Cruise news (technology-tagged)
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Fincantieri’s VARD delivers polar exploration ship Le Commandant Charcot to PONANT
Fincantieri’s subsidiary VARD, which is one of the major global shipbuilders of specialized ships (expedition and support vessels), delivered...
August 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Princess Cruises celebrating 20th anniversary of shore power in Juneau, Alaska
Princess Cruises made history when the line introduced its revolutionary shore power programme and commenced operations via a partnership with the...
July 30, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC, Fincantieri & Snam to build the world’s first oceangoing hydrogen-powered cruise ship
MSC Cruises, Fincantieri and Snam revealed the signing of an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to jointly determine the conditions for the design and...
July 27, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Moscow launches electric ferry service in 2022
Russia's capital city Moscow plans to incorporate a fleet of fully electric passenger ferries into its public transport network from summer 2022...
July 26, 2021 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: BC Ferries' 3rd hybrid electric Island-Class ferry arrives in Victoria
The Canadian passenger shipping company BC Ferries released footage of the 3rd ship in its new hybrid-electric fleet arriving in Victoria BC on July...
July 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Quark Expeditions launches cruise industry’s most immersive Polar Helicopter Program
Quark Expeditions, the global leader in polar cruises, unveiled details of its immersive helicopter program made possible via the acquisition of two...
July 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Scrubbers installed on 3rd MSC Cruises’ ship, MSC Musica in Brindisi, Italy
Chantiers de l'Atlantique (St-Nazaire /fka STX France) completed the installation of an EGCS (exhaust gas cleaning system/aka scrubbers) on the MSC...
July 23, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Viking Ocean's newest cruise ship Viking Mars floated out at Fincantieri Ancona
Viking Mars, the newest ocean cruise ship which Fincantieri Italy is building for the shipowner Viking Cruises, was floated out on Thursday, July 15...
July 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Sunstone Ships' Ocean Explorer delivered by China Merchants Heavy Industry
The biggest tonnage provider in the expedition market, SunStone Ships, announced the successful delivery of the 2nd next-generation, INFINITY-class...
July 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
HANSEATIC Spirit ship delivered to Hapag-Lloyd Cruises by VARD-Fincantieri
The world's largest cruise shipbuilder Fincantieri (via its subsidiary VARD) delivered HANSEATIC Spirit - the 3rd boat in a new series of luxury...
June 29, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Construction starts on MSC’s 3rd MERAVIGLIA-PLUS cruise ship MSC Euribia
The first steel was cut on Monday, June 28, at Chantiers de l’Atlantique (shipbuilding company in Saint Nazaire, France) with which officially...
June 28, 2021 - Cruise Industry
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings taking action against climate change
NCLH-Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (currently the world's 3rd-largest cruise shipowner, which owns the subsidiaries NCL-Norwegian Cruise Line...
June 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
MSC’s 2nd Seaside EVO class cruise ship to be named MSC Seascape
A traditional coin ceremony for the second Seaside EVO class ship of MSC Cruises was held on Thursday, June 24, at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone...
June 24, 2021 - Cruise Industry
ABP Southampton UK takes delivery of a new £5 million airbridge
Associated British Ports (ABP) took delivery of a new GBP 5 million airbridge in preparation for the opening of the Horizon Cruise Terminal. The 235...
June 20, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Shoreside power plant inaugurated at Port Kiel’s OSTSEEKAI Terminal
A major step for climate protection in Port Kiel, Germany was taken at the OSTSEEKAI after Kiel’s Lord Mayor, Dr. Ulf Kämpfer, and the...
June 19, 2021