And we know what happened with cruise shipping and ... That's the Titanic's sister ship, the Olympic. It became a hospital ...

The Titanic II will, like its predecessor ... of Lilley at a federal election due next year. The move into the cruise-ship industry, one of the few areas of heavy manufacturing still dominated ...

It’s 112 years to the day since the Titanic sank in the Atlantic, taking with it around 1,500 lives. The tragedy has long ...

there may soon be a way to relive the glory and wonder of one of the most luxurious cruise liners in the world. By 2022, a new ship modeled after the Titanic could set sail for 2,400 passengers ...

There are also plans for round-the-world cruises, the Brisbane-based ... seeing her in port and experiencing her unique majesty. Titanic II will be the ship where those dreams come true." ...

Instead of the earlier launch in 2016, Titanic II will now sail in 2018. In 2012, Palmer announced that the $500-million ship was to be built in China and would sail her first cruise in 2016 ...

Today, we measure ships in gross tonnage (GT) and Titanic would weigh in at 39,640 GT. For comparison, the Viking Star, a small cruise ship by today’s standards, is 47,800 GT. Olympic’s maiden ...

With a gross tonnage of 250,800 – five times the size of the Titanic – Icon of the Seas will snatch the title of the world’s largest cruise ship from Royal Caribbean’s current flagship ...

The following article looks at 15 passenger ships to have held the title of the planet’s largest – from the classic liners that preceded the World Wars through to the cruise leviathans of the ...

With the world's largest cruise ship set to make its maiden voyage in six months — and in light of another recent disaster at the Titanic — it's hard not to wonder what would happen if the ...