Autonomous tender vessels would charge battery-powered cruise ships from MSR-powered Thor.

VIDEO: Ulstein offers cruising a nuclear option

Unveiled at the Seatrade Cruise Global event in Miami, the key feature of the 149 meter long Ulstein Thor concept vessel is a thorium molten salt reactor — or MSR. Ulstein says

Digital modeling will be piloted on cruise ship Regal Princess

Digital modeling will help Carnival identify its best decarbonization options

Wärtsilä and Carnival Corporation are to use a digital model of the cruise ship Regal Princess to identify the best options for decarbonizing the ship. This initial project is being delivered under

Holland America cruise ship will be temporary home for Ukrainian refugees in Rotterdam

Holland America Line’s cruise ship Volendam will be used to accommodate Ukrainian refugees as part of an agreement announced by Netherlands and city of Rotterdam government officials. The ship will dock in

Ponant signs up polar cruise ship for ABB MarineCare

French cruise company Ponant has signed up its LNG-fueled hybrid-electric exploration cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot for ABB’s MarineCare services. Le Commandant Charcot recently became the first cruise ship of its type

VIDEO: American Cruise Lines fifth modern riverboat hits the water

Chesapeake Shipbuilding’s Salisbury, Md., shipyard last week launched American Symphony, the fifth vessel in American Cruise Lines modern riverboat class. American Symphony will begin cruising the Mississippi River in August 2022. Construction

Canada reopens its ports to cruise ships

In an announcement welcomed by the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), Transport Canada has announced that cruising will return to Canadian waters in the first week of April. “The ability to welcome

German cruise ship fitted with “greenest ever” SCR system

MAN Energy Solutions reports that its after-sales division, MAN PrimeServ Augsburg, has completed the retrofitting of dual SCR systems aboard the cruise ship MS Amadea, operated by Phoenix Reisen GmbH and managed

Cunard's Queen Anne

VIDEO: Cunard reveals first details of new cruise ship

Carnival Corporation’s Cunard brand has announced the name of its new ship, set to make its first sailings in early 2024. To be named Queen Anne, the new vessel will be Cunard’s

Royal Caribbean CEO

Royal Caribbean: Guests satisfied, Wall Street maybe less so

Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) had lots of positive news to report in a business update released today along with its FY 2021 financial results. Still, those results showed more red ink

Cruise ship passengers transfer to ferry

Eluding arrest, Crystal Symphony puts passengers on ferry from Bimini

Faced with the prospect of arrest on its scheduled January 22 arrival in Miami, Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Symphony made a sharp change of course and headed to Bimini. Webcam images posted on

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