Technology

Last month, MSC Cruises gave a technology update on its new ships. The line said that ‘MSC Virtuosa’ and ‘MSC Seashore’ are to be equipped with cutting-edge technologies that minimise their environmental footprint. In addition, the LNG-powered ‘MSC [Read more...]

French cruise ship builder Chantiers de l’Atlantique is to install a model of a Solid Sail/AeolDrive at the shipyard. This is the French yard’s solution for sailing propulsion adapted for large ships. This announcement was made during an [Read more...]

V.Ships Leisure is to take on the crew management for the world’s first fast ferry fitted with dual natural gas engines. The newly built ‘Eleanor Roosevelt’, to be operated by Spanish ferry company Balearia, also includes a number [Read more...]

Swedish maritime internet service provider, AecorLink is to deliver high speed internet to Wasaline´s new ferry - ‘Aurora Botnia’. Wasaline has been using the company’s broadband service since 2017, on the ropax ‘Wasa Express’. The company claimed to [Read more...]

Four of the top five major cruise companies have signed long-term strategic framework agreements for services delivered over SES Networks’ O3b mPOWER communications system. Most of the agreements were agreed to 2026 and beyond, the company said. The [Read more...]

Through its subsidiary company Scanship, Vow ASA has been awarded a €5.7 mill contract with a major European shipyard for the delivery of two advanced wastewater purification systems. The systems will be installed on two undisclosed cruise ships [Read more...]

Wärtsilä is to supply a range of equipment for a new 132 m long ropax ordered by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co (IOMSP). She is being built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard and will serve the Heysham [Read more...]

As part of its ongoing programme to increase fuel efficiency, Tallink Grupp has installed Qtagg’s EcoPilot system on the cruise ferry ‘Isabelle’. EcoPilot is a voyage optimisation tool incorporating autonomous speed and power control, as well as weather [Read more...]

Shell Marine has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide marine lubricants to Carnival Corp’s global fleet of 89 ships. Carnival will also offset the CO2 emissions from the marine lubricants it purchases from Shell, through Shell’s nature-based [Read more...]

The Schulte Group has acquired Rescompany Systems  (Resco), a provider of hospitality software solutions to the cruise industry. With its integrated ship-to-shore software systems, Resco is a perfect match and ideal addition to the services offered by Schulte [Read more...]