Technology

Fjord Line is to continue its strategic partnership with Telenor Maritime. An agreement between the parties was extended for five years and covers the whole of Fjord Line’s fleet. Speed is a strong competitive factor in the ferry [Read more...]

Mobile satcoms leader, Inmarsat, has published a report on attitudes to digitalisation in the ferry market. This study drew on interviews with 10 leading ferry owners by consultancy JG Maritime Solutions and comes when the sector faces a major [Read more...]

Fledgeling cruise company Cordelia Cruises is to implement Rescompany’s (Resco) PMS and POS, as well as the shoreside central system for fleet & POS management software. Indian-based Cordelia Cruises is owned by Waterways Leisure Tourism. Cordelia has said that [Read more...]

Japanese propeller manufacturer Nakashima Propeller has bought a controlling stake in Hamburg-based Becker Marine Systems (BMS) after decades of co-operation. The combined product portfolio of both companies will create a strong hydrodynamic system provider for propulsion and manoeuvring [Read more...]

Climeon’s Heat Power modules have successfully passed sea trials on Virgin Voyages’ second cruise ship, ‘Valiant Lady’. “I am very happy to have reached this milestone and I am proud of our employees for completing the installation on [Read more...]

Mitsui OSK. Lines (MOL) and Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) have concluded a basic agreement to supply LNG to two LNG-fuelled ferries. These are currently under construction and will operate for MOL Group company, Ferry Sunflower - ’Sunflower Kurenai’ and [Read more...]

TMC Compressors has been awarded a contract by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) to supply marine compressors to be retrofitted on board the ’Enchantment of the Seas’. This contract comes some 24 years after TMC delivered the original compressors to [Read more...]

Telenor Maritime’s new platform can help facilitate the digitalisation of the shipping industry. This can be achieved with secure, reliable and cost-effective sharing of data right across the globe, CEO Lars Erik Lunøe (pictured) said. The company, founded [Read more...]

Rescompany Systems (Resco) has enhanced its partnership with Phoenix Reisen to develop a mobile ticketless excursion module. This system was designed to validate all shore excursion bookings on board. The application works offline to track each person on a bus [Read more...]

UK-based Audience Systems is now marketing Japanese sleep capsules to the cruise and ferry market sector. Tokyo-based Kotobuki has installed sleep capsules in all types of accommodation worldwide. Two Stena Line ropaxes operating on the Rostock/Trelleborg route were [Read more...]