Cruise Ship Industry News
Migeon takes over from Gillmann at BIO-UV
French water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has appointed Laurent-Emmanuel Migeon (pictured) as its new Chairman and CEO, succeeding company founder, Benoît Gillmann. Gillmann, who founded the company in 2000, said: “After more than 22 years of service dedicated [Read more...]
Sea Tourism Forum to address key issues
The 7th Posidonia Sea Tourism Forum is to be held on 25th-26th April this year at Thessaloniki’s Makedonia Palace Hotel. This biennial event comes at a time when the cruise industry is looking to fully recover from the [Read more...]
YSA Design’s Fabiana Vale Dornelas and Trond Sigurdsen to lead new Sustainability division
YSA Design has appointed Fabiana Vale Dornelas and Trond Sigurdsen as Head of Sustainability & Implementation and Head of Sustainability & Technology, respectively. In the newly created roles, Dornelas, Senior Interior Architect, and Sigurdsen, Senior Architect & Partner, [Read more...]
Stena Line to introduce STENA NORDICA on Fishguard-Rosslare Service
Swedish ferry company Stena Line has confirmed its plans to secure the future stability of its Fishguard-Rosslare service by redeploying another ferry from its fleet. The Stena Nordica, which has been operating in the Baltic Sea, is a familiar [Read more...]
MSC CRUISES TO LAUNCH NEW FLAGSHIP, MSC EURIBIA, IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
Geneva, Switzerland, 23 February 2023 – MSC Cruises today announced that the naming ceremony for its newest flagship, MSC Euribia, will take place on 8 June 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new 181,541gt vessel will become MSC Cruises’ second ship [Read more...]
Activism, strikes and civil commotion threats to increase this year
Grassroot movements, strikes and civil commotion are risks that every business must consider in 2023, warned strategic malicious risk advisors, CHC Global. Among the businesses at risk is the cruise ship sector with its many tour offerings ashore, [Read more...]
ULSTEIN CAPTURES ITS 7TH CRUISE SHIP DESIGN CONTRACT FOR SUNSTONE
SunStone Ships goes for another cruise vessel in its INFINITY class. All the vessels in this class are designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS. These vessels were the first to introduce the patented X-BOW design in the [Read more...]
Resorts World Cruises Adds Kaohsiung as New Destination and Homeport
21 February 2023 – On 13 January, Resorts World Cruises announced Resorts World One will commence high seas cruises from Hong Kong, starting 10 March 2023. With Taiwan lifting all travel restrictions on Hong Kong and Macao residents, [Read more...]
Stena Line and Peel Ports sign major new deal at Birkenhead for port operations until the year 2100
17th February, 2023 - Birkenhead - One of Europe’s largest ferry route and port operators, Stena Line, has signed a new deal with Peel Ports, a major UK Port operator, to operate their 12 Quays port and ferry terminal in Birkenhead until the [Read more...]
Announcing our New Partnership with London Stadium
We have received the following release from Ambassador Cruises about a new sponsorship deal. It reads: We are delighted to announce our new partnership with London Stadium as their exclusive Cruise Partner; with promotions across the venue’s multi-use [Read more...]