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Large ocean liners with several thousand passengers can overwhelm small towns and vulnerable coastlines.
Late last week, an Italian court sentenced the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner, Francesco Schettino, to 16 years’ jail after finding him guilty of multiple charges of manslaughter. On January…
How has our approach to saving lives at sea changed since the tragedy of the RMS Titanic in which 1,523 of the 2,228 people she was carrying died a century ago? Surprisingly, not much. Only this April…
The huge Costa Concordia cruiseship is due to be righted in preparation for finally being towed away from the Italian island of Giglio. But why has lifting and removing the wreck taken so long, given that…
During the decade since the 9/11 attacks and the ensuing “war on terror”, cruise ship, resort and theme park tourist bubbles have been remarkably terror-free. The tourist-only environments on cruise ships…
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Professor of Tourism, Victoria University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
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Professor and Challenge Lead, Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Tourism Management and Marketing, University of Nottingham
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