Norway
Here is a link to a very informative site about Norway http://www.maritimematters.com/norway.html

Great to see this forum added Stephen, am sure AllanF will be back soon with his knowledge and photos of many ships of the past.

Tomorrow! Today- the bells of death are ringing. Tomorrow she belongs to the beach: http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=312913&sid=NAT

Besides the information on the page, there is a really creepy add of ants moving around on a tree....looks so real...like they are on my screen. Forgot the pest control? Get Kroooz-a-pest - "We exterminate al members"

Do you suppose Peter Knego will be there to record the moment? CJ

A sad day
Our first cruise was our honeymoon on the SS Norway January 1981. We took our son and were joined by both sets of parents and my wife’s grandmother February 1991 to celebrate out 10th anniversary. The Norway always has had a special place in our hearts. She will be missed

Welcome, Stephan! We will all miss her, even though most have never even seen her inperson. She is a talisman. CJ

Found this just now. Late News: It appears that Blue Lady has changed hands overnight. The alleged new Indian buyer is Priya Blue Industries Pvt. Ltd, who are obviously a breakers yard. We may ask, how this could possibly have happened overnight, well this is not known at the moment. Obviously the banks in London and Star Cruises must have been involved in order for the ship to be transferred to another breaker. However, as it is Haryana who was given permission to beach her and not this new company, the news below could mean another hold-up of her being beached. I am sorry for not being able to provide better news, but your participation as requested below is still vital! http://www.ssmaritime.com/Norway-NewsUpdates-1.htm :?:

It looks very very bad for this wonderful ship. I have never seen her but from the pictures I have seen she was a true liner.

SS Norway
One of my favorite pics of the Norway. She was just off Miami at sunset, January 2002, and had pulled over and stopped. We were on the Paradise when I shot this picture. On the airplane after the cruise we sat with a couple that was on the Norway and they told us a man had a heart attack and died as the ship was pulling out of Miami. They turned around and went back after all the other ships left port.

Maybe some good news. August 5: Beaching permission by the Technical Committee on Ship Breaking is illegal. "Beaching permission, which has been granted to the toxic laden Blue Lady by the Technical Committee on Ship Breaking, is illegal on three counts. One, the Supreme Court allowed the entry of the ship in the Indian waters for anchoring on humanitarian grounds not for beaching with no equity on the owners. This permission was in pursuance of a submission made by Haryana Ship Demolitions Pvt Ltd. But the permission has been given to a new outfit called Priya Blue Shipping Pvt Ltd. This is in violation of the court order. The alleged new purchaser Priya admits in its website "western countries have very high standards of safety which calls for costly measures for ensuring safety. Hence, ship-breaking industry has been diverted from western countries to India…" Secondly, even this permission has been by a Technical Committee whose term has expired on 31st July 2006. Thirdly, the committee was supposed to submit its report to the court. The court is yet to hear the legal arguments wherein the compliance of apex court's 14th October 2003 order was sought by an applicant. Blue Lady is full of highly toxic substances such as asbestos, PCBs and heavy metals besides radioactive substances. Given the fact that Alang shipyard does not have the facility to deal with these hazardous wastes and substances it endangers the occupational and environmental health and safety of the casual and contract workers. The court is aware of the deficiencies in the facilities at Alang, which led to it forming this Committee on ship breaking. As long as the committee does not submit its final report and the recommendations therein are complied with any claims with regard to the possibility of safe handling of PCBs and asbestos is misplaced. With regard to PCBs, which is a neurotoxin although its presence on board the ship has been confirmed on physical observation sans any lab analysis the fact remains Alang does not even have a facility to -*test*-('") it let alone manage it safely. As per an International treaty called Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), to which India is a party, PCBs are listed as substances, which are to be phased out." Real the full report HERE.

Great pic Stephang. :!: Another great liner with a great profile. When ships were ships. My Godfather sailed her first Eastbound maiden voyage when she was the France.