Cruise Ship Industry News
‘Amorella’ to go to Corsica
Finnish ferry company Viking Line reached an agreement on 4th August to sell the ‘Amorella’ to Corsica Ferries. The deal will be completed, and the ship delivered to her new owner in October, 2022. A sale of ‘Amorella’, following [Read more...]
‘Salamanca’ uses Wärtsilä’s SPECS camera system for more efficient and safer operations
Wärtsilä Voyage’s Smart Panoramic Edge Camera System (SPECS) will be used by Brittany Ferries to improve the safety and efficiency of its passenger ferry operations. SPECS will be first installed on board the ’Salamanca’ – the 214.5 m, 1,015 pax [Read more...]
‘Diamond Princess’ stopped through lack of crew
Princess Cruises is to cancel 11 ‘Diamond Princess’ cruises between September and November this year, due to a lack of crew. She was due to become one of the last of the Princess fleet to return to service starting [Read more...]
Irish Ferries’ ropaxes switch onto Voyager IP’s Xiplink
Following a successful trial on Irish Ferries’ ropax ‘WB Yeats’, Voyager IP’s patented Xiplink service was extended to the ropax ‘Ulysses’ in May, 2022. For Irish Ferries, higher bandwidth and always-on connectivity is critical in delivering a quality [Read more...]
GPH adds three Canary Island ports to its network
Global Ports Holding (GPH) has announced that Global Ports Canary Islands (GPCI), an 80/20 joint venture between GPH and its local partner Sepcan, has completed the competitive RFP process for certain Canary Island cruise ports. GPCI has now [Read more...]
Silversea Cruises appoints two senior managers
Silversea Cruises has made two senior management appointments this month. First, Roberto Verdino (pictured) takes on the role as Senior Vice President Revenue Management. Reporting to Barbara Muckermann, Chief Commercial Officer, Verdino will oversee Silversea’s revenue operations, forecasting, [Read more...]
Dirker joins Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic has named Gordon Dirker (pictured) as Vice President of Sales, North America. He joined the company on 8th August. Dirker’s previous employment in the cruise sector includes stints with Celestyal Cruises and Hurtigruten. He will report [Read more...]
Windstar promotes Rom to head of sales
Windstar Cruises has promoted Dianna Rom to senior director of sales. She will lead the domestic and international sales team for the brand. Rom (pictured) has been with Windstar for seven years, first as a Midwest regional sales [Read more...]
Whittier land turned over for cruise terminal development
US Senator, Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has announced that the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has signed the land conveyance for the site known as the Whittier ‘Tank Farm’ at the Head of the Bay of Prince William [Read more...]
The cruise industry is back on course
After a global ban on cruises was imposed in April 2020, cruise ships have now resumed operations worldwide. For the first time this year, the leaders of the passenger shipbuilding sector will meet on European soil in the [Read more...]