Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Argentina was a replacement for Moore-McCormack's SS Argentina (1929). Argentina and her sister ship, Brasil, used MARAD Design P2-S2-9a.Construction was subsidized by the United States Maritime Administration under title V, sections 501 and 504 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936.
The Port of Buenos Aires (Spanish: Puerto de Buenos Aires) is the principal maritime port in Argentina. Operated by the Administración General de Puertos (General Ports Administration), a state enterprise , it is the leading transshipment point for the foreign trade of Argentina .
She was the first cruise ship to sink there, [3] after striking an iceberg on 23 November 2007. All passengers and crew were rescued. [4] The ship was commissioned and operated by the Swedish explorer Lars-Eric Lindblad. Its 1969 expeditionary cruise to Antarctica was the forerunner for today's sea-based tourism in that region.
The wind caused the ship to experience "sudden movement," the cruise line said. Disarray in a bar area of the Explorer of the Seas on Nov. 7, 2024. / Credit: Jonathan Parrish
On 4 June she left New York on the Buenos Aires run for the first time since 1941. [3] On 10 December 1954 Brazil left New York on a scheduled run to Buenos Aires. [3] One day out of port she developed engine trouble and had to return for repairs. [3] As a result, she completed her round trip a week late, reaching New York on 24 January. [3]
One of the first ships was a used World War II ship; in 1946 the SS Bozeman Victory was sold to Compañía Argentina de Navegación Dodero, Buenos Aires, Argentina and renamed SS Campero. In 1949 she was sold to Flota Argentina de Navegación de Ultramar, Buenos Aires. In 1961 she was sold to Empresa Líneas Marítimas Argentinas, Buenos Aires.
MV Monte Cervantes was a 500 ft (150 m) German passenger liner that sailed the South American route from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn (Chubut) to Punta Arenas to Ushuaia and return to Buenos Aires. The ship sailed under German registration and belonged to the South American Hamburg Company.
Cristoforo Colombo was the last ship to bring immigrants to the historical Canadian immigration terminal Pier 21 on March 30, 1971, the day before the Pier closed its doors. [ 1 ] In 1973, the Cristoforo Colombo was reassigned from the New York service to the Genoa-Barcelona-Lisbon-Rio-Montevideo-Buenos Aires service, replacing the MS Giulio ...