Italian-based Somec Group subsidiary, Total Solution Interiors (TSI), has been awarded the complete interior refitting contract for the ‘Azamara Onward’. Worth more than €14 mill, this is the most valuable contract won thus far by the Cantù-based on board interiors specialist, the company claimed. Somec [Read more...]
SMS Group, based in the UK at Southampton, has enjoyed the busiest year in the company’s history, boosted by interior outfitting and refurbishment contracts. Traditionally a shiprepairer, SMS established a team to develop an interior outfit and marine refurbishment division for the cruise industry. Dan [Read more...]
Trimline and Marella Cruises have teamed up again on the recent refurbishment of ‘Marella Explorer’ in Puerto Real, Spain. During the extensive four-week refit, as the main outfitter, the 80-strong Trimline team, which included floor layers, decorators, joiners, upholsterers, tilers, electricians, french polishers, welders and [Read more...]
Earlier this year, Trimline’s former COO Ross Welham joined forces with new technology specialist Nick Farrell to become the new co-owners of the long-established Southampton UK-based marine outfitter. Being a leading software specialist, Farrell developed an interactive software system, TAPP, which has given a full [Read more...]
Wärtsilä has completed equipment installations on the three lengthened Windstar cruise ships. The refits were undertaken by Fincantieri’s Palermo shipyard starting in 2019 with the first - ‘Star Breeze’, being completed in 2020. She was followed by the ‘Star Legend’ in mid- 2020, and finally [Read more...]
Last week, P&O’s ‘Azura’, became the largest cruise vessel to have entered Harland and Wolff’s (H&W) Belfast shipyard thus far. She arrived following an idle period alongside at North Shields on the River Tyne. In addition, at the quayside alongside the repair dock, the H&W’s [Read more...]
Southampton-based marine engineering services group, SMS, has appointed Darren Smith (pictured) to head up its new cruise and ferry business. He was appointed as Head of Business Development to focus on the cruise and ferry sector. SMS specialises in outfitting, shiprepair, and marine engineering. Smith, [Read more...]
Silversea Cruises is upgrading the ’Silver Wind’ to an Ice Class, ultra-luxury expedition ship. This move signals continued confidence in the fast-growing popularity of ultra-luxury expedition travel to the glaciers and wildlife-rich regions of Antarctica, the company said. ‘Silver Wind’ is currently undergoing refurbishment at the Remontowa shipyard in [Read more...]
‘Carnival Magic’ was due to complete her drydocking in Marseille on 24th May. She was given a new red, white and blue livery that will soon become a trademark of the Carnival Cruise Line fleet. The new design was first seen on the ’Mardi Gras’, and [Read more...]
Four Royal Caribbean cruise ships are due to drydock at Navantia Cadiz, according to a company blog. The ‘Harmony of the Seas’ (pictured) was the first to arrive on 12th March to undergo work on her propellers, stabilisers and bottom valves, as well as some [Read more...]