Dutch-based IPCO Power has won an order from Carnival Cruise Lines (CCL). The company will deliver its water fuel emulsion systems for the ‘Carnival Sunrise’, ‘Carnival Freedom’ and ‘Carnival Spirit’. Both ‘Carnival Sunrise’ and ‘Carnival Freedom’ will receive their second WFE systems, while ‘Carnival Spirit’ [Read more...]
Two veteran cruise ships have recently arrived at recycling yards. On 3rd June, the 1972-built ‘Odin’ arrived at Alang in India for breaking. She will be better remembered as Fred.Olsen’s ‘Black Watch’ (pictured) and built as the ‘Royal Viking Star’ before being lengthened. The second [Read more...]
Germany is one of northern Europe’s largest cruise markets, both in terms of providing numbers of guests and cruise ship technology. It is also a popular destination for overseas tourists. The latest comprehensive country report from International Cruise Ship Industry focuses on Germany, and is [Read more...]
Viking has claimed a new milestone for its expedition voyages. The recently delivered purpose-built expedition ship, ’Viking Octantis’ has commenced her inaugural season in the Great Lakes. Designed specifically to sail in the Great Lakes region, last month ‘Viking Octantis’ completed a roundtrip through the Welland Canal—a [Read more...]
DNV has awarded the Norwegian technology provider HAV Group preliminary approval for its hydrogen-based energy system. This system uses liquefied hydrogen storage and fuel cells and was created as part of the FreeCO2ast project, which is currently developing a high-capacity hydrogen energy system that can [Read more...]
Havila Kystruten`s latest ship, ‘Havila Castor’, made history on 2nd June when she operated the first zero emission cruise through the World Heritage designated Geirangerfjord. Havila's ships are claimed to be the most environmentally friendly vessels along the Norwegian coast. With a battery pack of [Read more...]
Anglo-Eastern Univan Group has signed a letter on intent (LoI) to acquire Cruise Management International and CMI Leisure Management. The shareholders have voted to pass CMI’s entire share capital to Anglo-Eastern, which has the scale and technical capability to develop the business and continue the [Read more...]
Maritime union, RMT has called for P&O Ferries’ owner DP World to be called out for describing the sacking of 800 workers allegedly illegally fired and replaced with low paid agency staff in March, as an ‘amazing’ job. RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch (pictured) said [Read more...]
Global Ports Holding (GPH) CEO, H Emre Sayin, has left the company to pursue new business opportunities. He joined GPH in 2016 and has served as CEO since the company’s IPO and admission to the London Stock Exchange the following year. Co-Founder and Chairman, Mehmet Kutman, [Read more...]
It has been reported that two weeks after a fire in her funnel, the ’Carnival Freedom’ was due back in service on 11th June sailing from Port Canaveral, Florida. No passengers or crew were reported injured in the fire, which was quickly extinguished, but caused damage to part [Read more...]