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Carnival to upgrade fleet in wake of Triumph debacle
Hoping to improve its tarnished image, Carnival Cruise Lines plans to spend $300 million to add an extra generator in each ship and upgrade fire-suppression systems in response to the high-profile malfunctions that hobbled the Carnival Triumph this year....
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Tour Operations Industry, Arts and Culture, Carnival Corporation, Festive Events
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Carnival to invest $300 million in wake of Triumph debacle
Carnival Cruise Lines will spend up to $300 million to add an extra generator in each ship and improve fire suppression systems in response to the high-profile malfunctions that hobbled the Carnival Triumph cruise ship earlier this year. Carnival's...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Companies and Corporations, Arts and Culture, Carnival Corporation
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Search called off for man lost after Carnival Triumph hit pier
Rescuers called off the search for a missing shipyard worker who fell into the Mobile River after strong winds blew the beleaguered Carnival cruise ship Triumph off its moorings and into a pier. The Triumph had been at the BAE Systems shipyard in...
Tags: BAE Systems Plc., Manufacturing and Engineering, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health and Safety at Work, U.S. Coast Guard
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Carnival Triumph breaks free of moorings; shipyard worker missing
Carnival's cursed cruise ship Triumph broke loose from its moorings Wednesday when strong winds hit Mobile, Ala., and two shipyard workers fell into the Mobile River. One was still missing by evening. Helicopters and search teams scoured the river...
Tags: BAE Systems Plc., Manufacturing and Engineering, Arts and Culture, National Weather Service, Festive Events
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Google accidentally removes Digg from search results
Oops! A mistake by Google on Wednesday morning caused the site's search service to remove Digg from its results, leading to speculation that there may have been some drama between the two tech companies. Digg users searching for the social news...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Digg Inc., Social Media
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For the record
Start-up colony: In the March 13 Business section, the caption for a drawing that accompanied an article about a plan for a cruise ship on which foreign-born entrepreneurs could work to build start-up companies said that the drawing was a rendering of the...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering
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Hong Kong: New billion-dollar cruise terminal to open this spring
Construction crews in Hong Kong are putting the final touches on a massive $1-billion cruise terminal that locals are calling a “groundscaper” because its length is double the height of the city’s tallest skyscraper. The mammoth...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Arts and Culture, Hong Kong, Architecture, Norman Foster
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In honor of African American Marines, ship christened in San Diego
L.A. NOWNamed in honor of African Americans who served in segregated units in the Marine Corps during World War II, the Navy's first mobile landing platform ship was christened Saturday at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. The USNS...... -
Obama rejects GOP call to appropriate sequester cuts
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- President Obama rejected Republican suggestions Tuesday that he should have more power to carry out $85 billion in pending budget cuts, and instead urged Congress to work out a better solution that involves raising revenue through...Tags: Newport News Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Engineering, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Scott Rigell
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'Top Chef' recap: Stefan Richter loses his party pants
Wednesday night's super-sized episode of "Top Chef" let viewers and the contestants have a little fun on an Alaskan cruise. The remaining chefs packed their bags -- Stefan Richter packed what he calls his party pants -- and they boarded a cruise ship with...
Tags: Trips and Vacations, Manufacturing and Engineering, Travel, Personal Service, Top Chef (tv program)
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Questions linger one year after the Costa Concordia disaster
More than a year after the Costa Concordia capsized off Italy, one big question still haunts survivor Michelle Barraclough: Why were no clear instructions given during the emergency? "The crew had no idea what to do," the Australian woman wrote on a...
Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering, Cruise Line Ports, Costa Concordia Shipwreck, Petroleum Industry
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Employees launch the cargo vessel Nancy Lykes
FrameworkEmployees conduct the launching ceremonies for the S.S. Nancy Lykes at the Consolidated Steel Corp. shipyards in Wilmington....
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