Lars Loen is to succeed Vice Admiral William R. Burke (Ret.), as chief maritime officer at Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) on February 1, 2025, when Burke transitions to a new role as the company’s external affairs. On stepping into the chief maritime officer role, Ljoen, currently chief operations officer at the company’s Carnival Cruise Line brand, will be oversee all aspects of maritime operations for the corporation and its portfolio of cruise lines. Reporting to...
One key take-away from the just-released Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) 2024 State of the Cruise Industry report: 2023 passenger volume reached 31.7 million— surpassing 2019 by 7%.
Against that backdrop, all kinds of good news has been coming out of this year’s Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami this week . In pre-pandemic years, the Miami event could be relied on to produce announcements of major newbuildings. And this year, as we...
The MARINE INTERIORS Cruise & Ferry Global Expo and Seatrade Europe Cruise & River Cruise Convention successfully concluded in Hamburg, after welcoming 3,500 attendees from across the cruise industry from 6-8 September 2023 to engage in discussions about the future of cruising sources News Hamburg.
Increasing Passenger CountHighlighting the resurgence of the industry, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) reported that global ocean cruise passenger...
https://mfame.guru/the-marine-interiors-cruise-convention-draws-to-a-close-in-hamburg/
A Cruise Critic news article written by Chris Gary Faust talks about the Best New...
More than 157,000 passengers have visited the Bahamas since the start of 2023 with a record 26,410 passengers arriving one day last week with stakeholders indicating that the figures are a “strong rebound in the cruise industry”, says an article published on Caribbean national weekly.
Restart of cruisingThe Nassau Cruise Port (NCP) in a statement, said the previous one-day total was 25,393 and the port had received 1,592 cruise ship calls since the restart of cruising in...
https://mfame.guru/bahamas-welcomes-record-number-of-cruise-ship-visitors/
One of Scotland’s main cruise ports is set to experience its busiest year since before the pandemic, with an expected doubling of ship visits this season.
Greenock Ocean Terminal is gearing up for one of its best years ever, with 74 cruise liners booked into the Inverclyde town’s new dedicated pontoon across 2022.
As many as 140,000 passengers and 35,000 crew members are expected to pass through the...
Powerful modelling software from the forefront of land-based architecture can help cruise ship owners to provide better accountability of the steps they are taking to enhance sustainability, material selection and inclusiveness in guest services, according to YSA Design.
The Oslo-based interiors and exteriors design specialist is breaking new ground in using the Revit data-based tools and Building Information Modelling (BIM) driving digital transformation in...
The event was held at the Danish Shipowners’ Association head office in Copenhagen on 12th April to honour Congressman Hoyer’s contribution to the Club’s 102 year history of fostering collaboration and good relations between Denmark and the United States.
Congressman Hoyer was part of a bi-partisan delegation of eight US House members and one US Senator who also visited Germany and Poland to...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/14/vikand-sponsors-high-profile-us-congressional-luncheon/
Pompili: “The acquisition plan is in full swing. This operation strengthens the
international position of our group “
Genoa based De Wave Group, the global outfitting company, lands in Finland with the
acquisition of FCR, laying down a strategic bridgehead both on the Northern European and
Scandinavian shipbuilding and refitting markets.
FCR Finland has been operating for over a decade in this market, in particular in the branch
of public areas and cabins construction on large passenger and cruise...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/13/the-wave-acquires-fcr-finland/
• Embarkation available for first time in Greece
• New 7-night East Mediterranean itinerary to Turkey, Israel, Cyprus and Greek Islands
• MSC Cruises celebrates first sailing with onboard event for nearly 150 members of the Greek travel industry
Athens, Greece, 11 April 2022 – MSC Cruises today held a special celebratory event on board MSC Lirica in the port of Piraeus for nearly 150 members of the Greek travel industry to herald the start of the ship’s summer 2022 sailing...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2022/04/11/msc-lirica-sets-sail-from-piraeus-for-summer-2022/