Seatrade Insider (registration required) is reporting that Costa Classica and MSC Poesia collided near Dubrovnik Friday morning. No injuries or significant damage were reported, and the cause of the incident is under investigation.

Costa Classica was at anchor when it was hit by MSC Poesia. According to Costa most passengers were on tour when the incident occurred, and a preliminary inspection found no significant damage to Costa Classica.

Guests on Holland America Line ships will be able to “show and tell” their vacation memories when the companies launch Holland America Line Digital Workshop powered by Microsoft Windows on the ms Amsterdam and the ms Oosterdam, followed by the ms Westerdam in June and the line’s new Signature-class, 2,104-passenger ship, the ms Eurodam, in July, expanding fleet wide within 18 months. Free workshops led by Microsoft-trained “techsperts” will show even the most novice camera or computer user how to take better vacation photos, make movies, edit pictures and create scrapbooks using a variety of Microsoft Windows and Windows Live services. Guests will learn how to share all their digital memories through email, blogging and social networking — so friends and family can see where they’ve been cruising even before they return home.

The program, which is complimentary and has its own dedicated space on each ship, kicks off with a 50-minute session. Called “Just Shoot Me,” the session provides tips and tricks on how to take the best pictures, and introduces passengers to onboard editing and movie-making resources available on the cruise, including Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker.

The “Just Shoot Me” session will be followed by jargon-free interactive sessions, also 50-minutes in length, designed for smaller groups to try out the technologies themselves in a hands-on environment. These workshops include:

– On the Download — How to move images between a digital camera and a Windows-based personal computer, with basic instruction.

– Put Your Best Face Forward — How to crop and color-correct digital photos and easily create panoramic pictures by stitching photos together using Windows Live Photo Gallery.

– Your “Home Away From Home” Movie — How to add music, special effects and titles to your videos and publish to a DVD using Windows Movie Maker.

– Show and Tell — How to create and upload photos to a personal Web page, invite friends to view the Web page and email photos using a variety of Windows Live services.

– Your 15 Minutes of Fame — How to turn your vacation journal into a blog by creating a basic Web page and blog entries using Windows Live Spaces and Windows Live Writer.

– A Click Ahead — How to design a photo card and a basic scrapbook, as well as how to order notepads, stickers, posters and other photo-related items from the Internet using Windows Live Photo Gallery.

The digital workshop showcases state of the art technology provided and maintained by Microsoft — including Windows Vista-certified computers, servers, printers, scanners and a wireless network. The workshops will also feature flat screen TVs for easy viewing of videos and “techspert” demonstrations.

Guests can choose to attend all or just some of the workshops, each which will be offered at various times and days throughout each cruise. Multiple workshops will be held every day. In addition, one-on-one coaching, called “Techspert Time,” will also be available for over 20 hours each week.

Cruise Community is reporting that Louis Cruise Lines has purchased Norwegian Dream and Norwegian Majesty from Star Cruises for $218m and $162m respectively, with funding arranged by DVB Bank.

The two ships will be chartered back from their new owner to complete their announced itineraries for Norwegian Cruise Line at a daily fee of $60,000 for Norwegian Dream and $44,000 for Norwegian Majesty.

Majestic America Line, the largest river and coastal cruising company in America, is proud to pay tribute to the Delta Queen by celebrating this historic landmark during her 2008 season with guests and the communities that hold her storied tradition of sailing the waterways of the United States so dear.

A beloved fixture of America’s rivers, 176-guest Delta Queen is a registered historic treasure of the Department of the Interior and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is also a National Historic Landmark and a member of the National Maritime Hall of Fame.  Efforts continue to extend the Congressional exemption allowing Delta Queen to continue to operate cruise voyages on the river past October 31, 2008.

Majestic America Line has been hard at work through lobbyists, Congressional visits, grass roots efforts and other activities to extend the Congressional exemption.

Tributes to communities that the Delta Queen visits will be conducted on special dates during selected sailings of the season and feature a presentation to each city, medley of river music by the Delta Queen Band and remarks by Delta Queen’s Captain from the bow of the boat. A calliope concert will follow as Delta Queen departs.

We have the list of tribute events when you click on “more” below.

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