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The 2004 cruise season was the best yet with a total of 122 calls with 212,834 passengers spanning the period April to early November. Highlights are shown below. The new season is already underway and will reach its peak in September and October. Ships representing 19 cruise lines are scheduled to visit in 2005 bringing over 190,000 passengers to the region.
Links to further pages featuring passenger ships are given below:
Please feel free to send any comments, information or additional photos concerning the featured ships to Mike at ships_ns@yahoo.ca
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Name / Owner: MAASDAM IMO No: 8919257 Holland America Line, reg: Rotterdam.
Comments: June 10, 2004. The STATENDAM class MAASDAM took over the weekly run from New York in 2004 from the ROTTERDAM although the latter returned for the fall colours later in the season.
Year built / Builder: 1993, Fincantieri, Marghera, Italy, at a cost of US$ 250 million.
Details: 55,451 GT; 719.6 ft x 101ft; 1,629 passengers; power plant: five Sulzer diesels (46,884 bhp) driving twin screws for a service speed of 20 knots.
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Name / Owner: AURORA IMO No: 9169524 P&O Cruises, reg: UK - London.
Comments: September 29, 2004. In case you may be thinking that Halifax weather is always perfect for photography .... let me assure you it is not! Fortunately, the rain ceased just before the ships sailed on this particular evening. Opportunities for good angles have been diminished by increased port security measures of late. It's the same everywhere, but we afficionados retain the right to complain. Not that it will do us or our cause any good! Anyway, the AURORA looks good from any angle in any weather.
Year built / Builder: 2000, Meyer-Werft, Papenburg, at a cost of US$ 324 million.
Details: 76,152 gt; 886 ft x 106 ft; 1,874 passengers; 4, 14 cyl MAN diesels, 40,000 kW (54,360 bhp), twin screws, 24 knots.
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Name / Owner: CONSTELLATION IMO No: 9192399 Celebrity Cruises, reg: Bahamas - Nassau .
Comments: Another departure on September 29th - Celebrity Cruise's Millennium-Class, CONSTELLATION, passes the inbound, self-discharging bulker, ALICE OLDENDORFF (Built: 2000, Shanghai; 28,709 GT, 50,259 DWT) on her way out to sea. Another view here.
Year built / Builder: 2002, At. et Chant. de l'Atlantique, St. Nazaire, at a cost of US$ 350 million.
Details: 90,280 GT; 965 ft x 105 ft; 1,950 passengers. Propulsion machinery: Two GE LM2500 gas turbines generating electricity to power twin 19.5 mW, Kamewa "Mermaid" pods; 24 knots. Heat from the exhaust of the gas turbines is used to drive a steam turbine which supplies energy for heating water and the non-propulsion electrical requirements of the ship.
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