This year, CSI Design Expo Americas (CSI America) and Cruise Xperience Innovation Summit (CXI Americas) two-day event held last month, kicked off by inviting cruise line creatives, design studios, procurement teams, and exhibiting suppliers to the Miami art gallery - The Bass- for an invite-only [Read more...]
Hurtigruten Group, Norway’s leading coastal cruise line and premium expedition travel brand, has secured more than €500 mill of new capital to support business growth and the final phase of its separation into Hurtigruten and HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions). From January 2025, each business will exist [Read more...]
ClassNK subsidiary, NAPA, a provider of maritime software and data services, has unveiled NAPA Permit to Work to improve crew safety and efficiency when conducting high-risk tasks on board. The new software is currently being trialled by Carnival Cruise Line (CCL) and Virgin Voyages, aimed [Read more...]
A&K Travel Group has announced the signing of a long-term collaboration agreement with naval architects, Giacomo and Loreno Mortola for Crystal’s newbuildings. The father and son paring, trading as Studio Gem, were involved in the refit of ’Crystal Serenity’ and ’Crystal Symphony’ and will spearhead the design of the two [Read more...]
It is with deep regret that we have been informed of the untimely death of VIKING Life-Saving Equipment’s CEO, Henrik Uhd Christensen. He passed away on 17th January, 2024 at the age of 54 after a short illness leaving behind his wife and two adult [Read more...]
Color Line’s two fast ropaxes, sailing between Denmark and Norway, have been running on B100 biofuel for over a month, supplied by Danish-based Bunker One. The biofuel has been supplied to Color Line’s ‘SuperSpeed 1’ and ‘2’ ropaxes sailing between Hirtshals in Denmark and Larvik/Kristiansand [Read more...]
Taking learning to the next level, a group of Bahamian summer camp students boarded Disney Cruise Line’s (DCL) ’Disney Wish’ to learn first-hand about careers at sea. More than 25 students, ranging in age from 10 to 13, recently participated in a two-week maritime summer camp sponsored [Read more...]
In a Report written exclusively for ICSI, Esa Henttinen, NAPA’s Executive Vice President for Safety Solutions looks at how ESG accountability and operational data are powering a shift in safety culture. Tp read the Report in full click on SPECIAL CRUISE DATA TECH REPORT
Global healthcare specialist VIKAND has been appointed on board healthcare provider for Chinese newcomer, Adora Cruises. This move will result in each of Adora’s ships having a robust healthcare system in place for both passengers and crew, including on board medical professionals, modern facilities, remote [Read more...]
Three new LNG-fuelled E-Flexer ropaxes being built for Stena RoRo will feature a wide variety of Wärtsilä solutions. The ships are under construction at China Merchants Jinling (Weihai) Shipyard and will operate with Wärtsilä engines and propulsion machinery when delivered in 2024 and 2025. Having [Read more...]