Industry News
Panama Canal to see 234 cruise ships this season
The Panama Canal authority expects to see around 234 cruise ships through the Panamax and Neopanamax Locks during the upcoming 2018/2019 cruise season. The first transit was due on 5th October with the ‘Seven Seas Mariner’, sailing northbound [Read more...]
SunStone orders second Ulstein designed expedition cruise vessel
The first option for a second X-BOW expedition cruise ship for SunStone Ships out of a possible nine to be built at Ulstein has now been declared. The first vessel building for SunStone, which is to be named [Read more...]
Genting opts for scrubbers
Genting Hong Kong is to fit three ships fitted with scrubber systems to be ready for 1st January, 2020 low sulfur cap cut off date. Estonia-based LTH-Baas will retrofit the vessels for a reported €69.1 mill in total. Under the contract, [Read more...]
Silversea orders three ships
Silversea Cruises, majority owned by Royal Caribbean, has announced agreements to build three new ships. These include two luxury vessels, as well as a Galapagos expedition ship. Silversea has signed a memorandum of understanding with Meyer Werft to [Read more...]
Costa agrees second Singapore tie up
Costa Cruises has entered its second tripartite partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Changi Airport Group (CAG). The three-year partnership will leverage Costa’s global presence, Singapore’s cruise hub status and Changi Airport’s air hub connectivity to [Read more...]
Carnival strengthens Norwegian destination management
Carnival Maritime has appointed Sandra Diana Bratland (pictured) to the newly created post of Director, Destination Affairs for Carnival Group Norway. She took up her position in a new representative office in Bergen on 1st October. “Norway is [Read more...]
P&O Master charged with sulfur limit violation
Marseille prosecutors have put a cruise ship Master on trial for using fuel just above an EU limit of 1.5% sulfur content. According to local reports, on the morning of 28th March, 2018, while under the command of [Read more...]
Banning HFO in the Arctic – the cost of a glass of wine
It would cost passengers the price of just one glass of wine a day if cruise ships would stop burning heavy fuel oil (HFO) in the Arctic, according to a new report. Green transport group, Transport & Environment [Read more...]
Mak to convert another three ferries to LNG
Following the announcement of five ferries being converted to LNG (see ICSI News, 15th September), Spanish shipping company Baleària, is to convert another three ferries from diesel to LNG dual fuel. The latest contracts will make us of [Read more...]
Two AIDA cruise ships receive intelligent engine maintenance
German Zeppelin business unit Power Systems has extended its existing service agreements for ‘AIDAprima’ and ‘AIDAperla’. The contract for the cruise ships’ engines now includes the use of the software Cat Asset Intelligence (CAI), which provides analyses of [Read more...]