German ferry company FRS has entered into an agreement to acquire L’Express des Îles, a fast ferry company based in the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe. FRS said the acquisition is part of its strategic realignment with a focus on diversifying the range of offered routes. L’Express des...
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has handed over the first in a series of four new cruise ships being built for MSC Cruises’ recently established Explora Journeys brand. ..
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings’ Oceania Cruises brand has taken delivery of a new ocean-going ship from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. Vista is the first of the two-s ..
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Travel company the Scenic Group has taken delivery of a new luxury expedition ship for operation by its Scenic Cruises brand. Built by 3. Maj shipyard in Croatia, Scenic ..
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The crew of a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel (OPV) successfully rescued all five occupants of a tug that suffered water ingress and was in danger of sinking near the D ..
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its partners have confirmed the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship found on the bottom o ..
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Maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reached the lowest recorded level since 1994 as revealed in the recently published annual piracy report of the International Mar ..
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Hamburg-based Sea Cloud Cruises has begun regular operations of the newest addition to its fleet. The 138- by 17-metre, full-rigged Sea Cloud Spirit can accommodate up to ..
Fugro and DIMAR continue collaborative seep studies in the Caribbean Sea
The Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) has selected Fugro to perform a joint environmental and exploration seep study in the Caribbean Sea.
The project began in late August, building on the success of a similar effort with DIMAR in 2019, and is scheduled to complete in November. As with the previous collaboration, this...
The crew of the US Coast Guard national security cutter James offloaded approximately 59,700 pounds (27,079 kilograms) of cocaine and approximately 1,430 pounds (648 kilo ..