Autonomous tender vessels would charge battery-powered cruise ships from MSR-powered Thor.

VIDEO: Ulstein offers cruising a nuclear option

Unveiled at the Seatrade Cruise Global event in Miami, the key feature of the 149 meter long Ulstein Thor concept vessel is a thorium molten salt reactor — or MSR. Ulstein says

Carnival Corporation’s Arnold Donald (L) and Josh Weinstein in

Carnival Corporation announces leadership change

Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL;NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company, reports that, effective August 1, current president and CEO Arnold Donald, is being appointed vice chair and member of the

Valmet experts serving customers from their new office in Miami include service engineers Yasser Dughman Cabrera (in front) and Joe Pinero De La Rosa.

Valmet opens Miami office

Espoo, Finland, headquartered Valmet, whose best known services include marine automation, has opened a new office in Miami, Fla, to strengthen its local presence and improve its services to the global marine

Digital modeling will be piloted on cruise ship Regal Princess

Digital modeling will help Carnival identify its best decarbonization options

Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation are to use a digital model of the cruise ship Regal Princess to identify the best options for decarbonizing the ship. This initial project is being delivered under

Holland America cruise ship will be temporary home for Ukrainian refugees in Rotterdam

Holland America Line’s cruise ship Volendam will be used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees as part of an agreement announced by Netherlands and city of Rotterdam government officials. The ship will dock in

Ponant signs up polar cruise ship for ABB MarineCare

French cruise company Ponant has signed up its LNG-fueled hybrid-electric exploration cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot for ABB’s MarineCare services. Le Commandant Charcot recently became the first cruise ship of its type

Is this the right sail solution for cruise ships?

Rotor sails, tilting rotors, hard sails: There are a lot of wind-assisted propulsion solutions out there. French shipbuilder Chantiers de l’Atlantique thinks that Solid Sail, developed in its long running Ecorizon R&D

VIDEO: American Cruise Lines fifth modern riverboat hits the water

Chesapeake Shipbuilding’s Salisbury, Md., shipyard last week launched American Symphony, the fifth vessel in American Cruise Lines modern riverboat class. American Symphony will begin cruising the Mississippi River in August 2022. Construction

Canada reopens its ports to cruise ships

In an announcement welcomed by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Transport Canada has announced that cruising will return to Canadian waters in the first week of April. “The ability to welcome

Chouest shipyard floats out Viking Mississippi

Viking Cruises reports that its 386-guest Viking Mississippi river cruise vessel was floated out today at Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard in Houma, La. Set to debut in June 2022, the Jones

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