantment of the Seas, arrived early Friday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a...

Tags: Cruises, Port of Baltimore, Sailing, Royal Caribbean International, Tourism and Leisure

Cruise offers motorcyclists a 12-day surf-and-turf dream

As 20 Harley-Davidsons growled across the asphalt at the Maryland Cruise terminal Monday morning, "Easy Rider" met "The Love Boat." After a briefing from their tour leader, the bikers inched their machines up the ramp and into the yawning hold of the 2,...

Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Royal Caribbean International, Easy Rider (movie), Carnival Cruise Lines

From soup to nuts to bagoong alamang, R.S. Stern has it all

Whether it's a war-zone deployment, a cargo ship in port for 18 hours or a passenger cruise ship on its regular stop, R.S. Stern Inc. has put groceries in larders and spare parts in engine rooms since 1870. From its brick warehouse in Canton, the...

Tags: Lexington Market, Bethlehem Steel, Cadbury plc, Canton (Baltimore, Maryland), Hurricane Sandy (2012)

New details as FBI probes death on cruise ship from Baltimore

The woman who died onboard a cruise ship that originated out of Baltimore was 64 years old and from central Virginia, the FBI said Tuesday as the agency continued to investigate her death as "suspicious." The passenger from Midlothian, Va., outside of...

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Port seeks flat cab fare for cruise ship passengers

Port officials have asked the state Public Utilities Commission to set a flat rate for taxi services to and from the cruise ship terminal and three popular city locations. James White, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, said...

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After record growth, Maryland cruise terminal at capacity

Seven years after opening the South Locust Point cruise ship berth and terminal, Maryland port officials have a problem: capacity, as in, not enough. Without expansion, the record-breaking annual statistics will plateau at about 100 cruises and 241,000...

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Tips on cruising with the kids

A standup comic on a Carnival Pride cruise from Baltimore to the Bahamas recently asked his audience how many were traveling with their kids. Quite a number politely clapped in response. He then asked how many were traveling without their kids. He was...

Tags: Cruises, Demographics, Personal Service, Royal Caribbean International, Tourism and Leisure

Port cruise ship traffic dips slightly in 2012

Cruise traffic at the port of Baltimore last year dipped slightly from 2011, snapping a four-year string of increases. Port officials said Wednesday that 240,676 people sailed on 100 cruises out of Baltimore, the second-highest count since year-round...

Tags: Port of Baltimore, Cruises, Trips and Vacations, Cruise Ship Jobs, Caribbean Islands

Longshoremen avert strike at 15 ports, including Baltimore

Longshoremen and the management of East Coast and Gulf ports reached a tentative agreement on a new master contract late Friday night, averting a threatened walkout next week. The deal between the International Longshoremen's Association, which...

Tags: Port of Baltimore, International Longshoremen's Association, United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd., Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Strikes

Baltimore's port readies for strike as deadline nears

Retail giants, shipping companies and federal agencies are racing the clock to make plans as an East Coast and Gulf dock strike this weekend appears imminent. The International Longshoremen's Association, representing nearly 15,000 dockworkers from...

Tags: Port of Baltimore, Barack Obama, International Longshoremen's Association, American Apparel, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry

With time running short, port braces for dockworkers strike

Port of Baltimore officials say they "are preparing for the worst," in the event of a longshoremen's strike at one minute past midnight Dec. 30. But that would be nothing, they say, compared with a management decision to lock out workers at the...

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