Cruising: Pleasing the guests is the easy part

Back in revenue operations after an around 500 days pause imposed by COVID regulations, the good news for the cruise industry is that the market for its product didn’t go away. Bookings

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Wärtsilä to supply electrical package for new research vessel

Wärtsilä is to provide and integrate the electrical system package for the new German research vessel Meteor IV. Its scope of supply includes the design integration of all the electrical systems and

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Royal Caribbean to debut fuel cell battery-hybrid cruise ship

Next summer, Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE:RCL) is set to debut what it claims will be the cruise industry’s first hybrid powered ship, (though Norway’s Hurtigruten might quibble with that) as part its

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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

AIDA Cruises to trial fuel cells on AIDAnova

By early 2021, Carnival Corporation’s German market brand, AIDA Cruises, aims to be the world’s first cruise company to test the use of fuel cells on a large passenger ship on board

VIDEO: Meyer Werft floats out Norwegian Encore

Norwegian Cruise Line reports that that its latest ship, Norwegian Encore, successfully completed a major construction milestone, when it emerged for the first time from the Meyer Werft shipbuilding dock in Papenburg,

Spirit of Discovery completes Ems conveyance

Spirit of Discovery, the first newbuild cruise ship for Britain’s Saga Cruises, today reached the open sea after departing the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, late Sunday night and being towed in

VIDEO: Meyer Werft cuts steel for second RCL Quantum Ultra

FEBRUARY 3, 2019 — Royal Caribbean International has revealed that its newest cruise ship will be named Odyssey of the Seas. Construction got under way last week with a steel cutting ceremony

Methanol promising fuel to cut CO2 emissions

OCTOBER 22, 2018 — The Methanol Institute, the trade association for the methanol industry, recently welcomed the findings of the MethaShip research project that has concluded that renewable methanol offers a long-term

Silversea Cruises to build three new cruise ships at European shipyards

OCTOBER 8, 2018 — Three new cruises ships for Silversea Cruises will be built at European shipyards, according to a joint announcement today by the ultra-luxury and expedition cruise brand and its

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