Cruise Ship Industry News
More cruise ships for recycling
‘Costa Victoria’ was due to be towed to Aliaga, Turkey for recycling at the end of January but she is still believed to be berthed at Piombino, Italy, where she arrived some nine months ago. Elsewhere, the 1978-built [Read more...]
Carnival to raise extra cash
Carnival Corp has priced the private offerings of $3.5 bill aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior unsecured notes, due 2027. The notes’ aggregate principal amount to be issued was recently increased to $3.5 bill. The offering is expected [Read more...]
‘Vasco da Gama’ to cruise out of Germany
Nicko Cruises new addition, ‘Vasco da Gama’, purchased by parent Mystic Cruises, is to sail under the German brand from domestic ports, according to the website. She is due to cruise from May to September from Hamburg, Bremerhaven [Read more...]
Cruise port operator in refinancing discussions
Global Ports Holding (GPH), the world's largest independent cruise port operator, has provided an update on the January refinancing of the $250 mill 8.125% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2021 issued by its wholly owned subsidiary Global Liman İşletmeleri. [Read more...]
‘MSC Opera’s’ Master and officers to avoid jail over 2019 accident
Local Italian media has reported that the Master and certain crew members of the cruise ship ‘MSC Opera’ are facing jail terms, following an incident in Venice in 2019. However, MSC Cruises has informed ICSI that "all defendants [Read more...]
Yara to revisit cold ironing
While the EU parliament call for an emission ban at a berth, Yara Marine Technologies has relaunched its cold ironing initiative, partnering with NG3. “We used to do shore power projects on ships some years ago, but the [Read more...]
Regent’s executive appointments
Regent Seven Seas Cruises has appointed Caroline Smith as Vice President Global Marketing and James Arnold as Global Public Relations Director effective immediately. Smith, who has more than 15 years of strategic brand management and communications experience, will [Read more...]
New look for ‘Pacific Encounter’
Now sporting P&O Cruises Australia livery and funnel logo, ‘Pacific Encounter’, ex ‘Star Princess’, left a Singapore shipyard recently. Each of the P&O funnel logos is 20 m wide and 8 m high. She was also fitted-out with [Read more...]
Tillberg signs LOI with SDARI
Tillberg Design of Sweden (TDoS) has signed a framework co-operation Letter of Intent with Shanghai Ship Design & Research Institute (SDARI), China’s ship design house. SDARI is part of China State Shipbuilding Corp Group (CSSC). The LOI was [Read more...]
Scanship wins major cruise ship contract
Through its subsidiary company Scanship, Vow ASA has been awarded a €5.7 mill contract with a major European shipyard for the delivery of two advanced wastewater purification systems. The systems will be installed on two undisclosed cruise ships [Read more...]