passenger ships

Last year we detailed how Finland's Norsepower had rediscovered an engineering innovation from the 1920s called the rotorsail, which sees large cylinders installed atop big ships harness wind for propulsion. Now a passenger ship operated by the Viking Line has been treated to the Rotor Sail Solution ...

Viking Line will also use the Norsepower rotor sail solution on its new vessel, which is due to be operational in 2020. Built in China, the passenger ship will be equipped with two mechanical rotor sails, thus doubling the wind power potential. “For Norsepower, it's an honour to be able to make Viking Grace ...

Liverpool terminal to host 4,000-passenger ships. Liverpool could begin to welcome ships capable of carrying “at least 4,000 passengers” from summer 2020 after plans for a new cruise terminal were given the green light last week. New Liverpool Cruise Terminal, relocation image. Sharelines ...

A passenger ship has been fitted with a rotor sail that will enable it to use wind power during trips between Finland and Sweden. Finnish shipping business Viking ... Viking Line said that the Viking Grace is the first passenger ship to use a rotor sail utilizing wind power. Its first voyage with the new rotor sail ...

APRIL 11, 2018 — Finnish operator Viking Line's LNG fueled cruise ferry Viking Grace has become even more environmentally friendly: she is now the first passenger ship in the world equipped with a rotor sail to harness wind power for propulsion. Developed by Finnish clean technology and engineering company ...

The 2018 Passenger Ship Safety event takes place this week in Southampton, running from April 10 to 12, and focusing on the future of shipping, while aiming to share best practices and innovative technology, according to show organizers. The unique show will bring together key decision makers from the ...

Passenger Ship Safety Southampton will stream key sessions live online on a complimentary basis, responding to demand for a live stream of the event's content. The event takes place this week in Southampton, running from April 10 to 12, and focusing on the future of shipping, while aiming to share best ...

Royal Caribbean (25). Royal Caribbean has the second most cruise ships including the world's largest passenger ships, the Oasis class. The cruise line added their 25th ship, Symphony of the Seas, this past week. Symphony of the Seas is also the largest cruise ship ever built.

A British passenger ship that sank after it was bombed in a Japanese air strike in World War Two has been raised off the Sri Lanka coast after 75 years. The SS Sagaing, whose passengers and cargo were largely saved back in 1942, has been refloated with the help of a team of divers from Sri Lanka's navy. It had been ...

The Arctic Umiaq Line ferry that has been beset in ice since March 23 has finally freed itself from an ice flow off Greenland's southwest coast. The 73-meter (240-foot) Sarfaq Ittuk had 37 passengers and 22 crew members on board. Due to the location and the wind direction, it was not possible for other ships ...

According to the South Korean Coast Guard, the passenger ship came a cropper while trying to avoid colliding with a fishing boat, Yonhap News Agency reported. Cheong Wa Dae, the country's presidential office, said that it is currently operating an emergency situation center to deal with the incident.

The number of passenger ship calls at Estonian ports in international sea traffic totaled around 6,170, or one percent fewer passenger ships than in 2016, including ro-ro passenger ships. A total of 326 cruise ships called on Estonian ports, up from 285 in 2016. Approximately two million vehicles, excluding ...

Prospects for Maritime Satellite Communications provides an in-depth view of the sector dynamics, analysis and forecasts for the maritime satcom market. Five comprehensive sections give a detailed analysis of trends and prospects within the major addressable maritime market segments, including ...

The number of passenger ship calls at Estonian ports in international sea traffic totaled around 6,170, or one percent fewer passenger ships than in 2016, including ro-ro passenger ships. A total of 326 cruise ships called on Estonian ports, up from 285 in 2016. Approximately two million vehicles, excluding ...

First announced in 2017, and scheduled to launch in late 2019, Ritz-Carlton Yacht Voyages will feel a little bit like vacationing aboard a superyacht, if you happened to have a friend with a private, 298-passenger ship with a Michelin-star chef running one of the five restaurants on board. The idea, says the ...

Not so passenger ship service. It started to fall apart when jet travel got travelers to Hawaii in a matter of hours. By the early 1970s, passenger service to and from the islands joined the Chevy Corvair, the Twist and granny glasses on the scrapheap of history. Sure, there were (and are) people who preferred ...

Bureau Veritas has appointed Andreas Ullrich as Global Market Leader, Passenger Ships & Ferries. ... Bureau Veritas classed passenger ship and ferry projects cover a wide range of innovative developments including: Sunstone's four expedition class ships (plus six options) to be built in China; Ponant's ...

"These are smaller vessels, but they are still complex passenger ships; as such, they need to be envisaged as cruise ships from the outset." ... Foreship has been involved with more than ten Polar Code passenger ship projects to date, including two landmark contracts: a luxury cruise vessel for Crystal ...

They must be designed to be fit for purpose, as passenger ships operating in remote areas. Smaller size does not mean that safety or energy efficiency should take a lower priority than is the case for bigger ships.” Foreship has been involved with more than 10 Polar Code passenger ship projects to date, ...

“These are smaller vessels, but they are still complex passenger ships; as such, they need to be envisaged as cruise ships from the outset.” Aarnio said he is particularly concerned that some proposed expedition ships designs are tailor-made to avoid SRtP requirements, as they feature two overlength main ...

MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. An icebreaker headed on Saturday to rescue the Igor Farhutdinov passenger ship with 127 people on board, stuck in the ice in the Sea of Okhotsk, a source in the Maritime rescue sub-center told TASS on Saturday. "The ship has found a spot of clean water and is staying there, the situation ...

MOSCOW, February 10. /TASS/. An icebreaker on Saturday managed to approach the Igor Farhutdinov passenger ship with 127 people on board, stuck in the ice in the Sea of Okhotsk, a source in the Maritime rescue sub-center told TASS on Saturday. "The Kapitan Khlebnikov icebreaker has reached the area, where the ...

Delegates attending the meeting will hear John Erik Hagen, Regional Director, Norwegian Coastal Administration, use his Smart Shipping: Utilizing Automation for Safer Passenger Ships session to discuss the need for greater collaboration in the development of e-navigation. The meeting, chaired by ...

Passenger Ship Safety Miami continued on Wednesday with in-depth day focusing on life saving, safety management systems, crew training, compliance and mass rescue operations. Royal Caribbean SMS Development. "A well functioning safety management system (SMS) has the type of culture where ...

Passenger Ship Safety Miami 2018 kicked off this week with cruise line executives, major suppliers, class societies, public agencies and regulatory bodies coming together for a two-day conference event. With an expanding global cruise fleet, the human factor and crew training were key topics when it ...

The Arctic Umiaq Line passenger ship Sarfaq Ittuk has been stuck in ice in Torssukatak in southern Greenland since last Wednesday. There are 37 passengers and 21 crew members on board the 73-meter (240-foot) vessel, which is not expected to be free until this Wednesday or Thursday. Arctic Umiaq ...

Bureau Veritas classed passenger ship and ferry projects cover a wide range of developments including: Sunstone's four expedition class ships (plus six options) to be built in China; Ponant's ice-breaking, LNG-fueled order; MSC Cruise's LNG-fueled mega ships; Scenic's ultra-luxurious polar expedition ...

MARCH 6, 2018 — Classification society Bureau Veritas has appointed Andreas Ullrich as Global Market Leader, Passenger Ships & Ferries, succeeding Jean-Jacques Juenet, who retires in April. "This is a very important appointment in an important market where understanding innovation – in new fuels, in new client ...