CRUISE SHIPS
No central agency oversees, inspects cruise ships 
A byzantine maze of maritime rules and regulations, fragmented oversight and a patchwork quilt of nations that do business with cruise lines make it tough for consumers to assess the health and safety record of the ship they're about to board in what for many is the vacation of a lifetime.
By Curt Anderson , February 16, 2013
Titanic memorial cruise delayed by strong winds
Operators of a memorial cruise retracing the route of the Titanic 100 years since it sank say it has been slightly delayed because of high winds. A spokeswoman for the Titanic Memorial Cruise said the MS Balmoral arrived Monday at the town of Cobh, on Ireland's southern coast, about two hours later than scheduled due to the bad weather.
By Associated Press , April 09, 2012
Divers recover 5 bodies from Italy cruise wreck
Divers today recovered five bodies found last week in the wreck of the Costa Concordia, two months after the cruise ship struck a reef and capsized off Italy's Tuscan coast.
By Associated Press , March 26, 2012
Fire leaves cruise ship adrift off Seychelles
A fire broke out in the generator room of an Italian cruise ship today, causing no casualties but leaving the vessel adrift in an area of the Indian Ocean where Somali pirates have been active, officials said.
By Frances D'Emilio and Jason Straziuso , February 27, 2012
One month after cruise ship disasters, relatives toss roses in sea nearby
Authorities say 15 people remain missing and are presumed dead after the ship hit a reef Jan. 13 when the captain made an unauthorized maneuver. Seventeen people are confirmed dead.
By Associated Press , February 13, 2012
Oil spreads from wreck of cruise ship off Italy coast
A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered its wreckage off Italy's coast today, adding to fears of an environmental disaster in the area's sensitive, pristine waters.
By Associated Press , February 01, 2012
Italy ends search for missing people in submerged part of cruise ship
Italy's Civil Protection agency said today that technical studies indicated the deformed hull of the ship created too many safety concerns to continue the search within it. Relatives of the missing and diplomatic officials representing their countries have been informed of the decision, it said in a statement.
By Associated Press , January 31, 2012
Cruise ship disaster not deterring local ‘cruisers’
Just a few days after the first televised pictures showed the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and lying on its side off Italy’s Tuscan shore, Dr. Eugene and Meredith Byron of Grand Forks booked their fall 2012 cruise.
By Chuck Haga , January 27, 2012
Workers will pump oil from grounded Italian cruise beginning Saturday
A barge carrying a crane and other equipment hitched itself to the toppled Costa Concordia today, signaling the start of preliminary operations to remove a half-million gallons of fuel from the grounded cruise ship before it leaks into the pristine Tuscan sea.
By Fulvio Paolocci and Nicole Winfield , January 24, 2012
Oily film spotted near capsized Italian cruise ship
Italian officials coordinating the rescue and anti-pollution efforts on the Costa Concordia cruise ship say an oily film has been spotted about 300 meters (yards) from the capsized vessel.
By Colleen Barry and Frances d'Emilio , January 23, 2012
Italian official: Grounded cruise ship stable; search for missing people, fuel removel to proceed
A civil protection official says the enormous cruise ship that tipped over off the coast of Tuscany is stable and there is no risk it will drop to a lower seabed.
By Andrea Foa and Colleen Barry , January 23, 2012
Divers find woman's body in capsized Italian cruise ship
The body of a woman wearing a life vest was recovered by Italian coast guard divers Saturday from a narrow underwater corridor of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, raising the death toll to 12 in the week-old accident that has sent some light fuel spilling into the Mediterranean off Tuscany.
By Colleen Barry and Frances D'Emilio , January 21, 2012
CEO: Costa cruise ship captain misled company, crew
The chief executive of the company that owns the Costa Concordia cruise ship says the captain who grounded it off the coast of Tuscany did not relay correct information to the company or the crew after the vessel hit rocks.
By Nicole Winfield , January 20, 2012
Grounded Italian cruise ship shifts again; halting rescue operations
The cruise ship grounded off Tuscany shifted again on its rocky perch today, forcing the suspension of diving search operations for the 21 people still missing and raising concerns about the stability of the ship's resting place.
By Nicole Winfield , January 20, 2012
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