Vessel M.V. Saivaishnavi anchored at Visakhapatnam Fishing Harbour on Saturday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK ‘Vizag Cruiser’, the first sea-based cruise tourism venture of Andhra Pradesh, is likely to be available for tourists in the next one or two months. As per the plans, cruise ship MV Sai Vaishnavi will ferry within 10 nautical miles … Read more
An aerial view seen after tsunami at Indira Point in Andaman, Nicobar Islands, India. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images An international cruise terminal to facilitate a “global” port-led city, “high-end” tourism infrastructure, and a ship-breaking yard are among the new additions to the ₹72,000 crore mega-infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island proposed by the … Read more
DRDO conducts maiden flight-test of Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile off Odisha coast | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) conducted the maiden flight-test of a Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM), with a range of 1,000 km, from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur … Read more
Imagine waking up to giant icebergs, glancing down from your balcony to find a colony of penguins on the ice or the beauty of the most far-flung inhabited island on Earth — Tristan da Cunha! From the snowy surrounds of Antarctica to Mexico’s tropical West coast, for the residents of The World, Residences at Sea … Read more
In May, avid traveller Sunu Mathew and her friends had taken a seven-night cruise from Barcelona and sailed to Palma de Mallorca, Marseille, La Spezia, Civitavecchia and Naples. Three months later, Sunu still cannot stop talking about the cruise aboard the Symphony of the Seas that took them to ports in Spain, France and Italy. The cruising … Read more
Europa 2, the first international cruise vessel to arrive in Kochi after a two-year pandemic-induced break, brought in guests mainly from Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. A total of 20 cruise vessels are expected to call at Kochi till May 2023. | Photo Credit: H VIBHU Europa-2, with 257 tourists, most of them from Germany, … Read more
Aug. 14, 2022 — Four major cruise lines are dropping their COVID-19 vaccination requirements for some sailings next month, according to USA Today. Carnival Cruise Line won’t require unvaccinated guests to apply for an exemption to sail after Sept. 6. The changes are subject to local restrictions, such as those in Bermuda, Canada and Greece, … Read more
By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A two-year advisory that warned Americans against going on cruises has been dropped by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency first warned Americans against cruise ship travel in 2020 at … Read more
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year. Doug Parks, GM‘s product development and purchasing chief, told analysts Thursday that he has ridden in a Cruise vehicle with no driver and the company is very close to deploying the service. “The technology is … Read more
May 6, 2021 — Guidelines for cruise ship lines to conduct simulated voyages as a step toward resuming sailing in American waters were issued Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guidelines outline all the requirements and recommendations for cruise ship operators to begin simulated voyages with volunteer passengers before … Read more