Travel & Experiences
Carnival Cruise Line plans to add 23 more cruises between East Coast ports and Havana, Cuba, in 2019 and 2020, according to an announcement Thursday.
May 11, 2018
Archives
The Cincinnati Reds are talking to authorities in three Florida cities that are potential spring training sites for the National League club beyond this year.
Jan. 28, 1986
World & Nation
A Chinese freighter laden with nearly 9,500 metal cargo containers transited the expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, inaugurating the interoceanic waterway and opening a new era in global trade.
June 26, 2016
Police, with the help of a key piece of evidence posted on five area billboards, have arrested an escaped convict who they believe is responsible for what may be the most heinous crime in Tampa Bay history--the 1989 drowning murders of a vacationing Ohio farm wife and her two teen-age daughters.
Sept. 30, 1992
A vessel carrying New Zealand’s massive America’s Cup sailboat from San Diego to New York was seized by a Cuban gunboat and taken into port Tuesday.
Oct. 12, 1988
Business
International Container Systems has won a $500,000 suit against a Los Angeles firm for copying its patented Port-A-Pet beverage cases, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
June 16, 1988
You can make history on a new Carnival Cruise Line voyage from Long Beach to Singapore.
May 16, 2018
A female passenger has died hours after a casino boat caught fire off Florida’s Gulf Coast, forcing her and about 50 other passengers and crew to jump into the chilly waters to escape.
Jan. 15, 2018
Steinbrenner’s Ship Firm Declares Bankruptcy: American Ship Building Co. of Tampa, Fla., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a week after losing an appeal to keep a $176-million Navy contract to build two oil tankers.
Nov. 5, 1993
An autistic 9-year-old boy wandered onto a cruise ship and spent a weekend on a voyage that ended in Tampa, Fla., 475 miles from his home.
July 25, 2000