Ships

Following the 2018 announcement from Fincantieri that Viking Ocean Cruises had six further options on the original orders, contracts for the third and fourth cruise ships have now been signed. In addition, contracts for the fifth and sixth [Read more...]

Recently established Norwegian cruise venture, Northern Xplorer (NX), and Portuguese shipbuilder West Sea have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to build the company’s first vessel, which it is claimed will be emission free. Signed at last week’s [Read more...]

On 30th August, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) held naming and launching ceremonies for the second of Japan's first two LNG-fuelled ferries. They were ordered from Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works. MOL Chairman, Junichiro Ikeda, named the [Read more...]

Following two years of layup in Greece, the 1990-built, 47,000 gt former cruise ship ‘Horizon’ departed Elefsis Bay bound for a Turkish recycling yard at Aliaga under tow on 25th August. ‘Horizon’ was Celebrity Cruises’ first newbuilding when [Read more...]

At a press conference in Kolobrzeg, Poland, earlier this month, Marek Grobarczyk, Polish Secretary of State in the Ministry of Infrastructure, announced that state-owned Polferries had signed a contract for a ropax with Italian ferry builder Visentini. It [Read more...]

A second passenger ship is scheduled to house Ukrainian refugees in Scotland. The Scottish Government is to charter Ambassador Cruises’ ‘Ambition’, which will be berthed on the River Clyde in Glasgow. Ministers claimed the ship will be fully operational by [Read more...]

Cash strapped Brodosplit shipyard, part of the Croatian DIV Group,  has officially signed the contract to build an LNG powered residence style cruise ship with Miami-based Storylines. The estimated cost of the 547 apartment vessel is $1.5 bill. [Read more...]

It has been widely reported that French interests have snapped up the former Holland America Line cruise ship, ’Maasdam’. French media has reported that a Marseilles-based startup company, Compagnie Française de Croisières (CFC), has renamed the ship ‘Renaissance’, following [Read more...]

Tallink Grupp has signed contracts with Slaapschepen Public BV, an organisation nominated by Centraal Orgaan Opvang Asielzoekers (COA) of the Netherlands, for the short-term charter of two vessels. The company’s Tallinn/Helsinki route vessel ‘Silja Europa’ (pictured) was chartered [Read more...]

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...]