Final voyage for ‘Big U’: Legendary ship to become underwater wonderland
A storied ocean liner that offered passengers regal elegance while setting trans-Atlantic speed records for decades began its ...
There’s a cruise ship docked south of Tri-Cities. Will it be a new WA tourist gateway?
American Cruise Lines and the Port of Walla Walla, which owns the dock, are forming a plan to upgrade Burbank’s high dock to ...
Duluth News Tribune6d
Tall ships festival plans return to Duluth
DULUTH — Tall ships will call on the Twin Ports again this summer as the 2025 Festival of Sail event returns. In 2022, Two Harbors hosted the event while work was underway on Duluth’s waterfront, ...
Tall ships festival will return to Duluth in July
The U.S. Brig Niagara and the Roseway approach crowd of viewers and the ship canal during the Duluth Tall Ships festival parade of sails in 2010. The festival returns to Duluth in July. (The Minnesota ...
Trump should be using this heavy-handed diplomacy against adversaries, not allies
The Trump administration needs to figure out the proper balance between coercion and diplomacy, and how it affects ...
BBC15d
Rubio demands Panama 'reduce China influence' over canal
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make "immediate changes" to what he calls the "influence and control" of China over the Panama Canal. America's top diplomat said Panama ...
The Points Guy16d
Wi-Fi on cruise ships: 5 things to know about internet use on board
Related: 16 mistakes cruise ship passengers make on disembarkation day Why aren't internet speeds and reliability the same on ships as they are on land? One obvious reason is that there is no cable ...
CNN16d
Rubio walks back State Department’s claim of free Panama Canal transit for US government vessels
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has walked back the State Department’s assertion that Panama “has agreed to no longer charge fees” to US government vessels transiting the Panama Canal ...
Los Angeles Daily News16d
Panama’s president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the canal for free
according to data from the canal authority. The fees charged to U.S. warships and those from other nations are based on the ship’s displacement tonnage, or the weight of the water displaced by ...
Opinion
Duluth News Tribune16dOpinion
Local View: Return of the ugly Americans — who actually never left
From the column: "Graffiti on walls in Panama now read, 'Haga patria mate un Gringo,' which translates to 'be patriotic, kill a foreigner'.” ...
Wall Street Journal16d
Panama Accuses U.S. of Lying About Deal for Free Navy Canal Passage
President Trump appeared to double down on his threats to seize the Panama Canal, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Panama with an ultimatum from the White House. Photo: Ben Curtis/Asso ...
Indiatimes16d
State Dept says US government vessels can now transit Panama Canal without fees
"If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question," Trump ...