Virgin Voyages has selected DeCurtis Shield™ as a core component in its ‘Voyage Well’ programme. This programme is aimed at increasing crew and passenger safety in light of not just the COVID-19 pandemic, but also to increase the overall safety and health of the crew [Read more...]
Safety and survival solutions provider, Survitec has rebranded its liferaft rental and exchange service to meet increasing market demand for service flexibility. The new RaftXChange service brings together the company’s liferaft equipment rental and servicing scheme under one offer with the ability to upgrade to [Read more...]
In a joint statement, the IMO and UN World Tourism Organisation (WTO) have asked the cruise industry and Governments to continue their efforts to enable cruise ship operations to resume safely. The organisations highlighted the importance of the cruise sector to the world’s economy. According [Read more...]
Viking Ocean Cruises has completed the installation of what it claims is the first full-scale PCR laboratory at sea. This new on board facility allows shipboard testing capacity, enabling Viking to conduct PCR testing of all crew members and guests with a non-invasive saliva test. [Read more...]
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has replaced its ‘No-Sail Order’ with a ‘Framework for Conditional Sailing Order’. This introduces a phased approach for the safe and responsible resumption of passenger cruises, the centre said. The order establishes a framework of actionable [Read more...]
MSC Cruises has claimed that it will be the first cruise line in the world to install an advanced technology sanitation system called ‘Safe Air’ on board on of its vessels. ‘Safe Air’ will be fitted on ‘MSC Seashore’ currently under construction at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone [Read more...]
Maritime medical and public health service provider, Vikand, and laboratory testing facilitator, DasLab, have co-operated to bring a COVID-19 testing solution for the cruise industry. The alliance claims to provide quick, effective COVID-19 testing solutions for at home and terminal testing as per return-to-service recommendations. [Read more...]
Due to the nature of how COVID-19 is spread, many people have asked Royal Caribbean what the company does to protect passengers from the airborne spread of the virus. Specifically, they want to know how the air will be circulated and filtered on board so [Read more...]
Cyprus-based Offshore Monitoring’s Ladar technology is being tested on board a ropax to help detect objects both on the water’s surface and underneath. Ladar is a light-based laser technology anti-collision system that identifies floating objects on or under the water’s surface, including drifting fishing nets, [Read more...]
Swedish-based Stena RoRo’s ‘Global Mercy’ project – the world's largest civilian hospital ship – will soon be ready to leave the Tianjin Xingang shipyard in northern China. Mercy Ships, the international charity that ordered the vessel, expects it to enter service by the end of [Read more...]