Cruise Radio News Brief - November 18, 2018

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🗓️ 18 November 2018

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Cruise Radio News Brief - November 18, 2018. Carnival Cruise Line's largest ship to date is officially underway and they are getting a new hull log. More drama in the cruise port of Nassau, Bahamas with the straw market. Windstar Cruises announced that three of their ships will get stretched, get new engines, and more staterooms.

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0:00.0	I'm Doug Parker, and this is your Sunday morning news brief for November 18, 2018.
0:05.4	Construction is underway. A traditional steel-cutting ceremony at Meyer-Turk Shipyard in Finland
0:11.1	kicked off construction of Carnival's largest ever 180,000-ton ship that is scheduled to be delivered in 2020.
0:18.2	The ceremony also served as the unveiling of a new design,
0:22.3	a red, white, and blue logo across the ship's hall, the unnamed XL-ship will home port in Port Canaveral
0:28.7	in 2020. And there's more drama in Nassau. Vendors at the world-famous straw market in Nassau
0:34.4	Bahamas are having issue with the conditions of the market, so they quit paying rent. The government-run straw market authority then threw away the merchandise
0:42.0	owned by the vendors. Vendors claim that a lot of the spaces are run down, filthy, and poorly
0:47.2	lit. According to recent reports, the vendors pay $37.50 per week to rent the space in the
0:53.9	straw market.
0:54.8	This story is still ongoing.
0:56.6	And finally, Windstar Cruises announced that three of their ships will undergo a refurbishment program called the Star Plus Initiative.
1:03.7	This will stretch, add 50 new state rooms, and re-engine the Star Breeze, Star Legend, and Star Pride.
1:09.9	The refurbishments will happen between October
1:12.3	2019 and November 2020. You can hear daily Cruise Radio news briefs on the Cruise Radio News podcast feed.
1:19.5	Subscribe today. More stories at cruiseradio.net. Doug Parker, Cruise Radio News.

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