Stena Line, the world’s largest ferry company, has seen its travel business bounce back in Britain and Ireland this year. Figures for the first half of the year show that passenger numbers are back to pre-pandemic levels, while car numbers in particular are far higher [Read more...]
Princess Cruises is to cancel 11 ‘Diamond Princess’ cruises between September and November this year, due to a lack of crew. She was due to become one of the last of the Princess fleet to return to service starting with a sailing on 1st September from [Read more...]
After a global ban on cruises was imposed in April 2020, cruise ships have now resumed operations worldwide. For the first time this year, the leaders of the passenger shipbuilding sector will meet on European soil in the MARINE INTERIORS area @SMM from 6th to [Read more...]
At this year’s Hamburg SMM exhibition, Survitec, the safety and survival technology supplier, will be showcasing the world’s largest evacuation system, Seahaven. Having received Lloyd’s Register type approval earlier this year, Survitec is set to revolutionise the way shipowners, designers and builders meet SOLAS requirements [Read more...]
French UV water treatment supplier, BIO-UV Group, will be exhibiting a pair of BIO-SEA ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) at this year’s SMM. For the first time, the company will be showcasing its new ‘M’ series BIO SEA unit alongside the company’s low-flow BIO-SEA ‘L’ [Read more...]
Global Marine Travel (GMT) has signed a multi-year agreement to provide outsourced travel management services to Azamara for its passenger air/sea programme. Azamara has expanded its existing partnership with GMT’s parent, V.Group to provide guest and corporate travel services for the Miami-based cruise line. In [Read more...]
Carnival is continuing to shuffle its fleet around, as reported in its second quarter financial report, which see. ‘Costa Luminosa’ will join Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) in September and will be renamed ‘Carnival Luminosa’ in November this year in Brisbane. This switch is a change to [Read more...]
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has agreed a three-year corporate partnership with Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships is an international development organisation that deploys hospital ships to some of the poorest countries in the world, delivering free healthcare to people in desperate need. Building on more than 40 [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...]