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The largest cruise ship to ever make a port call to Kailua-Kona, Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas, with well over 4,000 passengers onboard will anchor in Kailua Bay from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 29th and begin tendering passengers to the Kailua Pier.

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More than 1,000 feet long; 2,850 passengers; 1,500 crew

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A relaxing scene at one of Hilo’s favorite surf spots.

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MEDIA RELEASE Coast Guard aircrews piloting two MH-65 Dolphin helicopters conducted a medical evacuation of a 35-year-old Polish woman suffering symptoms of pneumonia Friday aboard the cruise ship The World, approximately 92 miles southwest of Kona. Coast Guard watchstanders in Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu was notified of the patient’s condition at approximately 9 p.m. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The state Department of Transportation this week is relocating the Hilo Harbor security screening area for cruise ship passengers from inside the Pier 1 Shed to the outside walkway of the pier. Work on the $53,482 project is set to begin Wednesday, Feb. 22 and is scheduled to be completed by March 13. […]

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Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew flew more than 900 miles to airdrop a package containing blood and medical supplies to a cruise ship northeast of Hilo, Hawaii, Tuesday (Jan 24).

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An Air Station Barbers Point C-130 long-range search plane crew air dropped the medication to the cruise ship 200 miles northeast of Oahu at 12:30 p.m. Monday. Video of the air drop.

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Holland America Line puts West Coast roundtrips – with Big Island stops – on schedule for late next year

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