Engine room fire curtails Carnival Liberty cruise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 — Guests aboard the 10 year old cruise ship Carnival Liberty remained aboard the ship in St. Thomas this evening following an engine room fire Monday that was extinguished

Knut E. Hansen unveils design for expedition cruise ship

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 — One of the reasons why President Barack Obama wants to accelerate acquisition of increased Coast Guard icebreaker capacity (see earlier story) is that climate change and receding ice

AEG Power Solutions picked for cruise newbuild

AUGUST 3, 2015 — AEG Power Solutions says that shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has chosen its power systems solutions to secure all critical loads applications on board Seabourn Encore, an ultra-luxury cruise ship

Cruise giant in landmark ADA settlement with U.S.

JULY 23, 2015 — The Justice Department and Carnival Corp. today announced a comprehensive, landmark settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to advance equal access for individuals with disabilities

Genting pulls out all stops at Crystal Cruises

JULY 20, 2015 — When Genting Hong Kong (GHK) acquired Crystal Cruises back in March (see earlier story), Genting HK Chairman and CEO Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay said that Genting would

Cruise industry appoints its first American female captain

JULY 13, 2015 — San Francisco native Kate McCue is to be the cruise industry’s first ever American female captain. The 37 year old California Maritime Academy graduate and San Francisco native

Fincantieri resumes production at Monfalcone

JULY 7, 2015 — Fincantieri reports that yesterday the Prosecutor’s Office of Gorizia ordered the release of areas of the Monfalcone shipyard that had been closed as part of an investigation into

TUI Cruises orders two more from Turku

JULY 1, 2015 — The boards of TUI Group and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. have approved orders for two additional cruise ships for TUI Cruises and orders for them have now been

VHF recordings leaked following cruise ship collision

JUNE 29, 2015 — Though one passenger reportedly said the experience was “like being on the Titanic,” video shows that a collision between the elderly cruise ship Celestyal Crystal and a 38,734

Azipod D named Innovation of the Year

JUNE 26, 2015 — ABB has been awarded the Innovation of the Year Award for its Azipod D electric propulsion product at the Electric & Hybrid Marine World Expo in Amsterdam, the

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