Stena Line is to continue its expansion on the Baltic Sea next year, increasing both freight and passenger capacity. The Swedish family-owned ferry company will deploy two new 240 m long E-Flexer ropaxes, on the Nynäshamn/Ventspils route next year. Stena also announced plans to increase [Read more...]
Crystal Cruises has sold the 62 pax ‘Crystal Esprit’ to Lindblad Expeditions. No other details were revealed at the time of the announcement. She started operating for Crystal in 2015. Crystal claimed that the vessel had been a wonderful part of the Crystal fleet, offering [Read more...]
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) new ship, ’Norwegian Prima’ was recently floated at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera (Venice), Italy. To celebrate the occasion, a commemorative coin was welded to ‘Norwegian Prima’ in a traditional maritime ceremony overseen by Eamonn Ferrin, NCL’s Vice President of International Business [Read more...]
Deltamarin has signed design contracts with China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for the complete basic and detail design packages of three ropaxes. These are the 10th, 11th and 12th Stena E-Flexer types for two different operators. Stena’s E-Flexer class has been developed as a basic [Read more...]
VARD has delivered the first hybrid electric icebreaking cruise ship fitted with LNG propulsion. The Norwegian shipbuilder handed over the seventh ship to the French cruise company PONANT - the Polar exploration ship ‘Le Commandant Charcot’. ‘Le Commandant Charcot’ is a hybrid electric Polar exploration [Read more...]
At the end of last month, Meyer Werft announced it had won an order to build a residential yacht. To be named ‘Njord’, the ship was ordered by Ocean Residences Development Ltd (ORD), subject to finance being in place. She is scheduled for delivery by [Read more...]
The former Indian controlled, Polish-built passenger/cargo vessel ‘Nicobar’ (pictured) has been sold at auction to Indian recyclers. Broking sources quoted the price as $456 per light displacement tonne (ltd) on the basis ‘as is’ Kolkata. Elsewhere, the former Hong Kong casino ship ‘World’ was beached [Read more...]
On 28th July, Silversea Cruises’ latest ultra-luxury cruise ship ’Silver Moon’, was christened in Piraeus. ‘Silver Moon’s’ official naming ceremony was attended by guests, including Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean Group, Chairman and CEO; Roberto Martinoli, President and CEO of Silversea Cruises; Jason Liberty, Royal Caribbean Group, Executive [Read more...]
Three more E-Flexers have been ordered by Stena RoRo at the CMI Jinling (Weihai) shipyard on the back of long term charters, which when delivered, will bring the number in this series to 12. Two new hybrid LNG-electric ships will be delivered to Brittany Ferries, [Read more...]
Tasmania-based TT-Line recently firmed up a contract with Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for the construction of two new ropaxes. This project was conceived by naval architecture and marine engineering firm Foreship. The agreement was finalised following approval from the Tasmanian Government, with construction [Read more...]