Genoa-based stabiliser repair company Pinfabb SRL, has retrofitted the stabiliser control systems on Fred.Olsen’s cruise ship ‘Bolette’. Making use of Pinfabb’s POSEIDON system, the company said that the control system was renewed in the most optimised way to ensure the stabilisers’ longevity, operate with minimal [Read more...]
Valmet has opened a new office in Miami, Florida, to strengthen its local presence and improve its services for the global marine industry. “Out of the many Valmet offices in the USA, this new one is solely dedicated to serving our marine customers. Miami is [Read more...]
Major satcoms provider Inmarsat is expanding its market presence in the luxury expedition market, with new orders for the Fleet Xpress service. The orders were received for three specialised Galápagos Islands vessels - Quasar Expeditions luxury yachts ’Grace’ and ’Evolution’ and Kleintours cruise ship ’Galapágos Legend’, following two contracts signed with [Read more...]
Wärtsilä has launched the latest addition in its multi-fuel engine portfolio. The Wärtsilä 46TS-DF engine is designed with a focus on efficiency, environmental performance and fuel flexibility. In gas fuel mode, the engine has the highest efficiency thus far achieved in the medium-speed engine market, [Read more...]
Catering equipment specialist, ALMACO has installed its equipment on ‘Costa Toscana’. She was delivered to Costa from Meyer Werft Turku in December last year. ALMACO provided the design, engineering, production, delivery and commissioning of all the galley, pantry and bar counters and equipment on the [Read more...]
Climeon has introduced the next generation of Climeon HeatPower - Climeon HeatPower 300 Marine - to the cruise industry at Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami this week. Climeon HeatPower 300 Marine is a waste heat recovery product optimised for marine conditions and designed to generate [Read more...]
ABB has won an order from Chantiers de l’Atlantique to supply the electric propulsion systems and remote support for Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection’s two newbuilding mega yachts. The ships are the second and third in a series that began with the ’Evrima’, due to start operations later this [Read more...]
Carnival Corp has signed up to Wärtsilä’s new de-carbonisation modelling service. Initially asked to establish an optimal de-carbonisation path for the 142,000 gt cruise ship ‘Regal Princess’ (pictured), the project will be expanded to model solutions, which could be applied to the entire Carnival fleet. [Read more...]
Rescompany (Resco) has been appointed by two more fledgling cruise operators to implement its software. Indian-based Cordelia Cruises will implement the PMS and POS, as well as Resco’s shoreside Central System for Fleet & POS Management. Cordelia Cruises is owned by Waterways Leisure Tourism Pty [Read more...]
GTT has been awarded an Approval in Principle (AiP) from ClassNK for a new design of LNG fuel tank. The tank is of a 2 bar gauge design pressure, claimed to be ideal for cruise ships fitted with a Mark III membrane tank. This represents an upgrade of the Mark III system with a design pressure up [Read more...]