Shore power is arriving for ships docked at PortMiami, and yesterday Carnival Corporation announced that Carnival Conquest would be the first cruise ship to plug into landside electrical power at the cruise
The Tour Collective, an eco-tourism operator in Australia’s southeast Queensland region, has ordered a highly customized 22-meter Incat Crowther designed tourism vessel at the Gold Coast City Marina & Shipyard in Coomera,
With U.S. river and coastal cruises in growing demand, American Cruise Lines yesterday confirmed that it has seven new ships on order, all scheduled for delivery before the end of 2026. The
Hornblower Group, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in February, reports that the court has now confirmed the company’s plan of
Washington State Ferries (WSF) has taken another big step forward in its electrification plans. It has now invited shipyards from across the U.S. to bid on building five new hybrid-electric ferries, each
The collective bargaining agreement between Teamsters Local 59 and the Steamship Authority is set to expire July 26 and the union wants a better deal for the licensed deck officers working for
Two new LNG-fueled RoPax ferries under construction at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard for CMA CGM subsidiary La Méridionale will feature an extensive range of Wärtsilä technology. The 180-meter long ferries will be
Leading European ferry operator Stena Line reports that it is seeing a 1-5%reduction in fuel consumption thanks to its strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its in-house developed Voyage Optimization System.
Wärtsilä reports that it has signed two lifecycle agreements covering two ferries owned by Japanese operator Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd (SNF). The vessels are each powered by four Wärtsilä 31 engines.
MAN Cryo will supply some of the key technology in the two giant hydrogen-fueled ferries on order for Norwegian ferry operator Torghatten Nord. With a length of 117 meter and a capacity