Cruise Ship Industry News
Brittany Ferries prepares for the future
In a year dominated by the Covid crisis and amid on-going Brexit concerns, Brittany Ferries’ 2020 passenger numbers fell to less than a third of normal levels, the company said. Freight fared slightly better, with figures down by [Read more...]
Phoenix Reisen invests in more Resco systems
Rescompany Systems (Resco) has enhanced its partnership with Phoenix Reisen to develop a mobile ticketless excursion module. This system was designed to validate all shore excursion bookings on board. The application works offline to track each person on a bus [Read more...]
Las Palmas to get new cruise terminal
Gran Canaria’s main port of Las Palmas has unveiled plans for a new cruise terminal. The Port Authority recently issued a public tender for companies to invest and manage a cruise terminal, in addition to improving the current [Read more...]
NCLH raises $150 mill
In connection with its previously announced underwritten public offering in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), the underwriter has fully exercised its option to purchase an additional 5 mill ordinary shares at $30 per share. The issuance and sale of [Read more...]
Cold ironing partnership unveiled
Enel X and Fincantieri have signed a letter of intent (LoI) to build and operate port infrastructure with a low environmental impact. In addition, the LoI calls for the development of electricity-powered solutions for ground logistics services. In [Read more...]
Valletta’s operational guidelines for cruise ships approved
Valletta Cruise Port, together with local authorities and partners, has worked on ’COVID-19 Cruise Operations Guidelines for a Safe Continuation of Cruising in Valletta’. The project’s aim was to facilitate operations in this transitional phase. Operating guidelines were prepared [Read more...]
MSC’s luxury brand’s new management team
MSC Group’s Cruises Division has appointed five senior managers for its new luxury brand, which is headed by CEO, Michael Ungerer. Ungerer (pictured) explained: “The leaders of the new brand bring more than 100 years of combined knowledge and [Read more...]
Fourth US economic impact cruise report completed
Earlier this month, US Commissioner, Louis Sola released the ’Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Cruise Industry on California, Hawaii and the Pacific’ report. This is the fourth in a series of interim reports issued as part of the ongoing [Read more...]
Azamara sale finalised
Royal Caribbean has completed the sale of its Azamara brand to Sycamore Partners for $201 mill. Sycamore is a private equity firm specialising in consumer, retail and distribution investments. The sale included Azamara's three-ship fleet and associated intellectual [Read more...]
Columbia consolidates its cruise business
The Columbia Group is combining its business lines and brands in the super yacht and cruise sectors under one holding entity - COLUMBIA blue. While the existing business lines and specialised offerings of Swiss Ocean and Columbia Cruise [Read more...]