March 2023
In this issue, we go over how inland and ocean cruising is making a comeback and how ports and terminals are preparing for it.
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All-electric Chinese river cruise ship packs 7.5 MWh of battery power
China Classification Society (CCS) says China will ramp up the building of fully electric battery powered ships to operate on the country’s extensive inland waterways network. This following the successful maiden voyage
Cruises return to the Port NOLA with 285 ship calls for 2022
Both ocean-going and inland river cruises are scheduled to make a comeback at the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) in 2022. The arrival of the Norwegian Breakaway on November 21 at
Russian yard lays keel for river cruise ship
MARCH 29, 2017 — Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (a United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC, yard located on the Volga River) has laid the keel of the Project PV300 river cruise ship ordered in
AmaWaterways christens two
JUNE 20, 2016 — European river cruise specialist AmaWaterways has christened its two newest ships, AmaViola and AmaStella. Both vessels were built by Vahali at its Zasavica, Serbia, shipyard. The line’s cofounders,