Rendering of ferry

ABB electric solutions picked for 10 Lisbon river ferries

ABB is to supply the all-electric power solution for ten 40-meter, 540-passenger ferries being built by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán under a EUR 52.4 million (about $62.5 million) contract from Portuguese public

Florida files suit to end CDC cruise ban

Under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida is suing the Biden Administration in federal district court to overturn the “Conditional Sailing Order” (CSO) for cruise ships enacted by the Centers for

VIDEO: Carnival reluctant to switch ships from U.S., but …

Despite what some headlines might suggest, cruise giant Carnival appears to be reluctant to switch ships from U.S. ports. In a conference call with analysts yesterday, Steve Wieczynski of Stifel put this

cruise ship setting out to sea

CLIA calls for lifting of CDC Conditional Sailing Order

While Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings said yesterday that it had informed the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that it plans to resume sailing from U.S. ports on July 4, no similar announcements

Norwegian Cruise Lines logo on cruise ship stack

Norwegian to CDC: We plan to start cruising from U.S. again July 4

Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings Ltd, (NYSE:NCLH) has been quick to respond to the CDC’s updated guidance on cruising. Today it wrote the CDC outlining its plan to resume cruising from U.S. ports,

cruise ship at sea

CDC updates guidance on cruising

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued the next phase of technical guidance under its Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (CSO). Though it marks another step forward by the

VIDEO: Brodosplit delivers Quark polar expedition cruise ship

Seattle, Wash,, headquartered Quark Expeditions has taken delivery of its technologically-advanced, Ice ClassA+, PC6, polar vessel, Ultramarine, in a handover ceremony at the Brodosplit shipyard in Croatia. The 125 meter long, 199

Mystery of the shrinking ferry

When a 1978-built ferry operated for Canada’s BC Ferries between 1991 and 2015 as the Queen of Chilliwack she had a length of 114 meters and a gross tonnage of 5,011 gt

FRendering of cruise ship

Meyer Werft wins breakthrough cruise ship order

Meyer Werft has become the first shipyard to win an order to build a new cruise ship since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order has been placed by Japan’s NYK

Splashy side launch of yellow Staten Island ferry

VIDEO: Eastern Shipbuilding launches third Ollis class ferry

Launched March 26, the Dorothy Day is the third of the three 320 foot long Ollis class Staten Island ferry being built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton shipyard in Panama City, Fla.,

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