Guilford, Conn., headquartered American Cruise Lines reports that its second Coastal Cat, American Glory, has passed its sea trials with flying colors. American Cruise Lines accepted delivery of the 100-passenger small ship from Chesapeake Shipbuilding on-time as scheduled and it will start its inaugural cruise on November 28 from Maryland to Florida, where it will begin operating American’s new Florida Gulf Coast & Keys cruises from late December into the new year. In addition to the new...
Chesapeake Shipbuilding’s Salisbury, Md., shipyard last week launched American Symphony, the fifth vessel in American Cruise Lines modern riverboat class.
American Symphony will begin cruising the Mississippi River in August 2022. Construction is also underway at the shipyard on the company’s sixth new riverboat, American Serenade.
American Symphony will feature the same sophisticated elegant design and state-of-the-art features showcased aboard 2021 sister ship American Melody. These include the...
The Coast Guard suspended its search December 2 for a man who fell overboard from the M/V American Queen a day prior near Mile 229 of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, La.
Rescue crews searched for more than 100 miles of the Lower Mississippi River for approximately 32 hours. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a radio call at 2:03 a.m. Wednesday, December 1, on VHF-FM channel 16 from the crew of the American Queen reporting a man overboard and stated they launched a...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/crewmember-falls-overboard-from-american-queen-steamboat/
Guilford, Conn., headquartered American Cruise Lines reports that it has accepted delivery of its latest modern riverboat, American Melody, from Chesapeake Shipbuilding.
Despite the challenges, the Maryland shipyard continued building through the pandemic and delivered American Melody as promised and on schedule.
Immediately after completing sea trials, the vessel headed to New Orleans to ready for its inaugural eight day cruise along the Mississippi River. The sold-out cruise departs from Port...
A riverboat cruise turned into somewhat of an adventure cruise yesterday when passengers found the vessel had gotten stuck on a sandbar near Barkley Bridge on Lake Barkley, Ky., during a seven-day voyage from Memphis to Nashville.
The Coast Guard was alerted to the incident yesterday when Sector Ohio Valley watchstanders received a call from American Cruise Lines reporting that its vessel American Jazz had run aground. A Coast Guard Station Paducah 29-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water...
https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/video-river-cruise-vessel-runs-aground/
American Cruise Lines announced that its second new modern riverboat, the 269’x59′ American Harmony, moved under its own power to the shipyard’s outfitting pier for final touches.
The 2,700 gt. American Harmony was successfully launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding this past November 2018 and is well ahead of schedule for its Aug. 17, 2019 inaugural cruise on the Mississippi River, the company said in a recent statement.
The new cruise vessel is the second of five new ships in American’s new modern...
https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/acls-second-new-riverboat-delivered-in-august/