Havila Kystruten and KONGSBERG have signed a 10- year ‘Power-by-the-Hour’ service agreement. This covers the four new coastal cruise vessels that are currently under construction. The contract value is NOK150 mill. “It’s extremely important for Havila Kystruten to operate our new fleet with as little [Read more...]
Royal Caribbean Cruises has entered into an agreement with Chantiers de l'Atlantique to order a fifth ‘Edge’ class ship for delivery in the Autumn of 2024. "Edge class made an immediate hit with Celebrity Cruises guests and is a state-of-the-art example of technical excellence and [Read more...]
Viking Cruises and China Merchants Shekou, representing China Merchants Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture focused on building a cruise line for the Chinese cruise market. This will be a wide-ranging partnership covering from product development to sales and [Read more...]
At Seatrade Cruise Global, Windstar Cruises, revealed details of its $250 MillionStar Plus initiative Windstar’s President, John Delaney, revealed 360-deg ‘views’ and renderings of what guests will experience on the line’s three renovated vessels, ‘Star Breeze’, ‘Star Legend’, and ‘Star Pride’. Delaney was joined at [Read more...]
Carnival Corp has expanded its relationship with SES. The group has added the satcoms service provider as a Global Experience and Innovation – Select Innovation Partner. As a Select Innovation Partner, SES will continue to work with Carnival Corp's global experience and innovation team as [Read more...]
Cruise ship builder, Chantiers de l’Atlantique announced at Seatrade Cruise Global the launch of a new set of services, solutions and systems, marketed under the name of Atlantique +. Based on a long time experience in servicing, maintenance and modernization of cruise ships all along [Read more...]
New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission has cited failings in the port operator in its investigation report into why the ‘Seabourn Encore’ broke away away from her berth and collided with bulk cement carrier at Timaru in February, 2017. On 12th February, 2017, ‘Seabourn Encore’ [Read more...]
Ulstein Verft has awarded a contract to Hydroniq Coolers to deliver a hull-integrated seawater cooling system for a polar expedition vessel under construction for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings. Designed by Ulstein, this vessel will be the first polar newbuild in the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic fleet. “As [Read more...]
ABB has secured contracts to supply three systems for newbuilding expedition cruise ships. The first contract covers two 170 m long ships due delivery to Seabourn from T. Mariotti, in June, 2021 and May, 2022, respectively. ABB will supply the power and propulsion technology for [Read more...]
Dublin-based Irish Continental Group (ICG) has sold the 1987-built cruise ferry ‘Oscar Wilde’ on a bareboat hire purchase agreement to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The total gross consideration is €28.9 mill, payable in instalments over six years, up to 2025. The 31,914 gt ropax is [Read more...]