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The cruise shipping industry in the corporate mergers and overpanamax eras. A comparison with the container shipping industry [PDF]
Belgeo, 2004 After container shipping, the cruise shipping industry has entered recently into the overpanamax era, in a typical quest for economies of scale, at the same time as it was searching for economies of scope, including through corporate mergers.
Jacques Charlier
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Machine learning based method for analyzing vibration and noise in large cruise ships. [PDF]
PLoS ONECruise ships are distinguished as special passenger ships, transporting passengers to various ports and giving importance to comfort. High comfort can attract lots of passengers and generate substantial profits. Vibration and noise are the most important
Wenwei Wu +6 more
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Model for Estimation of Fuel Consumption of Cruise Ships
Energies, 2018 This article presents a model to estimate the energy use and fuel consumption of cruise ships that sail Norwegian waters. Automatic identification system (AIS) data and technical information about cruise ships provided input to the model, including ...
Morten Simonsen +2 more
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Methods of Raising Funds for Purchasing of New Cruise Ships by International Corporations
International Journal of Management and Economics, 2017 The world’s cruise corporations regularly purchase large, luxurious cruise ships. In accordance with the Cruise Line International Association, 33 new ocean cruise ships will be available on the market by 2020.
Kizielewicz Joanna
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Laboratory-based respiratory virus surveillance pilot project on select cruise ships in Alaska, 2013-15. [PDF]
J Travel Med, 2017 Background Influenza outbreaks can occur among passengers and crews during the Alaska summertime cruise season. Ill travellers represent a potential source for introduction of novel or antigenically drifted influenza virus strains to the United States ...
Rogers KB +12 more
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Legionella risk assessment in cruise ships and ferries
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2017 Introduction The increasing development of marine traffic has led to a rise in the incidence of legionellosis among travellers. It occurs in similar environments, especially closed and crowded, and aboard ships Legionella survives and multiplies easily ...
Pasqualina Laganà +2 more
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Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022 ObjectivesThis paper takes the perspective of user cognition to explore the current situation and influencing factors of the cruise ships' appearance brand images.MethodsBased on the hierarchical clustering method, experiments are designed that allow ...
Jiefeng LYU, Yiming ZHOU, Mozijing WANG
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Applied Sciences, 2022 The analysis of cruising trends in the Mediterranean regions shows that the Adriatic is the fastest growing cruise region in terms of the number of passenger movements and cruise ships’ port calls among all regions, particularly the central and south ...
Josip Dorigatti +2 more
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When We Practice to Deceive: Service Worker Manipulation and (Mis)Behavior on Cruise Ships
Journal of Travel Research, 2023 Studies of service delivery often assume that any deviance from service protocols when interacting with customers is largely due to service worker ineptitude or incompetence; this is particularly the case with customer deception or manipulation.
A. Pressey, L. Harris
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Survey on some key technologies and development trends of luxury cruise ship
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022 The design and construction of luxury cruise ships is currently a hot topic in the domestic shipbuilding industry, but the design skills are insufficient due to a lack of practical experience derived from real projects.
Jiapeng SUN, Minjian ZHANG
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