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Since SKYSEA GOLDEN ERA (see earlier newspiece for illustration) will join Marella Cruises, MEIN SCHIFF 2 will stay in the TUI Mein Schiff fleet © Christian Eckardt

SKYSEA GOLDEN ERA to become Marella Cruises’ new MARELLA EXPLORER 2 as UK operator goes all-inclusive from 2019

mar 20 2018

CruiseAs a direct result of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) pulling the plug on its Chinese joint venture – SkySea Cruise Line – the British cruise line a...

SKYSEA GOLDEN ERA will join Marella Cruises at the end of this year © Shippax archive

Royal Caribbean pulls the plug on China joint venture SkySea Cruise Line

mar 20 2018

CruiseIn a serious blow to the emerging Chinese cruise market, cruise major Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) is pulling the plug on its Chinese cruise line...

FINNCLIPPER will be chartered out to Baleària © Jukka Huotari

Baleària strengthens fleet with chartered FINNCLIPPER

mar 20 2018

FerryBaleària – the Denia-based ferry operator led by Adolfo Utor – will charter the 1999-built FINNCLIPPER of Finnlines.

Wärtsilä acquires Transas to accelerate its Smart Marine Ecosystem vision

mar 20 2018

PressreleaseThe technology group Wärtsilä is to acquire Transas, a global company headquartered in the U.K. The move will speed Wärtsilä along its path ...

FINNWAVE seen post-jumboization © Jukka Huotari

Finnlines exercises option to lengthen two more Breeze-Class ro-ros

mar 20 2018

Ro-roFinnlines’ Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction Investment Programme continues unabated as the Grimaldi Group subsidiary has announced that also th...

2017 was a year of stability for Corsica ferry operator La Méridionale

mar 20 2018

FinanceSTEF, the temperature-controlled logistics specialist, has released its financial figures for 2017, including La Méridionale, the group’s ferry offsh...

Minoan Lines dips, but financials seen as ‘positive’

mar 20 2018

FinanceRising fuel prices added significantly to Minoan Lines’ operating expenses in 2017 leaving the Grimaldi-controlled company with a net profit of EUR 4...

The CMIH DMD David Zhu and the SunStone CEO Niels-Erik Lund congratulating each other on the steel cutting ceremony © Ulstein

First steel cut for lead vessel in SunStone Ships Chinese expedition newbuildings – to be named GREG MORTIMER

mar 20 2018

CruiseFirst steel was cut in China on 16 March for the lead ship in Miami-based SunStone Ships series of polar class expedition cruise ships building at Chin...

© RCCL

Cruise industry veteran Adam Goldstein named RCL Vice Chairman

mar 20 2018

ProfileAfter 30 years at RCL – the last four of which as President and COO – Adam Goldstein has been named Vice Chairman, assuming the new position as of...

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Construction started on Fjord Line’s high-speed catamaran

mar 20 2018

High-speedConstruction on Fjord Line’s 109-metre high-speed catamaran started during week 11 with the first cut of aluminium at the Austal facility in Bala...

From left to right: Mark Gerretsen (MP for Kingston and the Islands), Leo Postma, (Sales Manager, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem), Sophie Kiwala (Member of Provincial Parliament) and Mike Bossio (MP of Hastings-Lennox and Addington) © Damen

(UPDATED) Damen inks contract for two Lake Ontario ferries

mar 19 2018

Ferry(Article first published 6 November 2017) The Government of Ontario and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a contract for the design, construction and de...

FastCat has embarked on a further expansion of its fleet and ferry network © Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation

FastCat secures financing to build three more ferries

mar 19 2018

FerryArchipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (APFC), the ferry operator that runs a network of short-distance ferry routes across the Philippines under th...

The hull design of BELUGA ACE is a complete departure from current PCTCs © Mistui O.S.K. Lines

BELUGA ACE – first of MOL’s new FLEXIE design of car carriers enters service

mar 19 2018

Ro-roThe first of four innovative FLEXIE design of car carriers ordered by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) from domestic shipyard Minaminippon Shipbuildin...

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Keel laid for Lindblad Expeditions' new polar vessel NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCE

mar 19 2018

CruiseThe keel was laid for Lindblad Expeditions’ new polar expedition cruise vessel, to be named NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCE, on 15 March.

ARMAS pulled the plug blaming high port fees. With port fees being reduced, it might be interested to re-start the Funchal-Portimão route © Frank Lose

UPDATED: Port of Madeira reducing port fees to make Funchal-Portimão ro-pax service viable

mar 16 2018

Ferry(Article first published 6 September 2017)Madeira’s regional government has recently sent out a new public tender for a weekly service connecting Funcha...

© Heiner Lohmann

NORWEGIAN BLISS nearing completion

mar 16 2018

CruiseNORWEGIAN BLISS, the sixteenth ship in the Norwegian Cruise Line fleet, is nearing completion after having left the Meyer Werft in Papenburg on 13 Marc...

VIDANTA ALEGRIA is the former VOYAGER © Christian Costa

New Mexican cruise ship VIDANTA ALEGRIA now at Naples shipyard

mar 16 2018

CruiseThe relatively simple task of transforming a small cruise ship designed for the British market into a vessel aimed specifically at the emerging Mexican...

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Fjord1's second of three ferries launched at Cemre Shipyard

mar 16 2018

FerryAUSTRATT, the second unit in a three-ship series built for Fjord1, was launched at the Turkish Cemre Shipyard on Thursday 15 March.

AZAMARA PURSUIT is the former ADONIA of P&O Cruises © Maritime Photographic

Azamara Club Cruises takes delivery of AZAMARA PURSUIT in Freeport, Grand Bahama

mar 16 2018

CruiseAzamara Club Cruises took delivery of its latest vessel AZAMARA PURSUIT on 14 March from P&O Cruises during the former ADONIA’s drydocking at the G...

UND EGE © Jean-Pierre Fabre

U.N. Ro-Ro extends operating rights at the Port of Trieste until 2041

mar 15 2018

Ro-roU.N. Ro-Ro, the Turkish ro-ro giant, has signed a new agreement that extends its operating rights at the Port of Trieste until 2041.

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