Tag: Ushuaia

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 21:15 UTC

  “Malvinazo” out-blasted in Ushuaia by ‘Star Princess’ playing “God save the Queen”

  

  A demonstration by pickets in the Argentine Tierra del Fuego port of Ushuaia protesting the docking of the ‘Star Princess’ cruise which arrived from the Falkland Islands was contained by local security forces and the blaring of ‘God save the Queen’.

• Friday, February 15th 2013 - 19:35 UTC

  February 1833: Parallel truths in parallel universes: can that be the only explanation?

  

  By John Fowler - According to the Argentine view of things, the Falkland Islands are Las Islas Malvinas and the capital city is not Stanley, which was founded in 1844, but Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, which did not really begin to be a town till 1881 with the establishment of a penal colony there.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2013 - 05:12 UTC

  The 2012/13 cruise season: a new case of Argentine intolerance towards Malvinas

  

  Most probably this cruise season 2012/2013 will be remembered not for the record number of calls or visitors (estimated in half a million) but as a new case of Argentine intolerance with the Malvinas Islands in centre stage, writes La Nacion columnist Emiliano Galli.

• Friday, December 14th 2012 - 06:58 UTC

  P&O cruise vessels choose Falklands over Ushuaia, Puerto Madryn and Buenos Aires

  

  P&O, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation Plc and one of the world’s leading cruise operators will be omitting Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia and Buenos Aires from its 2013 season because of the difficulties encountered by its red ensign vessels in Argentine ports during recent months. However the company confirms that the vessels will continue to call in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 08:05 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute triggers concern among Argentine tourism operators after two cruises omit Ushuaia

  

  Ushuaia tourism operators expressed concern and called for common sense to prevail after two major cruises finally decided this week not to call at in Argentine Tierra del Fuego after local authorities could not guarantee that the visiting vessels would not be exposed to the same intimidation tactics and delays experienced recently in Buenos Aires and earlier this year in the extreme south terminal because they include the Falkland Islands in their itineraries.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Seabourn Cruise Line no longer will call at the Falklands, reports Ushuaia media

  

  The Bahamas flagged cruise vessel ‘Seabourn Sojourn’ that on Thursday berthed at Ushuaia reported to Argentine port authorities it has no plans to visit the Falklands/Malvinas Islands according to press reports from the capital of Argentine Tierra del Fuego.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 21:41 UTC

  UK appeals to EU, WTO and IMO over latest Argentine ‘intimidation’ round on the Falklands

  

  The UK is pursuing actions through the European Union, the World Trade Organization and the International Maritime Organization following the latest intimidation incidents from Argentina against the Falkland Islands and which also involve interfering with the free passage of shipping and free trade.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 22:57 UTC

  Argentina’s noose on Falklands: Buenos Aires province bans UK flagged vessels

  

  In what is seen as another step of Argentina’s noose-tightening of the Falkland Islands’ economy and development, the Buenos Aires Province Senate passed a law on Thursday banning British flagged vessels from calling at Argentina’s largest province ports.

• Saturday, April 14th 2012 - 20:30 UTC

  Cruise sent to collect passengers from stranded M/V Plancius docked in South Georgia

  

  The Panama flagged cruise vessel M/V Ushuaia is expected to arrive early next week in South Georgia to pick up the stranded 114 passengers and crew of a similar small cruise M/V Plancius which after experiencing serious propulsion trouble took shelter at King Edward Point Research Station in Grytviken.

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 22:20 UTC

  Argentina appeals to Red Cross to help identify remains of soldiers buried in Falklands

  

  President Cristina Fernandez has sent a letter to the Red Cross asking the international organization to intercede before the UK so that the remains of Argentine and British soldiers in the Falkland Islands which are still unknown, 30 years after the beginning of the Malvinas war can be identified.