Cruise Ship Industry News
Seine basin works towards a greener future
In 2019, HAROPA Le Havre (HLH) launched a shore power strategy, prioritising cruise ships, whose terminal is located close to the city. The schedule for completion was during 2022/2023. For river traffic, the aim is to deploy a [Read more...]
Virgin Voyages launches agents ‘seacademy’
Richard Branson’s Virgin Voyages has launched an e-learning seacademy platform for its ‘First Mates’ travel agent partners. Seacademy is described as a one-stop shop and resource tool to help agents learn about the brand at their own pace [Read more...]
NCL to raise $850 mill
NCL Corp (NCLC), a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), has closed its private offering of $850 mill aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% senior notes due 2026. This offering originally totalled $500 mill but was increased. NCLC said that [Read more...]
ALMACO and Genano sign partnership agreement
ALMACO and Genano are to become preferred partners in providing patented air de-contamination technology to improve overall passenger and crew health by removing airborne impurities, including the novel coronavirus, of all sizes. With over 20 years’ experience of [Read more...]
Pfitzner becomes Hapag-Lloyd Cruises CEO
Julian Pfitzner has been appointed CEO of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, effective 1st January. Following the integration of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises under the TUI Cruises umbrella, Karl Pojer, former CEO, has stepped down. Pfitzner (pictured) was formerly product manager for ‘Europa [Read more...]
Victoria (BC) to proceed with shore power project
Following a meeting in early December, 2020, the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) Board, British Columbia confirmed that it will proceed with the next stage of the shore power project for the Victoria Cruise Terminal located at The [Read more...]
PrimeServ to retrofit SCR on ‘Amadea’
MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division – MAN PrimeServ Augsburg – has developed an selective catalystic reduction (SCR) solution, which is to be retrofitted on board the ‘Amadea’, a cruise ship chartered by Phoenix Reisen and managed by BSM [Read more...]
Fleet changes and recycling escalates
Ocean Builders has confirmed that its plan to moor a former P&O cruise ship off Panama have been scuppered. The 1991-built ‘Satoshi’, the former ‘Pacific Dawn’, was to become a stationary residential cruise vessel but has now been [Read more...]
Interim report into two Carnival vessels allision released
Transport Malta has issued an interim safety investigation report into the allision between the Maltese flag ‘Carnival Legend’ (pictured) and the Panamanian flag ‘Carnival Glory’ at Cozumel, Mexico on 20th December, 2019. On 20th December, 2019 at about [Read more...]
MarineXChange continues to update COVID-19 software
While increasing safety on board for guests and crew members, MarineXChange’s MXP Protect software aims to increase efficiency and thereby, lower costs for cruise lines. New features, such as the registration of vaccinations and COVID-19 test results facilitate [Read more...]