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Start of the Cruise Season

hopefully passengers are not expecting weather conditions as depicted in this photo.

Today marks the beginning of the Cruise ship season with the arrival this morning of the Marina for Oceana Cruises. the ship is sailing a 14 Day New York to Southampton transatlantic route with stops in Saint John, New Brunswick (07 Apr); Halifax, Nova Scotia (08 Apr); St Johns, Newfoundland (10 Apr); Cork, Ireland (14 Apr); Dublin, Ireland (15 Apr); St Malo, France (17 Apr); Le Havre (Paris), France (18 Apr); Southampton, England (19 Apr a0800)

Of course, there is 20CM of snow forecasted for today. the cruise season traditionally begins in April, though not normally this early. the previous earliest start was the arrival of the Azamara Journey, which arrived on April 12, 2012.

Original article: Start of the Cruise Season.

Halifax Shipping News

Halifax Shipping News began in 2008 as a blog called The Armchair Captain. The idea behind it came when I would become curious about the comings and goings in the harbour, and research to find their source. I figured if I was wondering, others would be as well, and so I would blog about them. 5+ years later, here we are. This blog is written by Peter Ziobrowski. Peter is a Senior IT System Architect, and holds a BA in the History & Theory of Architecture,as well as diplomas in Computer System Technology and Information System Security. His personal site can be found at http://www.ziobrowski.net. Peter is available for media interviews on local Maritime issues. He also holds a large collection of photos of shipping subjects from Halifax suitable for publication. You can contact him directly via email at peter@halifaxshippingnews.ca.

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