OCTOBER 9, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine has secured the upgrading of 115,875 grt cruise ship Diamond Princess from Princess Cruises. Joint refit team from Princess
JULY 9, 2013 —Burlington, Ontario, based Thordon Bearings Inc. has launched ThorPlas-Blue, an addition to its grease-free polymer lineup that can be back-fit into virtually all deck machinery applications where greased bronze
MAY 8, 2013 – Senator John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV (D. W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, is continuing his efforts to provide “robust oversight” of
APRIL 12, 2013 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has installed two EFD Induction “Terac 25” deck straightening systems at its main shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The Terac systems are currently being used
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Plaintiffs in a suit against Carnival Corporation brought following the January 2012 Costa Concordia grounding incident have won what law firm Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP calls “a
FEBRUARY 19, 2013 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruise Line is planning a newbuild cruise ship of similar design to its three Seabourn Odyssey class, 450 passenger, 225 suite ships delivered by Italian
DECEMBER 11, 2012 — Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard yesterday started the building dock phase of construction of Costa Diadema, the future Costa Cruises flagship. With a gross tonnage 132,500 and accommodations for
OCTOBER 11, 2012 — Francesco Schettino, the former captain of the Costa Concordia, has appealed to a Labor Court (Giudice del Lavoro), appealing the decision of Carnival Corporation subsidiary Costa Crociere to
AUGUST 29, 2012 — Carnival Corporation’s Princess Cruises brand yesterday marked the beginning of construction of the second of its new generation of cruise ships with the official keel laying ceremony at
AUGUST 20, 2012 — Princess Cruises’ newest ship, Royal Princess, reached a significant construction milestone last week when the vessel was “floated out” at its building dock at Fincantieri’s Monfalcone shipyard in
