http://www.alshehail.com Sea Transport News and Travel Information Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:41:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A number UK tourist are now opting to travel by ferry as the advantages are quite beneficial in a number of ways. It is said that travel by ferry is more relaxing compared to flying on the basis of the airport security issues, long queues and the fact that you ... http://www.alshehail.com/travelling-by-ferry-78 Global warming is becoming a bigger issue day by day. We are tearing up the world faster than we can preserve it so new ideas are always being formulated to lower the global temperature. A number of issues are being tackled and one I would like to talk about is ... http://www.alshehail.com/sea-travel-the-answer-to-global-warming-76 Raw sewage, chemical waste and tides of toilet paper are ruining the famous shorelines of Dubai. What is a prestigious shoreline which attracts thousands of western tourists each year has now become a cess pool and home to a toilet filled with e.coli. Tests have been performed by the offshore ... http://www.alshehail.com/dubai-waters-soiled-74 Italy’s largest tourism group has created an iphone app. Costa cruises of Italy have created an iphone app which allows tourists to learn everything about Costa before they experience there impressive cruise. The app can be downloaded from Apple ITunes app store and is free, also available in six languages ... http://www.alshehail.com/costa-cruises-and-the-iphone-72 A number of companies are now looking at their transport costs with a view to reducing them exponentially. It seems that transport via sea is becoming a likely opportunity for many businesses in the UK due to the continually rising fuel costs. One company in particular is taking on this ... http://www.alshehail.com/sea-transport-a-costs-winner-70 In the last article we broke the news that many of the leading ferry companies are to invest heavily in the future of sea travel, with over £1billion worth of ships in the pipeline over the next 18 months or so. Now we will look at some of the reasons ... http://www.alshehail.com/the-many-benefits-of-sea-travel-68 Sea travel has never been so popular. The situation regarding the ash cloud which has recently affected air travel has only highlighted the fact that travelling by ferry can be a less stressful and enjoyable way to get around these days. And to show that indeed sea travel is proving to ... http://www.alshehail.com/ferry-companies-plan-to-spend-1billion-on-new-ships-66 Jumping onto the wave of current demand for sea travel, it has been revealed that travel comparison site travelsupermarket.com have launched a new ferry service. Customers are now able to search for travel options to and from the UK as well as across Europe. This recent news just goes to show ... http://www.alshehail.com/launch-of-new-ferry-comparison-service-64 In the last blog post we revealed that Stena Line, the leading ferry operator was to increase its fleet in the near future to meet increasing demand for its services. But why is there a sudden rush towards sea travel all of a sudden? Stena Line’s general manager for travel, Dermot ... http://www.alshehail.com/growing-demand-for-ferry-services-63 It has recently been reported that Stena Line, one of the world's largest international ferry operators, is all set to introduce two additional ferries to meet the demand in this rapidly growing market. These “superferries” are to sail the North Sea and the first to be launched, Stella Hollandica, will set ... http://www.alshehail.com/stena-line-to-launch-two-more-ferries-61