Sunday, March 18, 2012

QE2 DUBAI 2012

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QE2 in Port Rahid DUBAI. The lighting is on at night and there is signes of smoke from the funnel. The port is secure from the road with security ...

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Picture gallery: Sail London Launch aboard the Thalassa Tall Ship - Event Magazine

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Picture gallery: Sail London Launch aboard the Thalassa Tall Ship
Event Magazine
Guests boarded the Thalassa Tall Ship on a cruise down the Thames for the latest London Launch networking evening on 16 March. The ship – one of 15 which will be offering hospitality cruises during the Olympics – left North Greenwich's QE2 Pier at 5pm.

Photo gallery: Sail London Launch aboard the Thalassa Tall Ship - Event Magazine

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Photo gallery: Sail London Launch aboard the Thalassa Tall Ship
Event Magazine
Guests boarded the Thalassa Tall Ship on a cruise down the Thames for the latest London Launch networking evening on 16 March. The ship – one of 15 which will be offering hospitality cruises during the Olympics – left North Greenwich's QE2 Pier at 5pm.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Love Boat Sold For Scrap - GCaptain (press release)

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The Love Boat Sold For Scrap
GCaptain (press release)
That's because she is more more famous as the Pacific Princess, the official cruise ship for the television show The Love Boat. The show aired on ABC's popular saturday night lineup from 1977 till 1986 and was usually set aboard a cruise liner called ...

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Raise a glass to Spatz Sperling - Independent Online

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Raise a glass to Spatz Sperling
Independent Online
By Nicola Jenvey Spatz Sperling celebrated the 50th anniversary of his arrival in South Africa by presenting Delheim wine lectures and tastings aboard the SA-bound QE2. Here, he and his wife Vera disembark from the ship. Picture: Rogan Ward Industry ...

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Time to Say Goodbye QE2 Sailing UK 2008

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As we sail from Southampton, we shed a tear for this is the last voyage of the QE2 around British Isles and Cobh. flotillas of small boats, MV ...

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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Pensions face £90 billion hit from QE2 - Yahoo! News UK

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Pensions face £90 billion hit from QE2
Yahoo! News UK
User • Indianapolis, United States • 1 QE2 ship is sinking. But costs are costs whatever be their date. A Yahoo! User • 1 hour 4 GOVERNMENT ALWAYS SCREWS things UP A Yahoo! User • Yeovil, England • The elderly ...

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Monday, March 5, 2012

QE2 2007 'The Long Way Round' 40th Anniversary UK Trip

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In 2007 the Gradwell & Gradwell-Spencer family sailed around the UK on board QE2. Their mission to enjoy the celebration of the ship in its ...

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Friday, March 2, 2012

AHOY THERE! QE2 SKIPPER IS TAKING L TEST ON A CANAL - Express.co.uk

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AHOY THERE! QE2 SKIPPER IS TAKING L TEST ON A CANAL
Express.co.uk
By Tom Fullerton WHEN Nick Bates gets his ticket to skipper a canal barge, as he surely will, his mind may flash back to the day he first took the QE2 out of Southampton as captain. There can't be many mariners out there with a CV as impressive as his, ...

Monday, February 27, 2012

Three day tow to safety for cruise ship - Newstalk ZB

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Three day tow to safety for cruise ship
Newstalk ZB
Passengers from the stricken cruise ship the Costa Allegra face a three day voyage to safety without power on board. Sky's Jane Dougall says there are also no communications and passengers can't get hold of their loved ones to let them know they're ok.

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DP World boss Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem praises Southampton terminal - Andover Advertiser

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DP World boss Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem praises Southampton terminal
Andover Advertiser
Mr Bin Sulayem, who was behind Dubai's luxury beachfront Palm and World developments and the purchase of the retired QE2 liner for $100m, met managers and staff at the terminal and pledged: “We will continue to invest in Southampton.

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DP World boss Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem praises Southampton terminal - Daily Echo

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DP World boss Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem praises Southampton terminal
Daily Echo
Mr Bin Sulayem, who was behind Dubai's luxury beachfront Palm and World developments and the purchase of the retired QE2 liner for $100m, met managers and staff at the terminal and pledged: “We will continue to invest in Southampton.

Millionaire boss praises terminal - Daily Echo

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Millionaire boss praises terminal
Daily Echo
Mr Bin Sulayem, who was behind Dubai's luxury beachfront Palm and World developments and the purchase of the retired QE2 liner for $100m, met managers and staff at the terminal and pledged: “We will continue to invest in Southampton.

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Could Britain still defend the Falklands? - BBC News

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Could Britain still defend the Falklands?
BBC News
HMS Endurance, an Antarctic ice patrol vessel, was the only ship based in the South Atlantic at the time. And there were no fighter jets - none of the island's airstrips were long enough. The only planes that could land before the war came from ...

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

4 reasons to use options -- and 4 more reasons why you should think twice - RIABiz

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4 reasons to use options -- and 4 more reasons why you should think twice
RIABiz
Over the past decade, investors and their advisors have had to decipher a lot of concepts. Think about it: who knew what QE2 was? Not a gigantic ship, but a method of loosening up credit markets (or trying to). Exchange-traded funds?