Cruise Ship News
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New Star Cruise Ship, Croatia
The beautiful New Star yacht offers fantastic luxury cruises in Croatia from May – October each year. Itineraries are 7-nights long, start in Split and explore the jewels of the Adriatic Sea, stopping at Korčula, Slano, Ston, Dubrovnik, Mljet, Hvar and Brač. Korčula is known as a medieval ‘little Dubrovnik’,…
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Carnival’s Costa Group in MOU on methanol fueling for cruise ships
Methanol continues to make new inroads into the marine fuel market. Yesterday, it was the bulk carrier segment where methanol fueling was in the news. Today, it’s cruising. Costa Group, part of Carnival Corporation and a leading European cruise operator with its two brands Costa Cruises and AIDA Cruises, has signed…
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PortMiami to deploy world’s largest shore power system
Hadsund, Denmark, headquartered PowerCon AS is to deliver five shore power systems for cruise ships. When installed in the Port of Miami by the end of the year, the combined system will be the largest shore power system in the world. Shore power (or cold ironing) is seen as key to eliminating…
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Carnival Corp.’s Costa Magica is 24th Ship Sold Since Pandemic
Carnival Corporation continues its efforts to reshape its fleet confirming the long-speculated sale of the Costa Magica from its Costa Cruises brand. According to the ship’s AIS signal, she was renamed Mykonos Magic overnight transferring her registry to Bermuda and making her the 24th ship sold or held for sale by the corporation since…
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Royal Caribbean names Maersk veteran as head of marine
Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) has named Palle Laursen as executive vice president, head of marine, effective May 1, 2023. Laursen will report to Royal Caribbean Group’s president and CEO, Jason Liberty, and will join the company’s executive committee. With this newly created position, the company will centralize its global and…
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Costa Serena Resumes Sailing Six Months Early with First Asian Cruises
In a positive step forward for the return to cruising in Asia, Costa Cruises announced that it has formed a partnership with Asian travel organizations to return the Costa Serena cruise ship to service as the first Costa ship in the region since the 2020 suspension of cruise operations. The 114,000 gross…
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Historic Cruise Ship Astoria Faces Uncertain Future in 75-Year Career
One of the last historic ocean liners and oldest ocean-going cruise ship, the 1948-built Astoria, is reportedly being sold although her owners are denying it is a sale for scrap. The pending sale marks yet another twist in the career of a ship made famous by a casualty. The ship, which is marking 75…
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Mariotti to Build Luxury Cruise Yacht for Aman and Cruise Saudi
Italy’s T. Mariotti shipyard has signed a contract to build a new luxury yacht cruise ship which is being promoted as the first resort at sea. The cruise ship will be built for Neptune Co., which is a joint venture between the luxury hotel and resort Aman Group and Cruise…
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Polish yachts acknowledged in the US. More boats
During the weekend of July 16-17, ten yachts were loaded on the American service vessel Spliethoff / Sevenstar at the Oliwskie Quay at the Port of Gdansk. They were mainly luxury ships of the Polish Galleon which went to America. After loading at the Port of Gdansk, the yachts were…
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Liberty Lines increased the number of hybrid ferries commissioned in Spain
The Sicilian company has also revealed that it is the second classified in the ranking just published by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport relating to Pnrr funding “in the field of state aid in favor of the climate, the environment and energy 2022” Liberty Lines has recently increased its…
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