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• Maryland

Fire at Baltimore cruise terminal placed under control, no injuries reported

Baltimore firefighters Monday were dispatched to the Port of Baltimore for a fire that sent thick black smoke billowing from the city’s cruise terminal.

By McKenna Oxenden

Jun 24, 2019

• Maryland

Grandeur of the Seas delays return to Baltimore until Sunday

Grandeur of the Seas delays return to Baltimore until Sunday to avoid Tropical Storm Florence.

By Yvonne Wenger

Sep 15, 2018

• Latest

Critically sick passenger airlifted from cruise ship in Chesapeake Bay

A Maryland State Police helicopter air-lifted a passenger having a critical medical emergency from a cruise ship in the Chesapeake Bay Thursday night, authorities said.

By Colin Campbell

Aug 17, 2018

• Travel

46 fall sick on Royal Caribbean cruise ship that departed from Baltimore

A Royal Caribbean Cruises ship that departed from Baltimore on a nine-night trip earlier this year has had 46 reported cases of gastrointestinal illness on board, according to company spokesman Owen Torres.

• Maryland

Gov. Larry Hogan sends Maryland National Guard troops to Virgin Islands to help with hurricane relief

Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday he had directed 100 Maryland National Guardsmen to head for the U.S. Virgin Islands to help with hurricane relief efforts.

By Ian Duncan

Oct 23, 2017

• Maryland

North Carroll: Join the Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department parade

The Hampstead Volunteer Fire Department extended an invitation to the community to participate in the fire company's parade to be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday,

• Business

Port of Baltimore sets new cargo record in 2016

The port of Baltimore set a new volume record for general cargo — 10.1 million tons — at its public terminals in 2016, a five percent increase from the previous year, officials announced Tuesday.

By Colin Campbell

Feb 15, 2017

• Features

Wedded: Katie Falter and Tony Peck found love in Hawaii

Katie Falter and Tony Peck met on Match.com while living in Hawaii. They were married at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore in November.

By John-John Williams IV

Jan 6, 2017

• Obituaries

Joanne C. Verner, banker, dies

Joanne C. Verner, a retired banker who later worked for a grocery store and steamship company, died July 6 from multiple myeloma at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 81.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jul 19, 2016

• Maryland

Senior center offers Michigan and southern Caribbean trips

North Carroll Senior Center offers Michigan and southern Caribbean trips

• Business

Royal Caribbean to extend year-round cruises from Baltimore through 2020

Royal Caribbean International cruises will sail year-round out of the Port of Baltimore through June 2020, according to a new contract announced by the Maryland Port Administration Thursday.

By Colin Campbell

Apr 21, 2016

• Features

Hop on Leap Day freebies, travel and dining deals

Leap Day freebies and deals good on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016

By Doreen Christensen

Feb 29, 2016

• Opinion

A cruise ship's impact on Haiti

Royal Caribbean's cruise to Labadee in Haiti has not only developed the area but a generated jobs for many and even boosted the economy. Furthermore, the work ethic, discipline and understanding of American culture these local employees have acquired are invaluable and may be of use in furthering U.S.-Haiti relations as well as the future development of the country.

• Maryland

Elvis to take the stage in North Carroll

Elvis is coming to the Lineboro fire company, and he'll be joined by the Maryland Entertainment Hall of Fame band, Rich and the Roadrunners.

• Features

Wedded: Cherise Adkins and Richard Washington III

Former TV station co-workers couldn't keep paths from crossing

By John-John Williams IV

Aug 12, 2015

• Maryland

Maryland officials airlift cruise ship passenger to hospital

The Maryland State Police says one of their helicopter crews has airlifted a cruise ship passenger from a ship in the Chesapeake Bay to a Maryland hospital.

• Maryland

What to do with your summer vacation

• Travel

Seas of change on the Carnival Pride

By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman

Mar 6, 2015

• Business

Royal Caribbean cruise ship scrubbed clean in Baltimore after 200 fall sick

The Royal Caribbean cruise liner Grandeur of the Seas returned to Baltimore a day early on Monday after more than 200 passengers and crew members became sick.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 3, 2015

• Travel

Royal Caribbean takes Quantum leap with new ship

By Michelle Deal-Zimmerman

Dec 24, 2014

• Cruises

Coast Guard comes to aid of injured woman on cruise ship

The Coast Guard transported a 58-year-old woman off a cruise ship on the Potomac River Friday after she was injured in a fall.

• Cruises

Coast Guard comes to aid of injured woman on cruise ship

• Baltimore City Paper

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• News

Cruise departs despite apprehension over viral outbreak

Passengers on the Grandeur of the Seas left Baltimore for the Bahamas after ship was scrubbed after second wave of stomach illnesses

• Travel

Baltimore-based cruise ship set to depart tonight despite viral outbreak

For the second time in two weeks, a Baltimore-based cruise ship is dealing with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness.

• Travel

Hanging out in Haiti with Madison Smartt Bell

Haiti travel

• Travel

Kids sail free from Baltimore on Grandeur of the Seas

• Travel

Sea & stay: Cruises vie to offer onboard recreation

Cruises recreation

• Opinion

Carnival comes back [Editorial]

The return of Carnival Pride to Baltimore offers a valuable lesson in economic growth and environmental protection

• Opinion

Carnival comes back [Editorial]

• Cruises

Cruise lines unaffected by Baltimore port strike

Cruise lines operating out of the port of Baltimore have not been affected by the longshoremen strike that has shuttered operations at the port's public marine terminals, according to port and cruise line officials.

• Hotel and Accommodation Industry

A busy season ahead as summer fades [Perryville]

It's hard to believe its September, summer is gone and the kids are back to school and some off to college.

• Cruises

Carnival, EPA reach pact to curb cruise ship air pollution

Federal regulators have reached a tentative deal with Carnival Corp. on a plan to reduce air pollution from nearly a third of its cruise ships, but the accord comes too late to reverse at least a temporary loss of lucrative cruise business for Baltimore.

• Royal Caribbean International

Coast Guard orders safety upgrades after Grandeur of the Seas fire

A Coast Guard admiral told a Senate panel holding a hearing on cruise ship oversight that while the investigation continues into the May fire aboard Baltimore-based Grandeur of the Seas, inspectors have ordered safety improvements for "immediate action."

• Opinion

A loss of 'Pride'

Carnival Cruise Line's departure from Baltimore in 2014 need not put an end to local cruise ship business

• Opinion

A loss of 'Pride'

• News

Port officials looking to replace Pride

Still smarting from news that half of Baltimore's lucrative cruise business is headed south next year, the state's ports chief said Friday that officials already are working on replacing the Carnival Pride.

• Environment

Port officials looking to replace Pride

• News

Carnival pulling Pride from Baltimore

Baltimore appears destined to lose lucrative cruise business next year, as Florida-based Carnival Cruise Lines announced Thursday that it plans to move its 2,124-passenger ship, the Pride, to Tampa, Fla., in November 2014.

• Environment

Carnival pulling Pride from Baltimore

• Opinion

A double standard for cruise ships?

Is there a double stand for pollution caused by cruise ships?

• Opinion

A double standard for cruise ships?

• Latest

O'Malley lobbies EPA to ease cruise ship pollution rule

Gov. Martin O'Malley has interceded with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of Carnival Cruise Lines after the company threatened to pull its business from Baltimore over a pending air-quality regulation that would require large, ocean-going ships to burn cleaner fuel.

• Opinion

Making the most of a cruise gone bad

A passenger from the Royal Caribbean ship that caught on fire says a difficult situation was handled with grace.

• Opinion

Making the most of a cruise gone bad

• Maryland

Cruise passengers return to Baltimore after harrowing voyage

They left Baltimore on Friday by cruise ship and came back Tuesday by charter jet. The passengers from the Grandeur of the Seas arrived safely and with sea stories to last a lifetime.

• Cruises

Cruise passengers return to Baltimore after harrowing voyage

• Maryland

Cruise canceled after fire aboard Royal Caribbean ship

Passengers are being flown home and the crew is safe after a fire broke out Monday morning on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that sailed from Baltimore on Friday.

• Cruises

Cruise canceled after fire aboard Royal Caribbean ship

• Travel

Cruise ship returns to Baltimore after $48 million renovation

Cruise ship Grandeur of the Seas