Blue Harvest has charged captains and crew on its vessels for maintenance, electronics and wharfage fees, among other expenses.
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Will Sennott,
ProPublica,
22 July 2022
Stimpson said last year that cruising, before the pandemic halted the industry, attracted around $6 million in annual gross revenues from wharfage and parking alone.
The 679-foot vessel has actually been under way for more than a week from its launch from the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, where it was built, as engineers ran the final tests before the first paying guests boarded in Spain.
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Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2026
Macron unveiled the warship's name during a visit to the shipyard in the Western town of Indret, where its two nuclear reactors are to be built.
The dockyard justifies this by offering 12 months of admission, but for most tourists that promise has limited practical value.
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David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
President Donald Trump said US forces carried out a strike on a dockyard in Venezuela allegedly used by drug traffickers, the first attack against the Latin American country’s mainland.
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