A restart to full operations can’t come soon enough for cruise lines, whose financial position has become increasingly precarious given high debt levels incurred from fleet expansions and the fund raising required to survive the current crisis, Maritime Strategies International (MSI) said in a report. [Read more...]
Late last month, Royal Caribbean (RCI) announced several initiatives and protocols as part of its cruising restart. For example, for unvaccinated guests, RCI said that it now required travel insurance for Florida sailings. Unvaccinated passengers booked on cruises sailing from Florida ports between 1st August through 31st [Read more...]
UK seafarers union RMT has welcomed the news that Pentland Ferries’ catamaran ‘Pentalina’ will not be introduced into CalMac operated Clyde and Hebrides ferry routes. The union had raised serious safety concerns with the UK regulator, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), over the unauthorised [Read more...]
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised Finnish shipping company Viking Line on the negotiation of a bareboat hire/purchase agreement for the ropax ‘Mariella’, since renamed ‘Mega Regina’. The agreement was signed with France’s Corsica Ferries and subsequently Forship SpA was nominated as disponent owner [Read more...]
Elite Exhibitions has announced that registration for Cruise Ship Interiors (CSI) Expo America (28th - 29th October) and Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe, (1st - 2nd December, 2021) is now open. It’s been almost two years since this cruise ship sector met face-to-face in Barcelona and [Read more...]
International Cruise Ship Industry (ICSI) has teamed up with VesselsValue (VV) to publish a quarterly in-depth look at the cruise ship sector. ICSI Cruise Insights Quarterly Review will cover fleet developments by numbers and value, plus the latest trends in cruise ship Trades, including the [Read more...]
Sweden’s first cruise ship call of the year took place on 15th June. Passengers were allowed to leave the ship to visit Gothenburg, Visby and Stockholm. A joint collaboration of ports and regulatory authorities made this cautious restart possible, sending a positive message both to [Read more...]
Cruise operations at Gothenburg have restarted. “The industry is faced with new conditions that in reality make Gothenburg an even more attractive destination than previously,” said Martin Meriwall, Cruise Operations Manager at the Gothenburg Port Authority. The first cruise ship to arrive in Gothenburg this [Read more...]
Following extensive consultations with its partners, Hamburg Messe und Congress has cancelled the Marine Interiors Cruise & Ferry Global Expo. This expo was scheduled to take place between 8th and 10th September, 2021, in parallel with Seatrade Europe – Cruise and River Cruise Convention. The [Read more...]
US Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) (pictured) has introduced three bills to repeal and reform the ’Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 (PVSA)’. “The PVSA is bad news,” said Senator Lee in a release. “This arcane law benefits Canada, Mexico, and other countries who receive increased maritime traffic, at [Read more...]