Cruise Ship Industry News
Pinfabb gives Fred.Olsen’s ‘Bolette’ a smoother ride
Genoa-based stabiliser repair company Pinfabb SRL, has retrofitted the stabiliser control systems on Fred.Olsen’s cruise ship ‘Bolette’. Making use of Pinfabb’s POSEIDON system, the company said that the control system was renewed in the most optimised way to [Read more...]
‘Le Commandant Charcot’ to host scientific teams
As part of its Ships and Platforms of Opportunity Programme, the Arctic Research Icebreaker Cons (ARICE) has offered an opportunity for project teams to be included on PONANT’s Polar expedition ship ’Le Commandant Charcot’ in the Arctic for 2023 and [Read more...]
Finnish economy downturn could hit Finnlines
Finnlines has reported successful first quarter results. Emanuele Grimaldi, President and CEO (pictured), explained; “The Finnlines Group recorded revenue totalling €157 mill (€124.1 mill in 1Q21) in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 27%, compared to [Read more...]
DFDS’ results in line with outlook
DFDS reported strong revenue growth of 52%, driven by acquisitions, higher freight and passenger volumes. EBITDA increased 9% to DKK822 mill. CEO, Torben Carlsen (pictured), said: “We’re satisfied with DFDS’s Q1 performance, which saw us grow our EBITDA [Read more...]
ICG enjoys increased revenue
On 11th May, the Irish Continental Group (ICG) issued a trading update, which covered carryings for the year-to-date to 7th May, 2022 and financial information for the first four months of 2022. All the figures were unaudited. Consolidated [Read more...]
Portland Port looks forward to record season
UK’s Portland Port cruise season is set to be another record-breaker. With the dust finally starting to settle on the pandemic, the port is expecting 62 cruise ships to call at Portland this year. This will also result [Read more...]
MSC USA in senior management shake up
MSC Cruises USA has appointed Lynn Torrent as Executive Vice President & CCO. She will lead commercial initiatives across sales, marketing, revenue management and contact centre functions, reporting directly to MSC Cruises USA President, Rubén Rodríguez. Her new [Read more...]
VIKAND to manage Heritage Expeditions’ medical needs
VIKAND—the maritime medical operations and public health provider—has signed a medical management agreement with small ship expedition cruise company, Heritage Expeditions. The company will manage all medical operations on board its new exploration vessel, ’Heritage Adventurer’. Holding records for [Read more...]
Carnival fits nearly 600 food waste biodigesters across its brands
Carnival Corp has completed the installation of nearly 600 food waste biodigesters across its fleet. The installations were made in support of ongoing food waste management and reduction efforts, as part of its overall commitment to environmental compliance. [Read more...]
TUI cruise brands on slow recovery road
German-based leisure company TUI, reported that in 2Q22 of its financial year, EBIT loss almost halved to minus €329.9 mill loss, versus 2Q21’s minus €633 mill. This improvement was driven by a strong operational recovery in the second [Read more...]