Chantiers de l’Atlantique Leads Way on Wind and LNG for Cruise
In a recent development, Chantiers de l’Atlantique discusses its wind propulsion cruise design and constructing LNG-powered vessels for MSC Cruises, writes Rebecca Moore in an article published in Riviera Maritime Media.
Leading the way with...
Despite Challenges CSBC Completes OOCL Boxship Scrubbers Retrofit
In a major development, the Taiwan’s state-owned shipbuilder CSBC Corp has announced that they have completed an installation of a scrubber into a 13,000-teu containership owned by Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL),...
Carnival and Royal Caribbean – Major Perpetrators of Water Pollution
The Environmental-advocacy group Friends of the Earth says Carnival Corp and Royal Caribbean Cruises do a poor job of limiting the pollution from their ships.
The group graded 16 cruise lines based on...
A 10-fold Increase in Insurance Rates Post the Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz
Six oil tankers and a U.S. spy drone have been attacked since May either in, or near, the Strait of Hormuz — a strategically important waterway which separates Iran, Oman and the United...
China Introduces Battery Power Project for River Shipping
Eve Energy and Shanghai Hanshun Shipping are to develop battery power for River transport.
China has taken considerable precautions to restrict the impact of ship pollution on its mainland.
That 0.5% sulfur cap...
Containerships Pulls Off First LNG Bunkering at Rotterdam
CMA CGM Group subsidiary Containerships has performed its first LNG bunkering simultaneously with loading and unloading operations.
The operation was carried out in the Port of Rotterdam and conducted on Containerships Nord.
Containerships...
Lindblad Announces a Permanent Polar Art Exhibit on New Ship
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has announced “CHANGE”, a first of its kind Polar Art Exhibit, on board National Geographic Endurance, reports Cruise Industry News.
What is the exhibit?
Artist Zaria Forman unveiled a first-of-its-kind art exhibition aboard...
Ballast Treatment into a New Phase
The 2004 Ballast convention requires all new buildings on or after 8 September 2017 to be fitted with a ballast water treatment system at delivery.
At MEPC 72 it was agreed that a...
NYK Orders Energy-Saving Bulker from JMU
NYK Line has approached compatriot Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) to construct a next-generation, scrubber-fitted bulk carrier on the back of a long term charter contract with JFE Steel Corporation, reports Seatrade Maritime News.
Newbuild...
Latex-clad Fetish Fans Brave Heatwave for ‘Torture Ship’ Cruise in Germany!
According to an article published in The Sun, hundreds of horny holidaymakers have hopped aboard a BDSM boat for a pleasure and pain cruise.
Dubbed as the Torture Ship
Frisky fetish fans flocked to Friedrichshafen on...