Michelin-starred chefs are elevating cruise ship cuisine to new heights

As the cruise market grows, the quality of food on board ships has become as important to some passengers as the exotic locations they can visit and the suites they snooze in between them.

In response to rising expectations, a number of dining trends have emerged on board today’s resort-like cruise ships. Operators such as Oceania and Viking are sustainably sourcing fresh ingredients and meals from local vendors in ports, while others are introducing full-blown culinary schools on board.

However,...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/michelin-starred-chefs/

Analysis: can Kuehne + Nagel really be eyeing a Panalpina takeover?

The idea that Panalpina “has to go sooner rather than later” is growing in popularity among my sources, notwithstanding public remarks made by Kuehne + Nagel management on Friday and Panalpina on Sunday.
However, beware the hype. I may very well be wrong, but I doubt K+N has any serious intention to take over its smaller domestic rival in its current form, although the ousting of chairman Peter Ulber could trigger …

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Charting a fresh course for Barbados’s cruise sector

The cruise sector might be a small niche of the tourism industry from a global perspective, but it’s big business in the Caribbean. The region’s series of picturesque islands dotting turquoise waters are well-suited to cruise tours, which allow passengers to take in a range of experiences as they hop from one island to the next in the Caribbean Sea, from Jamaica and the Bahamas in the north-west to Barbados and St Lucia in the south-east.

Barbados, one of the smaller Caribbean nations, is no...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/barbados-cruise-trends-crisis/

The battle against drug use at sea

Although cases of drug addiction at sea tend to be generally rarer than in other industries, a Drug and Alcohol at Sea advice booklet published by insurance company the Shipowners’ Club has recently highlighted a number of safety-related risks that derive from it.

The booklet, which was published in October this year, suggests that easy access to liquid assets and a “desire to enjoy oneself following periods of what might have been isolation and repetitiveness” is increasingly leading seafarers...

https://www.ship-technology.com/features/battle-drug-use-sea-testing/

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