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Florida Cruise Ships Collide PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 01 October 2009 18:28

Tampa's Carnival Legend and Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas sailing from Port Everglades collided in Cozumel last night, leaving both vessels damaged. 

The 88,500 ton Legend was pushed up against the 80,700 ton Enchantment by a strong wind while maneuvering away from the dock in Cozumel.  Both ships received minor damage and will continue on their itineraries, a five-night Caribbean cruise for the Enchantment and a 7-night for the Legend.  Still, passenger on board watched as a tug boat unsuccessfully tried to get between the two ships. 

On a personal blog site," TheOneBob" reports  "OK, so we're sitting in port. A few of us are on the pool deck watching the Carnival Legend pull out of port. As we're watching it, it's getting closer and closer. It looked like the wind was pushing the other ship toward us. I looked down and saw a tug boat try to get between the two boats, but it was too late. Then the collision became inevitable. There was some crunching and breaking glass noises and the ship rocked to one side a little. It was such a slow crash that it was barely noticeable. We could see scraped paint on the other ship, Really, nobody was hurt and we're waiting for the all-clear from the Harbor master to leave port."

Last Updated on Sunday, 01 November 2009 17:29
 
Baltimore officials call costs to move Moran Towing ‘extraordinary’ PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 01 October 2009 11:58
ROBBIE WHELAN
September 30, 2009 7:11 PM
Baltimore officials decided to pay $300,000 to relocate a tugboat company from Fells Point’s Recreation Pier because the moving costs were “extraordinary,” the city’s housing commissioner said Wednesday.

Moran Towing Co., the tugboat company located on the city’s Recreation Pier, will relocate to 1820 S. Clinton St. in Canton, after the city and a developer agreed to pay the company $300,000 each to cover relocation expenses.

Details of the company’s relocation were revealed at Wednesday’s meeting of the city’s spending panel, the Board of Estimates, where the board voted to authorize city funds to pay for the company’s move.

Walter Horton, the city’s chief real estate officer, questioned whether the city should have to pay anything to relocate the company to make way for a proposed Aloft hotel, which would be built by developer J. Joseph Clarke and H&S Properties Development Corp..

“The LDA obligates the developer to make payments for all costs…We’re wondering why we need to be making payments,” Horton told the board, referring to a January 2008 land disposition agreement between the city and the developers.
Last Updated on Sunday, 01 November 2009 17:29
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