Wärtsilä Exhaust Treatment will install open loop exhaust gas abatement technology on two Grimaldi subsidiary Trasmed ropaxes. Trasmed has opted for four of Wärtsilä’s I-SOx open loop scrubbers with exhaust de-plume systems for the ’Volcan del Teide’ and ’Ciudad de Granada’. The scrubbers are flexible to enable [Read more...]
The first of two large cruise ferries building for Moby Lines was floated out at China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) shipyard earlier this month. Named ’Moby Fantasy’, the two large ropaxes will replace four older vessels operating between Italy and Sardinia. Ordered in 2019, each of [Read more...]
On 5th November, the first ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation took place in Estonia, by Elenger Marine. This involved Tallink’s shuttle ferry ‘Megastar’, which sails between Tallinn and Helsinki. She was bunkered by ‘Optimus’ at the Old City Harbour of Tallinn. “Ship-to-ship bunkering of LNG has not [Read more...]
CMI Ship Management has established the CMI Crew Training Academy in partnership with Simwave’s Maritime Centres of Excellence. Jim Barreiro de Leon, CMI President & CEO and Marcel Kind, CEO & Founder of Simwave have opened a bespoke, turnkey solution for CMI’s crew training needs, [Read more...]
The OceanGate Expeditions 2021 Titanic Survey Expedition was connected by Inmarsat’s satellite communications. Inmarsat kept the OceanGate Expeditions crew connected with team members and support services during the six-week expedition to document the important maritime heritage site located over 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland in the [Read more...]
What is claimed to be the cruise industry’s first hybrid powered ship is due to be delivered in the summer of 2023. To be operated by Royal Caribbean Group’s (RCI) ultra-luxury brand, Silversea Cruises, the new class of ships, known as ‘Project Evolution,’ will run [Read more...]
On 24th September, at Le Havre, Gasum bunkered LNG to ‘Le Commandant Charcot’, PONANT’s newest LNG-fuelled newbuilding Polar expedition ship. This operation marked Gasum’s first LNG delivery in France and also the first LNG bunker operation in the port of Le Havre. ‘Le Commandant Charcot’, [Read more...]
Maritime software, services, and data analysis provider, NAPA, has launched the stability software - NAPA Stability. The new on board stability solution has been designed to replace NAPA Loading Computer in the passenger shipping sector. It will be deployed with additional cloud-based functions on NAPA [Read more...]
Network solution provider, Marlink, is supporting PONANT’s first Polar exploration ship, ’Le Commandant Charcot’, with the supply of data and voice connectivity. ’Le Commandant Charcot’ became the first vessel of her type to reach the geographic North Pole on 6th September, 2021, during sea trials in [Read more...]
Designer and manufacturer of civilian submersibles, Triton Submarines, is to supply and manage submersibles on board Scenic Eclipse Discovery Yachts. Under the agreement, Triton Submarines will supply a Triton 660/9 AVA to be installed on board the newbuilding small cruise ship ‘Scenic Eclipse II’. The [Read more...]