Technology

Pixvana, the Seattle-based virtual reality startup, has teamed with luxury cruise line operator Seabourn to create a virtual reality (VR) training solution for waiter staff who must memorise a large 105-table, 12-serving-station dining room in a small time [Read more...]

SES Networks is to provide a fully-managed hybrid broadband connectivity service to The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. With the inaugural expedition yacht sailing in February, 2020, there will be an array of opportunities for network-enabled entertainment and enrichment, offering [Read more...]

Marine Learning Systems, a provider of maritime training and assessment software solutions, has partnered with Carnival Corp to develop an application for mariner skills assessment. This app, called SkillGrader, was designed to help standardise Carnival Corp’s training and [Read more...]

V.Ships Leisure, part of V.Group, has partnered with Mystic Cruises to provide crew management services for the 9,300 gtIce Class vessel ‘World Explorer’. This includes deck, engine, and hotel crew. The vessel, which is currently under the final [Read more...]

Høglund is to deliver biogas-ready fuel-gas supply systems (FGSS) for six Hurtigruten passenger ship retrofits. The company will work together with HB Hunte Engineering to design and engineer fully customised tank and FGSS solutions for each of the [Read more...]

SeaKing Electrical has completed a series of upgrades to three DFDS ferries at Damen Dunkerque Shipyard in France. The work was undertakenon‘Dunkerque Seaways’, ‘Dover Seaways’ and ‘Delft Seaways’ in a total of 30 days. SeaKing Electrical managing director [Read more...]

GE’s Power Conversion business and Nedstack, a fuel cell manufacturer, are collaborating to develop hydrogen fuel cell systems for powering zero-emission cruise vessels. This partnership brings together GE’s expertise in cruise electrical power and propulsion solutions, plus system [Read more...]

ABB has won a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) to supply a  power and propulsion package for China’s first domestically built cruise ship. ABB will supply an integrated package, including two patented Azipod steerable propulsion systems. The [Read more...]

Bernhard Schulte Cruise Services (BSCS) has been awarded the technical management of Jalesh Cruises’ new vessel, ‘Karnika’ (formerly ‘Pacific Jewel’). The 70,285 gt, 2,000 pax‘Crown Princess’-class cruise ship is presently undergoing a comprehensive refurbishment project at Sembcorp Marine [Read more...]

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has unveiled plans for the development and construction of the Norwegian Cruise Line Centre of Excellence. This will be a shipboard team member training facility, to be located near Manila in the Philippines. [Read more...]