voyages

Cruise lines cancel voyages as Hurricane Ian steams toward Florida

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Cruise operators are canceling trips and rerouting ships as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida, where those in the storm’s path readied on Wednesday for storm surges and potentially deadly winds.  Carnival Cruise Line canceled a planned Thursday cruise on its Carnival Paradise ship leaving from Tampa, where the port is currently closed to maritime traffic, along … Read more

Taiwan Strait: USS Benfold enters Chinese-claimed waters for third time in a week following US Navy destroyer’s South China Sea voyages

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Washington said the latest voyage by the guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold demonstrated its “commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” but Beijing blasted it as a “provocation” that showed the United States was a “destroyer of peace and stability.” The strait is a 110-mile (180-kilometer) wide stretch of water that separates the democratic self-ruled island … Read more