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Seafaring & Natural Conditions
Navigation, weather, and natural conditions at sea and on rivers.
Photo: Markus Lenk
- History and technology: describing ships with confidence
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Knowledge Base
- A Ship’s Length, Breadth and Depth
- Accessibility at the cruise terminal: Terminal and access to the ship
- Accessibility in cabins and public areas
- AIS, Radar and Nautical Charts: Different Sources of Information on Board
- Applying and finding a reputable recruitment agency
- Arrival, Departure, and All-Aboard Time
- Art and Design Travel
- Astronomy and stargazing on cruises
- Atlantic Hurricane Season: Dates, Seasonal Outlook and Weather Forecast
- Battery and Hybrid Propulsion on Ships
- Beaufort, Wind Strength and Marine Weather Forecasts
- Beer and brewing culture as a cruise theme
- Bow Thrusters and Transverse-Thrust Systems
- Bridge clearance and water levels: why clearance can vary
- Cabin location: deck, routes and possible sources of noise
- Cabin types on board: interior, ocean view, balcony, or suite
- Cancelling a cruise: contracts and deadlines
- Captain, Navigational Officers and the Bridge Team
- Captain’s Dinner, Captain’s Reception, and Gala Evening: The Differences
- Cardinal Marks and Isolated Danger Marks: Different Warning Functions
- Carnival on Board and Festival Culture in Port
- Chantiers de l’Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire
- Charted depth and datum: why depth figures need a reference value
- Chartered vessel: ownership, charter and operations
- Classical and Chamber Music on Board
- Classification Societies and Ship Class
- Comedy and cabaret cruises: When humor takes center stage
- Complaints and evidence after a cruise
- Cooking Classes and Culinary Workshops
- Course, Heading, and Bearing
- Crew life: accommodation and leisure
- Cruise brands and corporate groups
- Cruise cancelled, changed or itinerary altered
- Cruise line, operator and brand: Who does what?
- Cruise port, passenger port and ferry terminal: same words, different functions?
- Cruise ship comfort classes: standard, premium and luxury
- Cruise Ship, Ocean Liner, and Passenger Ship
- Cruise Travel Insurance: Benefits and Coverage
- Cruise Types & Life on Board
- Cruises in stages
- Culinary-Themed Cruises
- Customs and bringing goods on a cruise
- Dance Cruises and Dance Workshops on Board
- De Hoop Shipyard and Passenger Shipbuilding
- Diesel-electric ship propulsion
- Disembarkation and onward travel
- Displacement and Lightweight
- Draft: Distance Between the Waterline and the Bottom of a Ship
- Dress codes on board: casual, smart and formal attire
- Electronic Music and DJ Festivals on Board
- Embarkation: Documents and Schedule
- Employment contracts, periods of service and rotation
- Entertainment, Sports and Shore Excursion Assistance
- Equator Crossing Ceremony: A Custom for Crossing the Equator
- Fairway, Channel, and Navigation Area
- Fincantieri and its cruise shipyards
- Find places to retreat and quiet moments on board
- First-Class Nile Ship: Meaning of the Offer Category
- Fitness and Training Cruises
- Flensburg Rum Regatta: Historic Working Sailing Vessels and Regatta Traditions
- Fog, visibility and coastal weather: why visibility does not depend on rain alone
- Freeboard and Load Lines
- From Passenger Crossing to Holiday at Sea
- From ship to shore excursion: the handoff between port, cruise line, and local provider
- Gaming and Esports Cruises
- Gangway and terminal: the link between ship and quay
- Gauge Level and Water Depth: Two Different Measurements
- Getting married at sea
- GT and NT: Tonnage, Not Weight
- Guest Services and Crew Contacts
- Gulet: A boat type between sail and motor
- Hamburg Cruise Days
- Hamburg Port Anniversary
- Hanse Sail Rostock: Traditional Sailing Ships and Harbor Festival
- Health Preparation Before Your Cruise
- Heel and Trim
- Historic Passenger Ships as Testaments to Their Time
- History and Maritime Culture on Board
- Home Port, Port of Registry, Base Port and Deployment
- Hotel Management and Cruise Management
- Hotel, Restaurant and Housekeeping Jobs
- How ship design and comfort changed
- Hull Form and Water Resistance
- Hygiene and Illness on Board
- Ice Classes: What They Say About a Ship—and What They Don’t
- IMO Number: Identifying a Ship
- IMO Numbers for Companies and Registered Owners
- ISPS Security Zones at Cruise Ports: Passenger Access and Public Space
- Jazz, Soul, and Groove Voyages
- Kiel Week: Sailing and City Festival
- Knowledge and Science Cruises
- Language and Cultural Learning on Cruises
- Late arrival at the ship
- Lateral marks: how buoys identify a channel
- Latitude, Longitude and Ship Positions
- Layout and Functions of a Cruise Terminal
- Lighthouses, Sectors and Fog Signals: Visible and Audible Navigation Aids
- Literature and Reading Cruises
- Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven
- Locks on cruise routes: changes in elevation, waiting times and route-specific factors
- Luggage during turnaround: from the terminal to your cabin and back
- Making the most of sea days
- Maritime Days Bremerhaven: Harbour Festival and Ships on the Weser
- Maritime Flag and Signaling Traditions Aboard Ship
- Meyer Turku
- Meyer Werft in Papenburg
- Mitsubishi and Passenger Shipbuilding in Nagasaki
- MMSI: the maritime radio identifier
- Mooring in Port: Bollards, Fenders and Mooring Lines
- Multigenerational Cruises
- Music and festival cruises: an overview of the formats
- Musical and theatre cruises: what makes them special?
- Muster Drill and Safety Briefing
- Mystery, True Crime and Puzzle Cruises
- Nature, Wildlife, and Conservation Trips
- Nautical Chart and Land Map: Different Information for Different Routes
- Nautical Miles and Knots
- Neptun Werft
- Ocean and River Cruises Compared
- Onboard Entertainment: Shows, Live Music, and Interactive Activities
- Onboard services and extras included in the cruise fare
- Open and Closed Ship Registries
- Package holiday or separately booked travel services
- Passports and validity for cruises
- Photography Workshops on Cruises
- Pilots in Cruise Ports: Local Knowledge and Responsibilities
- Planning your journey to the cruise port
- Pod Drives and Rotating Propeller Housings
- Pop and Artist Cruises
- Port authorities, terminal operators, and ship’s agents: Responsibilities in a cruise port
- Port calls, transits and turnarounds: terms for cruise port visits
- Port services for cruise ship calls: fresh water, provisions and waste
- Port, Starboard, Bow and Stern
- Ports & Port Life
- Ports with Multiple Terminals: Terminals, Transfers and Shore Visits
- Power Train: Engine, Shaft and Propeller
- Pride and LGBTQ+ Travel Formats
- Propeller and rudder as an interacting system
- Qualifications and Fitness for Sea Service
- Regional Cuisine and Food Culture
- Restaurants and Dining Options on Board
- Rock and Metal Cruises
- Roll, Pitch, and Yaw
- Running and Endurance Formats on Cruises
- SAiL Bremerhaven: International Tall Ship Gathering
- Sailing Ships, Steamships and Motor Propulsion in Passenger Travel
- Schlager and Sing-Along Cruises: Who Is This Format For?
- Sea State: Wave Height, Wave Period, and Significant Wave Height
- Seafaring & Natural Conditions
- Seasickness: Preparation and Where to Get Help
- Service Charges and Gratuities on Board
- Shanghai Waigaoqiao and Cruise Shipbuilding
- Ship Call Signs
- Ship Christening and Traditional Naming
- Ship Engine Room and Onboard Power
- Ship Exhaust, Port Noise and Local Cruise Ship Conflicts
- Ship Fleets and Fleet Composition
- Ship fuels and LNG
- Ship Hulls and Materials
- Ship Manager and Technical Operations
- Ship Names and Prefixes: What Do “RMS” and Others Mean?
- Ship owner and registered owner
- Ship Registers and Flag States
- Ship renamed: What changes—and what stays the same
- Ship Sections, Shipyard Construction and Undocking
- Ship Stability as a Design Foundation
- Shipbuilding, ship repair, and refits
- Ships & Technology
- Shipyards in Cruise Shipbuilding
- Shore Power for Cruise Ships
- Small Ships and Large Cruise Ships
- Smoking on Board
- Speed over ground and speed through water
- Spring and neap tides: how lunar phases affect tidal range
- Stabilizers on Cruise Ships
- Storm Surges, Wind Setup and Tides: Coastal Water Levels
- Stralsund Harbour Days: a maritime city festival on the waterfront and Harbour Island
- Taking medication on a cruise
- Tattoo and Body Art Themed Cruises
- Technical Personnel and Engine-Room Crew
- Tendering and disembarkation by tender
- Terminal, Quay, Pier, and Berth: Cruise Port Terms
- The Bulbous Bow and Its Effect
- Themed Cruises
- Tides and tidal currents: water levels and horizontal movement
- Traffic Separation Schemes: Purpose and Limits of Maritime Traffic Lanes
- Travel Preparation & Rules
- TravemĂĽnde Week: Regatta, Trave and Festival
- Tugs in port: what harbor tugs are used for
- Understanding deadweight (DWT)
- Understanding medical care on board
- VARD and expedition shipbuilding
- Vessel Traffic Services: Monitoring and information at port approaches
- Visas, Going Ashore and Transit Countries
- WarnemĂĽnde Week: Regatta and Summer Festival
- Water Levels, Seasonal Navigability, and River Cruises
- Welcoming Ships and Nautical Sound Signals: Custom or Rule?
- Wellness and Health Cruises
- Wi-Fi, Internet and Mobile Service at Sea
- Wind Waves and Swell: Two Types of Waves
- Windward and Leeward
- Wine and Culinary Cruises
- Winter Operations, Ice-Free Conditions and Icebreaker Services
- Working on a Cruise Ship: Jobs and How to Get Started
- Yoga and mindfulness cruises at sea
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