Cruise ships / William Mayes.

"The essential guide to the world's cruise ships, an indispensable reference for cruise agents, shipping & travel journalists, cruise company officials, intrepid travellers and ship aficionado. Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition features more than 700 ships from 286 operators, and is illustrated with over 300 previously unpublished colour photographs. As Cruise Ships progresses through new editions it becomes more comprehensive with the inclusion of numerous smaller vessels and more detail in the greatly expanded text. A few more very interesting ships with a passenger capacity of fewer than 30 have been included this time, but in general the entry criteria remains at that level. There can be no doubt that the coverage and detail once again surpasses by far the amount of information available from any other single source. There have been many changes within the fleets included in the third edition, but orders for new ships had started to trickle through again. Many active ships have been scrapped, partly due to the economic conditions and partly as a result of the SOLAS changes that came into effect in 2010. Many more classic ships have been laid up and some of these are unlikely to see further service. The text is updated to 15 October 2014, with a late news section covering significant events up to 31 October 2014."--Provided by the publisher