Grand Princess: Florida couple sue Princess Cruises

Yesterday, as they do every day, the San Francisco Bar Pilots assumed navigational command of a ship and safely brought it to the Port of Oakland. What was different this time round

ClassNK releases new CBM guidelines

To promote the use of Condition Based Maintenance technology, classification society ClassNK has released CBM guidelines that explain the society’s revised rules for using CBM in class surveys. CBM — a method

Celebrity Edge sails with all-female bridge and leadership team

After a week of downbeat news from the cruise industry, here’s one positive story. In what’s claimed as a first in maritime history, Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Edge departed Port Everglades yesterday with

Qatar shipyard to add new floating dry dock

Milaha (Qatar Navigation Q.P.S.C) is to expand its facilities with the acquisition of a new floating dry dock to support vessel repair and dry docking. The dock is set to arrive at

PODCAST: Why LNG-as-fuel is making waves

In Marine Log’s latest Listen Up! podcast, Tim Hermann, President of Pivotal LNG, and Tim Casey, President and CEO of Polaris New Energy, talk about why so many vessel operators are switching

Department of State and CDC advise U.S. citizens to avoid cruise travel

Both the U.S. Department of State and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling on cruise ships. Both announcements are in stark contrast to

Coronavirus: Grand Princess to dock in Oakland

In an update posted at 10.00 p.m. Saturday, Princess Cruises said it had received word from state and local response operations that Grand Princess will proceed to the Port of Oakland on

VIDEO: Grand Princess awaits results from test kits delivered by helicopter

As of this morning, Princess Cruises’ Grand Princess remained at sea off San Francisco pending the results of coronavirus tests on samples collected from 45 of the 3,553 people on board the

Euronav swoops on fourth DSME VLCC newbuild resale

Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) has entered into an agreement to acquire a fourth resale VLCC newbuilding contract. Last month the tanker giant reached an agreement to acquire three VLCCs,

Bawat BWMS gains USCG Type Approval

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Center has issued the 26th U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Management System Type Approval certificate to Denmark’s Bawat A/S, after a detailed review of the manufacturer’s

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