Cruise Ship Industry News
Cruise industry awaits CDC’s next move
Just before the New Year, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised US citizens not to board a cruise ship in the light of the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, raising its warning to [Read more...]
PONANT joins BV in Polar SAR exercise
Last September, Bureau Veritas (BV) participated in the world’s first international search and rescue exercise (SAREX) in a remote Polar area. BV tested and certified maritime safety equipment on board the Polar exploration vessel ‘Le Commandant Charcot’, during [Read more...]
ADP to develop Aqaba cruise terminal
AD Ports Group (ADP) has signed four agreements and a Head of Terms Agreement (HoT) with Aqaba Development Corp (ADC). These agreements will result in ADP supporting Aqaba’s development of tourism, logistics, transport and digital infrastructure, including the [Read more...]
NCLH completes EGCS installations
Last month, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) completed its almost $200 mill, multi-year investment in exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) on some of its ships across its fleet brands. This was achieved with the successful commissioning of EGCS [Read more...]
DFDS takes delivery of largest ropax
During the middle of last month, Danish ferry and logistics company, DFDS took delivery of its the first newbuilding passenger vessel since 1982. She recently arrived at Valletta for bunkering while on her way to the Baltic. ‘Aura [Read more...]
Havila’s first coastal express vessel sets sail
Towards the middle of December, Havila Voyages’ (Kystrutens) ‘Havila Capella’ embarked on her maiden voyage from Bergen to Kirkenes on the coastal express service. HAV Group and its subsidiary companies were key contributors towards realising what was claimed [Read more...]
Small luxury cruise ship design unveiled
Norwegian-based Northern Xplorer (NX) has unveiled a zero-emission, luxury cruise ship concept. The design aims to open the door to unique communities, natural attractions and experiences in the Nordic countries using advanced eco-friendly vessels, the company said. NX [Read more...]
V.Ships Oceanic to manage Azamara’s hotel needs
V.Ships Leisure’s culinary company, Oceanic, is to manage Azamara Cruise’s hotel procurement and logistics requirements. This follows the announcement that V.Ship Leisure had won the contract to manage the vessels, which were spun-off from Royal Caribbean last year [Read more...]
Dubai’s new cruise terminal welcomes first ships
During the middle of December, Carnival Corp celebrated the official opening of Dubai Harbour Cruise Terminal with partner Shamal Holding. This follows a strategic partnership agreement signed in 2018 to develop the new cruise port as the main [Read more...]
Dream Cruises partners with Singapore Red Cross
Dream Cruises is collaborating with Singapore Red Cross (SRC) on the ‘Dream Cruises & Singapore Red Cross Dream Mission’, a year-long partnership that was launched on 17th December, 2021 and will last to 31st December, 2022. Under this [Read more...]