Given SS Independence's recent departure, it makes sense to rejuvenate this thread, as updates will now become more frequent.
Here are a few links graciously provided by some of our members in the SS Norway thread:
http://www.mvariety.com/?module=disp...14&format=html - courtesy of MV Augustus
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2...-02-12-092.asp
and
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-02-29-voa28.cfm - courtesy of MinotauronMauretania
My apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently omitted.