May 13th, 2012:

Evergreen offers service between Florida, Panama and Costa Rica using two Crowley ships

May 13th, 2012
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Crowley and Evergreen to share two container ships

Evergreen Line and Crowley Latin America Services have filed a slot-charter agreement that will allow Evergreen to provide weekly northbound and southbound service between Florida, Panama and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

The new service for Evergreen will include sailings between Miami via Colon Container Terminal, an Evergreen-owned and operated facility in Panama, and Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

The service for Crowley customers is unchanged, with weekly sailings to and from Port Everglades, Fla., Manzanillo, Panama, [...]

Mining magnate plans to build Titanic II

May 13th, 2012
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Clive Palmer, está decidido a volver a construir el Titanic.

Australian mining magnate, Clive Palmer, has announced plans to enter the cruise ship business by building a modern version of Titanic, local media has reported.

Palmer said in Brisbane, Australia, that he had signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build Titanic II.

Titanic II’s maiden voyage from England to North America will take place in late 2016, according to Palmer.

Palmer’s new shipping company Blue Star Line Pty [...]