Cruise news (PropulsionEngines-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Port Honfleur (France) plans to equip the cruise terminal with shore power
Honfleur (France) has just ~6000 inhabitants but receives ~5,2 million visitors per year, including those from both ocean cruisers and riverboats...
February 27, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Methanol producer Proman and Costa Group join forces towards cruise industry's decarbonisation
Costa Group (part of Carnival Corporation) and Europe’s leading cruise operator managing the brands AIDA and Costa, signed with Proman...
February 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
PortMiami to build the world’s largest shore power system for cruise ships
Еngineering and manufacturing company PowerCon (Denmark) has been subcontracted to deliver 5 shore power systems for cruise ships at PortMiami...
February 17, 2023 - Cruise Industry
NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line and PRIO complete first biofuel tests in Portugal
Portugal’s biofuel producer PRIO partnered with NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line to complete the first test with advanced biofuels produced/supplied...
February 13, 2023 - Accidents
Interislander ferry Aratere breaks down in Cook Strait NZ
An Interislander ferry broke down in the Cook Strait Sunday evening, February 12th, and drifted while en route to Picton from Wellington (New Zealand...
February 13, 2023 - Cruise Industry
NYC's Brooklyn Cruise Terminal shore power design is not fully used
In December 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced MSC's forthcoming year-round homeporting from BCT-Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The ships, according to the...
February 11, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Wartsila confirms contract for new Balearia's LNG-powered ferry
Finland’s Wartsila secured a contract to supply dual-fuel engines/other equipment for Balearia’s second LNG-powered high-speed ferry...
February 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry
UK's Portsmouth International Port accepts an offer from SSEN to secure extra power supply
Portsmouth International Port’s plans to become the most sustainable port in the United Kingdom take a step closer to being fully shore power...
February 7, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Swedish researchers develop induction technology for wireless charging ferries
Researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology (Goteborg) developed an induction technology to wirelessly charge batteries in electric...
February 6, 2023 - Cruise Industry
USA's administration grants US$380M to decarbonize ferry transportation
The US Department of Transportation’s FTA (Federal Transit Administration) announced US$384.4 million in federal funding by the Biden-Harris...
January 30, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Incat Tasmania plans to deliver the world's first large, lightweight electric ferry
Incat Tasmania (Australian high-speed catamaran shipbuilder) revealed it was in discussion with South American operator Buquebus for the delivery of...
January 28, 2023 - Accidents
Auckland NZ ferry services disrupted due to mooring line failure on HAL's ship ms Noordam
Auckland ferry services were disrupted for an hour on Friday, January 27th, after a mooring line problem on the HAL-Holland America's cruise ship ms...
January 28, 2023 - Cruise Industry
Port Stockholm’s new quay F655 allows more capacity for turnarounds
Ambassador Cruise Line’s ship Ambience was the first to visit Port Stockholm's new quay F655 on May 20th, 2022. The official inauguration took...
January 27, 2023 - Cruise Industry
World’s first methanol ferry Stena Germanica completes ship-to-ship bunkering at Port Gothenburg...
On January 23rd, the first methanol ferry in the world, Stena Germanica, was the first non-tanker to complete STS-ship-to-ship methanol bunkering at...
January 26, 2023 - Cruise Industry
T. Mariotti and Neptune launch “Project Sama”, the first ship for the Aman Luxury Brand
Project Sama represents the first ultra-luxury at-sea experience from Neptune Co., a joint venture of Aman Group and Cruise Saudi. The new concept...
January 23, 2023