At one point, the Titanic was the largest cruise ship in operation.
Earl Attlee told him there was "no need" for a PSO as the ferry operators were investing to keep the ship in operation "until at least 2018".
Video pictures relayed live back to the research ship mounting the operation show spindly chimneys up to 10m high.
The captain leads a cadre of senior naval officers in the operation of the ship.
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Three additional nuclear reactors would create all of the electricity needed for operation of the ship.
In the industry, it is known as refranchising, and the strategy is based on the idea that franchisees will tend to run a tighter ship than a company-owned operation.
At least one person has died during the clean-up operation, after being thrown from a ship by waves and drowning in the oil.
Dutch coastguards have called off a search and rescue operation after the sinking of the Baltic Ace cargo ship in the North Sea.
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Another British ship, RFA Fort George, was also involved in the joint operation between the Royal Navy and the US Coast Guard.
Mr Prior underwent an operation but the couple have since left hospital and returned to the ship last Thursday.
It's fully equipped with sea-based missile defense systems, has long been the Navy's primary ship for the sea-based missile defense program and has the technology needed for the operation, officials said.
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The dock-landing ship, the USS Portland, recently returned from a three-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The U.S. Coast Guard inspects each cruise ship that docks in the U.S. every year for a range of issues, from operation of backup generators to the lifeboats.
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