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Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 5:09 am:

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On Oct. 18, Queen Elizabeth 2 slipped out of its berth on the west side of Manhattan and sailed out of New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty on its final voyage across the Atlantic.

On the Mississippi, the paddle-wheeler Delta Queen is churning up the "Big Muddy" between Cincinnati and Memphis before the national historic landmark ties up for the last time.

Already, the windjammers Mandalay, Polynesia and Yankee Clipper sit in Caribbean ports, seized as collateral from a bankrupt cruise line, and new safety rules make it unlikely they will ever unfurl their sails again.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 1:34 am:

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IMO's Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) is to meet at the Organization's London Headquarters for its 85th session, from 26 November to 5 December 2008. The packed agenda includes discussion on the Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) System, the development of goal-based standards for new ship construction and the adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).

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Posted on Monday, December 29, 2008 - 3:11 am:

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New international maritime safety regulations are forcing the world’s largest floating bookshop and oldest passenger liner, the MV Doulos, to the scrapyard.

The 94-year-old Malta-flagged ship, whose name means “servant” in Greek, would have to be decommissioned in 2010 if the ship owners do not get the ship refurbished to comply with the new regulations when they come into force.

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Posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 - 4:40 am:

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The 43 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda on Port State Control will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with the purpose to ensure compliance with SOLAS Chapter III – Life-Saving Appliances and Arrangements with regard to lifeboat launching arrangements.

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Posted on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - 6:01 am:

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For fans of classic cruise vessels, nothing quite gets the pulse racing like Queen Elizabeth 2. As the world's most famous ocean liner, cruising's grande dame was admired for her sleek silhouette, her powerful grace -- even through the choppiest of Atlantic waters -- and her war-time contributions.

But, with stringent new International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) guidelines taking effect on October 1, 2010 -- the crux being much stricter fire safety requirements -- Cunard was forced to retire the liner in November 2008.

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