Month: April 2024
Cruise Mode: April 2024
Hello everyone! Just wanted to let you know that my wife and I are going on a cruise next week. We’ll be sailing with Celebrity Cruises aboard Celebrity Beyond. It’ll be our first time sailing with them, and it’s an understatement to say that we’re excited! It’ll be a five-day Caribbean cruise with stops at…
The Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse & Baltimore’s Cruise Ship Operations
Like many others, I was dumbstruck when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26, 2024 after being hit by a container ship. Six men lost their lives in the accident, and three of them still haven’t been found. I lived in the Washington, DC area for almost a decade and made several trips…
Vanished Without a Trace: The Disappearance of the Antonia Graza
Perhaps for as long as people have sailed the seas, ships have disappeared without a trace. No distress calls. No wreckage. No survivors. The USS Cyclops is arguably one of the most famous of these, having vanished in the Bermuda Triangle in March 1918. The MS Antonia Graza is probably a close second. She –…