Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has delivered a new double-ended Ro-Pax vessel ordered by Washington Island Ferry Line. The SeaCraft-designed, ice-capable Madonna is the ..
Commercial Mariner – Passenger Vessels
Eastern Shipbuilding launches second Ollis-class ferry
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has launched the second of three Ollis-class ferries being built for the City of New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). Sandy Ground ..
Silver Seas – New Galapagos Islands cruiser is a luxury, all-suite affair
Silversea Cruises has taken delivery of its first-ever destination-specific ship, Silver Origin, from Dutch shipyard De Hoop. With the delivery of Celebrity Flora in ..
FEATURE | Can the cruise industry be saved?
As the Covid-19 pandemic spread around the world last winter, cruise ships served as petri dishes for the new virus. Despite being hailed as a “great and important ..
Welcome to Passenger Vessel Week!
While it may be inappropriate to say so in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, tourism remains one of the world’s largest and most important industries. In many places ..
Carnival Corporation to sell six ships by Q3 2020
Carnival Corporation intends to dispose of six cruise ships in its fleet during fiscal year 2020, the company confirmed in a recent statement. The six unnamed vessels ..
Cruise ship Viking Venus floated out
Viking Venus, the seventh ocean cruise ship in a series ordered by shipowner Viking Cruises from Italian builder Fincantieri, was floated out at the latter’s Ancona ..
ABB to install hybrid-electric propulsion systems on WSF’s Olympic-class vessels
ABB has been selected by US-based shipbuilder Vigor Fab as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington ..
Windstar Cruises to resume sailings in September 2020
US-based Windstar Cruises has confirmed that its fleet of six vessels will resume revenue sailings in September 2020 following the suspension of operations due to the ..
Brodosplit launches Quark Expeditions’ newest polar cruise ship
Croatian shipbuilder Brodosplit launched a new polar expedition cruise vessel into the water on Saturday, May 16. The LMG Marin-designed vessel, which was ordered by ..