Useful On-line Resources
for an Industry
Overview
Cruise Community -- a
website maintained by Seatrade
Cruise Line International
Association -- see twice
yearly issued "Cruise Industry Overview" (In the
Press Room --
requires registration)
Cruise Lines and
Cruise Related Links (a good
collection of links to cruise lines, ports, suppliers, and more)
Carnival
Corporation Annual Reports, 1997 - present
Royal
Caribbean Cruises Limited Annual Reports, 1996 - present
For other corporate information, see the respective company's filings
with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. These are
available at each company's website (i.e., Carnival
Corp and RCCL).
Of particular interest are quarterly and annual reports (Forms 10Q and
10K for Carnival; 20F and 6K for RCCL), as well as reports to annual
meetings of shareholders (e.g., Form 14A for Carnival). In
addition to financial information, these filings include details about
the Board of Directors, about remuneration received by officers and and
board members, about law suits and other legal issues having financial
implications for the company, about the ships owned by the corporation
and its divisions and constituent companies, and much much more.
Though they can be at times laborious to read, the information garnered
is often invaluable depending on the nature of reserach being
undertaken.
Cruise Industry
Lobbying and
Trade Organizations On-Line
International Council of Cruise Lines
(the industry's Washington-based lobbyist)
Lots of good information, but all from a
pro-industry perspective)
Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association
(the industry's trade organizations focussed on the Caribbean)
NorthWest Cruiseship Association
(Vancouver-based trade organization focussed on cruise industry
interests in the Pacific Northwest and Hawai'i
Cruise Europe
(Marketing organization for ports in Northern and Western Europe)
Cruise Med (Marketing
organization for ports in the Mediterranean)
The Passenger Shipping
Association (UK-based organization promoting passenger travel by
sea)
Cruise Industry Critics
On-Line
Cruise Junkie dot com (A general interest
website with links to many useful resources)
Bluewater Network
(Environmental organization based in San Francisco)
Livable Oldtown
(Community-based organization in Key West, FL)
Oceana's Cruise
Ship Pollution Campaign (Envioronmental organization based in
Washington,
DC)
War on Want Sweatships
Campaign (UK-based devoted to fighting poverty)
Law Firms With Cases
Involving the Cruise
Industry (some with on-line newsletters)
Beard Stacey
Trueb & Jacobsen, Seattle and Anchorage
Crewmember and Maritime Advocacy
Center, Miami
Eriksen Law Firm (Travel Law)
Harris and Moure, Seattle
John
(Jack) H. Hickey, Miami
Hoffman & Schweitzer Law Firm, New York & New Jersey
Vujasinovic & Beckcom - Maritime Accident Attorney, Houston
James Walker,
Miami (Cruise Law)
Toyne and Mayo (Maritime Crew and
Passenger Claims)
Irwin
Mitchell Solicitors,
Birmingham, UK
Useful Trade Magazines
Cruise Business Review
Cruise
Industry News Quarterly
International Cruise and Ferry Review (not on-line)
Lloyd's
Cruise International
Lloyd's
List (Daily newspaper concerned with shipping available only by
subscription)
Seatrade Cruise Review
Consumer-focussed
Periodicals
Cruise Magazine
Cruise Travel Magazine
Porthole Cruise Magazine