Cruise Ship Industry News
EU lists guidelines for cruise ships resuming service
The European Union has released a 49-page guide for cruise ships resuming operations following the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers several measures that seek to reduce the risk for introduction of COVID-19 onto the ship, transmission during a voyage, embarkation and disembarkation, [Read more...]
ITF helps stranded seafarers to return home
The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is assisting hundreds of seafarers currently stranded on board six Global Cruise Lines managed cruise ships in the UK. Five ships are lying idle at Tilbury and the sixth is at Bristol [Read more...]
IAATO beefs up membership – addresses COVID-19
Two Operators, five provisional operators and five new Associates have joined the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) at its first online annual meeting. Ice Trek and Scenic Expeditions have become IAATO operators, while Intrepid Travel, Residences [Read more...]
Ro-ro and ferry sector to recover next year
Out of KfW-INPEX Bank’s shipping portfolio around 11% are now ferry loans. This sector has been growing for the past four to five years for the bank, it was said during a webinar organised by Mike Louagie’s Ferry [Read more...]
Kongsberg to supply large waterjets for high speed ferry
Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has won a milestone order to deliver large waterjets for an Incat built high speed ferry. In addition to four Kongsberg Kamewa S90-4 waterjets, the delivery will include a touch screen remote control system, incorporating [Read more...]
‘Europa 2’s’ cold ironing connection certified
Hapag-LLoyd’s luxury cruise ship, ‘Europa 2’ has received certification for her cold ironing connection by class society DNV GL. This certificate is the result of undisrupted testing the compatibility of cold ironing. This is claimed to be the [Read more...]
Stena Line to ensure safe ferry travel
With the potential easing of lockdown restrictions and the re-emergence of non-essential travel, Swedish ferry company Stena Line has announced a set of safety measures. Social distancing, fog machines, fresh sea air inside the ships and the recommended [Read more...]
Flåm receives funding for onshore power supply
To meet more stringent emmisions requirements and for future development, Norway’s Port of Flåm has been working towards offering locally produced hydro-power to cruise ships while berthed. Flåm submitted an application for funds to Norwegian state investment facility [Read more...]
Stena RoRo redelivers ‘A Nepita’ after record-breaking conversion
In just under three months, Stena RoRo has converted the former ’Stena Superfast X’ day ropax into a night ferry. The conversion was carried out in Piraeus, Greece. Under the name ’A Nepita’ she is to operate on the Marseille /Corsica/North Africa [Read more...]
Nauticor bunkers ‘Iona’
Gasum’s Hamburg based LNG supplier, Nauticor has conducted the initial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operations for P&O’s newbuilding cruise ship ‘Iona’. The bunkering was conducted by Gasum’s LNG BSV ‘Kairos’ in Bremerhaven. This operation also marked another milestone as [Read more...]