Germany’s Meyer Werft made two announcements Friday that show that cruise ship construction is picking up pace. The shipbuilder handed over its newest cruise delivery, Silver Nova, to Royal Caribbean’s Silversea Cruises
In its report on a May 9, 2022, incident that saw a Royal Caribbean cruise ship strike a cruise terminal pier causing $2.1 million in damage, the National Transportation Safety Board identifies
Hurtigruten Norway used this week’s Nor Shipping event to unveiled early concept plans for its first zero-emission cruise ship. Initially announced in March 2022, under the project name Sea Zero, Hurtigruten has
The “world’s first” port with three ship shore power systems for cruise liners to turn off diesel engines and connect to shoreside electricity to reduce emissions. By Del Williams, Technical Writer The
U.K. based Ambassador Cruise Line, whose vessels are managed by Bernhard Schulte Cruise Services, has retrofitted its 1,400 passenger Ambience with a selective catalytic reduction system to enable it to offer its
MSC Cruises’ MSC World Europa has completed its first LNG bunkering at the Port of Marseille Fos in southern France. TotalEnergies Marine Fuels’ chartered LNG bunker vessel, the Gas Vitality, refueled the
In another sign of the serious attention methanol fueling is getting in the cruise industry, TUI Cruises’ newbuild Mein Schiff 7 will be methanol ready. The first steel block of Mein Schiff
Cruise lines are in the business of pleasing people. They must be. They’re the only shipowners whose cargo can talk back, and not only talk but tweet, yelp, like/dislike and all the
American river cruising continues to take off with new ships coming on line for service along inland and intracoastal rivers throughout the country. One leading line, Guildford, Conn.-based American Cruise Lines has
Every year, Marine Log’s editorial team carefully selects 20 women of varied backgrounds, ages and locations as its Top Women in Maritime based on nominations submitted by those in the industry. In