Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line reports that its new flagship, the 222.55 meter long, 2,800 passenger, cruise ferry Viking Glory, has begun its delivery voyage from Xiamen, China, to its home port
Finnish operator Viking Line has completed a three year test of a Norsepower rotor sail on its LNG- fueled cruise ferry Viking Grace. The ship was the first passenger vessel to be
The lengthening of two Grimaldi Group group cruise ferries by Fincantieri’s Palermo, Italy, shipyard earlier this year was accomplished using heavylift equipment and expertise supplied by Stafford, U.K., based ALE . The
NOVEMBER 16, 2018 — ABB has won its first marine automation system contract for a cruise ferry in China, with addition of of the ABB Ability System 800xA to the technology package
APRIL 21, 2018 — German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) has apparently encountered some problems with keeping to the construction schedule of its largest vessel to date, the 195 m cruise ferry
MARCH 5, 2018 — Fincantieri and the Naples headquartered Grimaldi Group have signed a letter of intent covering the lengthening and refurbishment program of the cruise ferries Cruise Roma and Cruise Barcelona.
OCTOBER 9, 2017 — The 63,000 grt, 2,800 passenger cruise ferry to be built by China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. for Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line is to have an ABB Azipod
APRIL 5, 2017 — Åland, Finland, headquartered Viking Line has signed a conditional shipbuilding contract with China’s Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. concerning a new passenger cruise ferry for the Turku (Finland)–Åland Islands–Stockholm
NOVEMBER 23, 2016— Publicly traded Viking Line Abp, Helsinki, Finland, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the Chinese shipyard Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd for the construction of a 2,800-passenger,
AUGUST 29, 2016 — The 561 ft cruise ferry Caribbean Fantasy which caught fire off Puerto Rico on August 17 is covered by an OPA-90, Salvage and Marine Fire Fighting “SMFF” coverage
