Cruise Ship Industry News
Former Genting tonnage snapped up
The fate of the three Crystal Cruises’ vessels, formerly owned by Genting, has been sealed. A&K Travel Group, owned by Geoffrey Kent and Heritage (an industrial holding company chaired by Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio), has confirmed that it has [Read more...]
Carnival’s operational cash turns positive in heavy loss
Carnival Corp has revealed a US GAAP net loss of $1.8 bill and adjusted net loss of $1.9 bill for the second quarter of this year. However, cash from operations turned positive during the period, the company said. The 2Q22 ended with $7.5 bill of [Read more...]
ALMACO to equip new cruise superyachts
Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s new LNG-powered luxury superyachts, ‘Ilma’ and ‘Luminara’, will be equipped with ALMACO galleys, provision stores and refrigeration machinery solutions. The installations will take place at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard. The vessels’ deliveries are scheduled [Read more...]
HotLab joins Viken Group
The Swedish Viken Group has acquired the Italian yacht designer and naval architect company HotLab. This purchase was the latest in a series of partnerships and acquisitions aimed at strengthening Viken’s design, naval architecture and project management services [Read more...]
‘Havila Capella’ given the all clear
Last week, Havila Kystruten received all of the necessary certificates from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate (NMD). This meant that the coastal cruise ship ‘Havila Capella’ was fully insured and could restart operations along the Norwegian coast. ‘Havila Capella’ [Read more...]
‘Golden Horizon’ hit by sanctions
UK-based Tradewind Voyages, operator of the five masted square rigged cruise sailing ship ‘Golden Horizon’, has suspended bookings and will probably have to cancel voyages, due to sanctions-related disruption to its financing, owner Croatian DIV Group, said. The [Read more...]
Swan Hellenic’s second cruise ship also hit by sanctions
Due to its financing allegedly breaking US and EU sanctions, Swan Hellenic’s 10,600 gt ’SH Vega’ has been put up for sale by the shipbuilder. Helsinki Shipyard has advertised the vessel for sale under the name of Hull No [Read more...]
‘Costa Luminosa’ to join Carnival – ‘AIDAvita’ to cease trading
Carnival is continuing to shuffle its fleet around, as reported in its second quarter financial report, which see. ‘Costa Luminosa’ will join Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) in September and will be renamed ‘Carnival Luminosa’ in November this year [Read more...]
Costa opens Hamburg de-carbonisation unit
Carnival Corp member, Costa Group, which includes Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises, has created a dedicated de-carbonisation department within its Hamburg-based Carnival Maritime unit. This recently established department, which brings the Group’s scientific and technical expertise under one [Read more...]
Electric ferry establishes single battery charge record
A small Danish inter-island ferry has set a record by sailing 50 miles on a single battery charge. ‘Ellen’ connects the islands of Ærø and Als in Southern Denmark. As a result, the ferry is now the world's [Read more...]