Industry News
Cruise ship bridge team management lacking
The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission has published its findings on the cruise ship ‘Azamara Quest coming into contact with Wheki Rock, Tory Channel on 27th January, 2016. The Maltese-flagged cruise ship ‘Azamara Quest’ was en route [Read more...]
Lindblad benefits from increased growth
Lindblad Expedition Holdings has reported first quarter 2018 tour revenues of $82.4 mill, an increase of $19.3 mill, or 31%, compared to the same period in 2017. The increase was driven by growth of $17.3 mill at the [Read more...]
Carnival Legend undergoing multi-million dollar upgrade
Carnival Cruise Line has announced that the 2,124-pax ‘Carnival Legend’ will reposition to Port Tampa Bay in October, 2019. She is undergoing an extensive two-week-long drydock that is taking place at the Vigor Shipyard in Portland, Oreg. A [Read more...]
Carnival Maritime collaborates with ENSM
Hamburg-based Carnival Maritime GmbH and the French Maritime Academy, ENSM. located at Le Havre and Marseille, have agreed to co-operate to ensure future high standards in nautical and technical training of cadets. The aim of this initiative is [Read more...]
DNV GL is to class ICON
The contract was signed with the Meyer Turku Shipyard and covers two vessels with deliveries scheduled for 2022 and 2024. “It is a proud day for DNV GL to have been entrusted with the classification of the first [Read more...]
Celestyal names Theophilides as CEO
Celestyal Cruises has appointed Chris Theophilides (pictured) to the position of CEO of Celestyal Cruises, as of 1st July , 2018. He replaces Kyriakos Anastassiadis, who will conclude his term as CEO on 30th June, 2018. Anastassiadis has [Read more...]
Norwegian signs up to new technology platform
Norwegian Cruise Line has partnered with technology-solutions provider, DeCurtis Corp, to produce a new technology platform project - the patented Cruise Freedom. Following the introduction of the new fully integrated Cruise Norwegian app in December, and the US [Read more...]
Carnival’s Brisbane terminal gets conditional approval
The Australian Competition and Consumer Council (ACCC) has granted authorisation for an agreement between the Port of Brisbane and cruise operator Carnival to develop a new Aus$158 mill cruise terminal in Brisbane, subject to two conditions. Under the agreement, [Read more...]
Hotels and cruises boost TUI Group results
In the period under review, the TUI Group increased its turnover by 7.2% to €6.81 bill in the first half of its financial year (1st October, 2017 to 31st March, 2018) from €6.35 bill. On a constant [Read more...]
Third Carnival operations centre opens
Carnival Cruise Line has unveiled its third and largest fleet operations centre (FOC) located in Miami. The 35,000 sq ft facility is custom-designed for hands-on, around-the-clock monitoring and support of the line's 26 cruise ships. The FOC features [Read more...]