NEW BOOK ON PASSENGER SHIPS

Maritime historian and photographer Luís Miguel Correia has just published another book: LISBON ON THE WORLD'S ROUTE Lisbon Cruise Ships.
A landscape format A4 size book with 123 photographs of 93 passenger ships in Lisbon, from the old mail liners and steamers to the newest cruise ships.
There are high quality images of the following ships: AIDAcara, AIDAdiva, ALCA, ALMANZORRA, AMADEA, ANDES, ANDREA DORIA, ANNA C, ARCADIA (2005), ARCADIAN, ARION, ARLANZA, ARTHEMIS, ASTOR, ASTORIA, ATHENA, ATLANTIS, AURIGA, AURORA, BLACK PRINCE, BOUDICCA, BRAZZA, BRITANNIC, CANBERRA, CARONIA (1949), CENTURY, CLAUDE BERNARD, COSTA CONCORDIA, COSTA EUROPA, COSTA MAGICA, CONSTELLATION, CRYSTAL SERENITY, DE GRASSE (I), DEVONIA, DUNERA, EAGLE, EMERALD PRINCESS, EMPRESS OF BRITAIN (1956), EUROPA (1981), EUROPA (1999), FLANDRE, FRAM, FRANCE, FUNCHAL, FYODOR DOSTOEVSKIY, GALAXY, GOLDEN PRINCESS (II), HANSEATIC (I), HIGHLAND BRIGADE, HIGHLAND PRINCESS, INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE, ISLAND STAR, KENYA CASTLE, L'ATLANTIQUE, LEGEND OF THE SEAS, LILI MARLEEN, MAKSIM GORKIY, MSC OPERA, MSC ORCHESTRA, NAVIGATOR OF THE SEAS, NORWEGIAN DREAM, NORWEGIAN GEM, NOORDAM (1984), NYASSA, OCEANA, ORIANA, PACIFIC PRINCESS (I), PRINCESS DANAE, QUEEN ELIZABETH 2, QUEEN MARY, QUEEN MARY 2, REINA DEL MAR, ROTTERDAM (1987), ROYAL ODYSSEY (1964), SAGA ROSE, SAGA RUBY, SANTA MARIA, SEA CLOUD, SEA PINCESS (II), SERPA PINTO, SHOTA RUSTAVELI, STAR CLIPPER, STAR PRINCESS (II), STRATHNAVER, SUNWARD, SYLVANIA, THE WORLD, TRÁZ-OS-MONTES, UIGE, URUGUAY STAR, VERA CRUZ , VULCANIA and WIND SPIRIT.
The book tells the history and traditions of passenger shipping in Lisbon over the years. The book was launched at the Alcântara CruiseTerminal in Lisbon on 19th December and its publication was sponsored by the Port of Lisbon Authority. It was so successful that 80 per cent of the print run was sold in one week.
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NOVO LIVRO DE PAQUETES

Acaba de sair o livro LISBOA NA ROTA DO MUNDO Paquetes de Lisboa, de Luís Miguel Correia.
Trata-se do primeiro volume da nova colecção NAVIOS DE LISBOA da EIN NÁUTICA, que apresenta uma história ilustrada dos navios de passageiros em Lisboa desde os antigos vapores do século XIX até aos actuais gigantes dos cruzeiros.
O livro foi apresentado na Estação Marítima de Alcântara a 19 de Dezembro por ocasião do encerramento das comemorações do centenário dos 100 anos do Porto de Lisboa, entidade que patrocinou a obra.
Destaque para a qualidade das imagens e rigor dos textos, num trabalho de divulgação desta importante faceta do Porto de Lisboa: os navios de passageiros.

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QUEEN VICTORIA in Lisbon 24-12-2007

The new Cunard cruise ship QUEEN VICTORIA on her first call to Lisbon on 24th December 2007
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LOOKING INTO THE QV

Cunard has just introduced another QUEEN to their fleet: the Italian built QUEEN VICTORIA, a ship set to replace the veteran QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 due to retire from active service next November. A new ship based on the ZUIDERDAM class of Holland America Line, and a near sister of the P&O ARCADIA, the QUEEN VICTORIA looks a scaled down QM2 in terms of interiors: a conservative look of British interior design style as seen by the American based Carnival Corporation. What a difference from the British superliners of the sixties, the ORIANA, CANBERRA and QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 in her original form, with their trend setting very modern interiors. The new Cunarder is a nostalgic ship, her interiors looking like the original QUEENs of 1936 and 1940, and those ships were already very conservative when introduced.
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300.000 PAX in Lisbon

The Italian cruise ship COSTA CONCORDIA visited Lisbon on 22nd December on her second call and brought the passenger no. 300.000. Costa is greatly increasing the number of calls in Lisbon for the 2008 season.
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CABO GIRÃO DE CASCO VERDE

Duas imagens do rebocador português CABO GIRÃO fotografado em Lisboa a 23 de Dezembro, já com o casco verde e as cores oficiais da empresa LUTAMAR, de Setúbal. Estas cores são menos atraentes que as anteriores, e o tom claro do casco não esconde a ferrugem da mesma forma que acontecia como azul escuro dos Portos da Madeira...
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POSTAIS DO VERA CRUZ

A construção e introdução do paquete VERA CRUZ de 1952 marcou um ponto alto na história da Companhia Colonial de Navegação e da Marinha de Comércio portuguesa. Este paquete navegou durante 20 anos e foi desmantelado na Ilha Formosa em 1973. Numa primeira fase assegurou a carreira Lisboa - América do Sul, fazendo igualmente viagens à América Central e diversos cruzeiros. A partir de 1961 serviu principalmente a linha Lisboa - Angola, e efectuou muitas viagens como transporte de tropas fretado ao Ministério do Exército, e ainda diversos cruzeiros em 1966.
A Companhia Colonial de Navegação editou quatro postais do VERA CRUZ. O primeiro apresentava uma maquete do navio a preto e branco. Foi substituído rapidamente por um belíssimo postal a cores, uma pintura de Gordon Ellis com o VERA CRUZ a navegar de lado, que dava a ideia de o paquete ser mais comprido. Seguiu-se uma segunda pintura, também de Gordon Ellis, de que se fizeram inúmeras edições, a última das quais em 1970. Em 1966 foi publicada uma edição limitada com uma fotografia a cores do VERA CRUZ atracado ao cais da CCN, junto à Rocha do Conde de Óbidos, vendo-se o ANGRA DO HEROÍSMO atracado dentro da Doca de Alcântara. Os originais das pinturas encontram-se expostos no Museu de Marinha de Lisboa
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END OF CRUISE SEASON IN LISBON

The cruise ships season ended on 24th December in Lisbon with the inaugural call of the new Cunard cruise ship QUEEN VICTORIA and the BOUDICCA of Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, while on the 23rd December the PRINCESS DANAE left Lisbon on a positioning voyage to Marseilles where she starts tomorrow a long cruise around South America geared to the French market.
2008 was a very good year for cruising related activities in Lisbon, with 256 calls and 303.000 passengers, a record number that is expected to grow to about 300 calls and 370.000 passengers in 2008. All photos taken in Lisbon by L.M.Correia.
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Paquete VERA CRUZ de 1952

A encomenda do navio de passageiros previsto no Despacho 100 para a linha do Brasil, atribuído à Companhia Colonial de Navegação foi concretizada a 9 de Agosto de 1949, com a assinatura, pela CCN e o estaleiro belga Société Anonyme John Cockerill, do contrato de construção do paquete VERA CRUZ.

De concepção muito avançada para a época, o VERA CRUZ foi o primeiro verdadeiro grande paquete português, pois todos os navios de passageiros anteriores, excepto o SERPA PINTO, eram unidades mistas de passageiros e carga. Pelas suas dimensões e características, o VERA CRUZ era um grande paquete de prestígio, cuja imponência e elegância representava condignamente Portugal em qualquer porto do mundo.
Com 21.765 toneladas de arqueação bruta, 185,75 m de comprimento, 23 m de boca e 15,8 m de pontal, o navio estava equipado com 2 grupos de turbinas a vapor Parsons, desenvolvendo a potência de 25.500 SHP e atingindo a velocidade máxima de 23 nós. O VERA CRUZ dispunha de alojamento para 1.242 passageiros instalados em 289 camarotes, distribuídos por três classes: 148 passageiros em 1ª classe, 250 em 2ª classe e 844 na 3ª classe. Tinha 350 tripulantes, dos quais 38 oficiais. Custou 408.000 contos em 1952, cerca de 2 milhões de Euros, mas se fosse construído agora custaria qualquer coisa como 300 milhões de euros.
As imagens que apresentamos do navio são o primeiro postal publicado pela CCN, com o VERA CRUZ ainda em construção, tendo sido utilizada uma fotografia de um modelo do paquete, e uma foto do VERA CRUZ feita no Funchal pela Foto Figueiras, em Abril de 1952, durante a viagem inaugural do navio. Brevemente voltaremos a falar do VERA CRUZ...
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N/T PÁTRIA in Madeira

Two images of the Portuguese passenger cargo liner PÁTRIA built in 1947 at Clydebank by Messrs John Brown to the order of Companhia Colonial de Navegação, Lisbon.
The PÁTRIA of the first new passenger liner built for CCN, being the first of a series of four 13.000 gross tons passenger cargo mail liners for the Lisbon - Africa service, all built in the UK after WW2.
Delivered in December 1947, she left Lisbon in January 1948 for Africa.
She is seen in Madeira in both pictures by local photographers Foto Figueiras and Foto Perestrellos. The second image also dates from PÁTRIA early days but it was not the inaugural voyage, and she is on her way home, fully laden and with the hull repainted.
The PÁTRIA was a fine ship. Although primarily used on the East Africa reguilar line, she also did voyages to Brazil, Central America and Karachi. The PÁTRIA was scraped in Taywan in 1973

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NEW SHIPS FOR AIDA

AIDA Cruises continues in expansive mood with another order for two new, larger cruise ships plus the increasing of capacity of a previously ordered ship.
The new ships bring Carnival Corporation’s investment in new ships for its German cruise brand to more than EUR 2 billion. AIDA took delivery of the first of the ships in April this year. Three more are due to come on stream in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
AIDA now says the capacity of the ship due for delivery in 2010 will be increased, from 69,200gt and 2,050 passengers to 71,000gt and 2,174 passengers. This will make the ship a sister to the two new ships ordered today.
The two latest ships due to be built by Germany’s Meyer Werft for AIDA are due for delivery in 2011 and 2012. While the first ship will be built at an all-in cost of EUR 380 million, the price tag will increase slightly for the second of the ships to EUR 385 million.
Both ships will be operated under AIDA’s club resort concept and be marketed to a German-speaking clientelle.
"With the interest in cruise vacations among Europeans continuing to grow significantly, we are committed to investing in our European brands. The addition of these 71,000-ton 'club resort' newbuilds and the increase in capacity for the fourth in the series will help to ensure that we have adequate capacity to meet growing demand, while further reinforcing AIDA's position as the leader in the German cruise industry," said Micky Arison, Carnival Corp.’s chairman and CEO.
AIDA’s order for new tonnage comes only days after the German tour operator TUI and Royal Caribbean announced plans for a new joint cruise venture: TUI Cruises. Carnival had originally hoped to team up with TUI for the launch of the new cruise brand, but an “extremely difficult regulatory environment in Germany” eventually meant that the deal fell through.
TUI Cruises foresees the creation of a “premium” cruise product, positioned above that of AIDA.
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MSC SINFONIA IN LISBON

The Mediterranean Shipping Cruises MSC SIFONIA called Lisbon for the first time on 23 November 2007. Built in 2002 for Festival Cruises as EUROPEAN STARS, she has a gross tonnage of 58.625 tons and capacity for 2.065 passengers.
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New LMC books on the way

We are pleased to inform that two cointainers full of new books by LMC are underway... Further informations to be released soon...

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AWAY IN THE WRITING ROOM

A maior ausência desde que este blogue de navios e muitas marés foi criado há quase dois anos.

Mas continuo vivo, apenas totalmente absorvido com novas obras primas da literatura marítima estilo LMC, com muitas fotografias e muitos meses de trabalho, muitas horas de pesquisa, tudo reduzido a 100 páginas aqui, outras 112 ali.
Parece simples, mas estes fenómenos de criação associados às pressões de toda a ordem da parte de patrocinadores são um ingrediente perfeito para ver a tensão arterial a subir...
No final não tem havido tempo para mais nada. Entretanto vão amealhando uns dinheiritos porque vão aparecer novos livrinhos à venda em breve...

Text and images copyright L.M.Correia. For other posts and images, check our archive at the right column of the main page. Click on the photos to see them enlarged. Thanks for your visit and comments. Luís Miguel Correia