"The history of container shipping involves ship lines taking huge gambles, " says Marc Levinson, who points to a trend for some American and European companies to move manufacturing back from Asia.
When there is a norovirus outbreak on a ship, cruise lines are faced with the prospect of disembarking hundreds of ill passengers, sanitizing the ship and then reloading several thousands of passengers on board.
During World War II, these tracks linked thousands of shaven grunts and other instruments of war to the ports that would ship them out to the front lines.
Put in concentrated solar parks and ship the green electricity via high-voltage lines to the rest of Europe.
Vance Gulliksen, a spokesman with Carnival Cruise Lines, told CNN Monday that the ship's last scheduled Coast Guard inspection was on November 15.
Carnival is the world's largest cruise ship company by revenue and owns several other cruise lines, including Holland America, Princess and Carnival Cruise Lines.
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The living accommodations may be small, but they save money on housing costs, and cruise lines usually offer full health coverage onboard the ship and within United States territory.
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There are, and will always be, some products that need to be made close to where they are consumed because they are too bulky to ship, or because it is too risky to have long supply lines.
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Hitherto, banks have typically lent shipping lines as much as 80% of the value of a ship.
On the contrary, some shippers and investors have pilloried Economou for tarring the entire industry by signing controversial deals, often involving family members, that blur the lines between DryShips and his privately held Cardiff Marine, a ship management outfit.
Given the gloom, continued ship-building will only put off the day when the world's lines make serious money again.
Jay Herring, a former senior officer with Carnival Cruise Lines who worked on the Triumph from 2002 to 2004, said the ship was not problematic when he was on it.
Let the legions of information obese fight on the front lines, and join me in nudging the small nuts and bolts that hold the ship together.
Each Oasis-class ship utilizes shape recognition cameras, smart cards, 900 wireless access points and other digital technologies to eliminate lines in experiences ranging from dining and onboard activities to excursions.
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