Costa Concordia impacts Dover

• Guest 697

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  4 February 2012     16:06151468
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  The Costa Concordia incident has had an impact on Dover's cruise calls for 2012. The Costa Magica which was due to have undertaken a series of cruises from the port will instead operate in the Mediterranen in place of the Concordia. The Magica's Dover itineraries will be undertaken by the Costa neoRomantica. This is a smaller ship so will have an impact on passenger numbers at the port.
• Guest 656

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  4 February 2012     16:16151472
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  Yes, bad news for Dover. Unfortunately 2012 is a very quiet season for turnarounds, with a much smaller ship from Holland America too. Staffing requirements will be greatly reduced
• Guest 653

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  5 February 2012     08:10151586
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  Thanks Kevin and Colette.
  
  Does that mean then Colette, that the percentage of Port of Calls will be higher - last year I believe that PoC were much lower than normal. Port of Calls can do more good for Dover - if we can present a good, clean, brighter, more welcoming Town, but how are we going to do that if there isn't a central co-ordinating person/manager ?
  
  
  
  
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  Captain 'Plotted Fatal Sail Past For Days'
  
  "The captain of the doomed Costa Concordia cruise ship had been plotting his fatal "sail past" of the island of Giglio for days, a court has heard.
  
  The Italian court was also told that after steering the 114,000 tonne vessel into the island's rocky coast, Francesco Schettino failed to give clear instructions to officials after they discovered sea water flooding the engines through a tear in the hull.
  
  Schettino is on trial facing charges of manslaughter, shipwreck and abandoning ship for his role in the capsizing of the Costa Concordia in January 2012 during which 32 passengers and crew drowned.
  
  He was in court in Grosseto on Monday to hear statements from engine room officer Giovanni Iaccarino.
  
  "Schettino wanted to sail very close to Giglio the week before," he said...."
  
  http://news.sky.com/story/1151279/captain-plotted-fatal-sail-past-for-days
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