Industry News
Havila Kystruten signs long-term service agreement
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 [Read more...]
Celebrity orders fifth ‘Edge’class ship
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 [Read more...]
Viking and China Merchants to attack cruise market
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 [Read more...]
Windstar reveals jumboisation plans
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’, [Read more...]
Carnival Corp expands SES partnership
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 [Read more...]
New sail ship concept from Chantiers de l’Atlantique
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 [Read more...]
‘Seabourn Encore’ incident- port company had little knowledge of bollard limits
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, [Read more...]
Hydroniq to cool polar expedition vessel
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 [Read more...]
ABB wins contracts for expedition vessels
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 [Read more...]
MSC snaps up ropax
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 [Read more...]