V.Ships Leisure’s culinary company, Oceanic, is to manage Azamara Cruise’s hotel procurement and logistics requirements. This follows the announcement that V.Ship Leisure had won the contract to manage the vessels, which were spun-off from Royal Caribbean last year into a new company. Oceanic will support [Read more...]
Dream Cruises is collaborating with Singapore Red Cross (SRC) on the ‘Dream Cruises & Singapore Red Cross Dream Mission’, a year-long partnership that was launched on 17th December, 2021 and will last to 31st December, 2022. Under this agreement and as part of Dream Cruises’ [Read more...]
International logistics service provider Blue Water has signed a partnership agreement with the professional services entity supporting Holland America Group. The Group consists of Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn and P&O Australia. As part of the co-operation agreement, Blue Water will manage the warehouse [Read more...]
In December, 2021 the Tallink Grupp transported 358,989 passengers, a 153.2% increase compared to December, 2020. The number of cargo units increased by 20.8% to 31,862 and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 35.5% to 57,001 units. In the fourth quarter of last year [Read more...]
Dutch-headquartered bunker company, Titan LNG is to delivery LNG to Corsica Linea’s new LNG-fuelled ropax, ‘A Galeotta’, at Marseille. This agreement marks a significant expansion of Titan’s operations into the Mediterranean, which will enhance the availability of LNG, bioLNG, and in the longer term hydrogen-derived [Read more...]
As this is the last ICSI news column before the international break, we would like to take this opportunity of wishing readers and advertisers a great holiday, despite all the problems the world seems to be going through at the moment. The next ICSI News [Read more...]
One of the main themes running through of this month’s Cruise Ship Interiors Expo (CSIE) conference and exhibition was the lack of standardisation or certification in sustainability for cruise ship operators, their ships and designers. For example, at the opening conference, Anne Mari Gullikstad, CEO [Read more...]
CruiseCopenhagen has unveiled a new 2024 strategy based the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainability is at its core, the business organisation said. The cruise industry's growth is being challenged globally by factors, such as sustainability and local community support. CruiseCopenhagen 2024’s strategy revolves around [Read more...]
Dutch-based resin applications specialist, Bolidt has named Meyer Werft concept designer, Thorben Stubbe as the winner of the company’s first Design Challenge. Bolidt Maritime Director, Jacco van Overbeek presented the award at Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe (CSIE) in London on 1st December. The award [Read more...]
The Malaysian government has granted approval for Star Cruises to restart operations in Malaysia on 22nd December. ‘Star Pisces’ (pictured) will be operating cruises out of Penang. As the first international cruise line to homeport and resume commercial operations in Malaysia, ‘Star Pisces’ will offer [Read more...]