Healthcare service provider, VIKAND has partnered with TUI Cruises to provide specialist biomedical services for 11 cruise ships. VIKAND's role will be to source and maintain the fleet’s biomedical equipment, as well as provide capex forecasts and lifecycle management. “I am delighted to welcome TUI Cruises as [Read more...]
Last month, Finnish-based fire protection system supplier, Marioff extended its patented BluEdge service agreement with Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings (NCLH). This agreement calls for the provision of preventive maintenance services for its patented HI-FOG water mist fire protection systems currently fitted on board 15 cruise ships, [Read more...]
Global healthcare specialist VIKAND has been appointed on board healthcare provider for Chinese newcomer, Adora Cruises. This move will result in each of Adora’s ships having a robust healthcare system in place for both passengers and crew, including on board medical professionals, modern facilities, remote [Read more...]
Over reliance on an electronic chart, miscommunication and an outdated navigational chart were all factors in a cruise ship damaging a terminal pier last year near Sitka, Alaska, (pictured) the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a report. The ‘Radiance of the Seas’ [Read more...]
As part of its focus on marine fire safety, VIKING has agreed to distribute Bridgehill’s fire blankets and the Rosenbauer battery extinguisher system (BEST) to maritime customers worldwide. The agreements are the outcome of a project focusing on fire safety needs arising from the growing [Read more...]
Survival technology solutions provider, Survitec has introduced a new interactive safety management solution. Dubbed a safety management and rapid response technology interface (SMARR-TI), uses a graphical monitoring interface to integrate fire detection and fire suppression systems within a single system. SMARR-TI, which Survitec developed in [Read more...]
DNV’s patented Emergency Response Service (ERS) helps owners and yacht and cruise ship Masters to improve their risk management strategies and ensure that they are fully prepared and supported during any emergency situation. Owners can be more emotional when purchasing or chartering a yacht, compared [Read more...]
At the 107th session of the IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 107), held in London, from 31st May to 9th June, 2023, the threat of fires on board ro-ros and ropax was addressed. The number of fire incidents on ropaxes has grown over the past [Read more...]
VIKING’s patented LifeCraft’s system is to be installed on KiwiRail’s first series of newbuildings. The life saving system will serve as the main evacuation solution on board the new diesel hybrid-electric Interislander ferries, which will be operated by KiwiRail to connect the two main islands [Read more...]
Scotland’s largest ferry union, RMT, has written to Kevin Stewart MSP, the new Scottish Transport Minister, to demand an urgent meeting over the increasingly fragile resilience of the ferry services. This follows the latest safety incident involving what was claimed to be an anti-union company, [Read more...]