- Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world's largest cruise company, announced on the 18th January an agreement for the next-generation of internet connectivity across its global fleet, the latest in a series of moves that have nearly tripled ship bandwidth since 2019. The [Read more...]
LOBO Systems from Derby in UK proudly announces that Carnival, operators for the iconic cruise brands Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises (Australia), Costa Cruises, AIDA Cruises, P&O Cruises (UK) and Cunard, has globally approved the LOBO Work Platform Scaffold System for [Read more...]
Following the launch at SMM last year, global Survival Technology solutions provider Survitec has announced that its new Marine Evacuation System (MES) Life Ark has received full-type approval from classification society Bureau Veritas. Certification of Life Ark, a helical slide-based MES for small to medium-sized [Read more...]
Zinus will equip Samsølinjen’s and Alslinjen's new zero-emission ferries with fully automatic charging connections. In 2021, Zinus delivered its autonomous charging connection to Molslinjen's ferry route between Esbjerg and the island of Fanø, thereby contributing to more climate- and environmentally friendly crossings. Now Molslinjen, which [Read more...]
Oslo-listed Havyard Group’s Board has proposed that the company changes name to Eqva. The name change reflects the company’s growth strategy and marks its transformation to a fully integrated service concern, which contributes to green transition in maritime, power intensive and renewable industries, the Group [Read more...]
MAN Energy Solutions (MES) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), including its subsidiaries and brands. The MoU relates to a project to retrofit a medium speed MAN 48/60 engine to enable it to run on dual-fuel diesel/methanol. This [Read more...]
Shipmanagement service provider, V.Ships Leisure is to manage Ocean Residences’ superyacht residency ‘Njord’. This agreement involves a range of services, including newbuilding supervision support, shipmanagement, crewing for all departments, port operations and ShipSure 2.0. Commenting on the agreement, Kristian Stensby, Chairman & CEO of Ocean Residences, said; [Read more...]
Cruise.co.uk, a UK-based online cruise travel agent, has selected MariaDB SkySQL as its fully managed cloud database service. With SkySQL, Cruise.co.uk will gain large benefits with seamless migration and faster performance, the company claimed. Furthermore, SkyDBAs serve as personal consultants for 24/7 proactive, expert care of databases, enabling Cruise.co.uk [Read more...]
ShipMoney has signed a long-term strategic partnership with V. Group to digitalise seafarers’ payroll system. This will ensure a more secure and efficient way to pay V.Ships’ workforce, the company said. In addition to crew payments, this agreement enables V. Group to make international corporate [Read more...]
The last of Scandlines’ four hybrid ferries operating between Puttgarden (Germany) and Rødby (Denmark), the double-ended ferry ‘Prinsesse Benedikte’ recently had four new thrusters installed. These new thrusters were claimed to be far more efficient and thus energy-saving than the previous push thrusters. As a [Read more...]