Ponant: The Most Advanced Ship Yet
Ponant’s new Le Commandant Charcot joined the fleet at the end of July, a culmination of a six-year design, development and shipbuilding process for an advanced prototype ship to run on hybrid propulsion with LNG and battery power. “When we started this project we wanted the fuel that had the least impact on the environment,”…
Shipbuilding: Fincantieri Looking Forward
Fincantieri’s orderbook counts 33 cruise ships for 13 different brands, demonstrating the effectiveness of its product and customer differentiation policy, Luigi Matarazzo, general manager of the merchant ships division, told Cruise Industry News. For 2021, six ships have been delivered so far: four from the group’s Italian yards: the Valiant Lady, the Viking Venus, the…
MSC Cruises Is Looking for Green Opportunities
“Our core focus at the moment is on decarbonization,” said Linden Coppell, director of sustainability at MSC Cruises. Solutions encompass energy efficiency both for the company’s fleet of current ships and orderbook extending through 2027, with five LNG newbuilds. “The solutions for the existing fleet and existing engines include bio fuels, using existing infrastructure,” she…
Mardi Gras Upping the Food and Beverage Game for Carnival
As the Mardi Gras is a new class of ship for Carnival Cruise Line, there are more dining venues than on any other ship in the fleet and the distribution of some venues is different, according to Cyrus Marfatia, vice president of culinary and dining. “We did a lot of research among past guests,” he…
Itinerary Planning: Princess Resuming Core Programs
“We aim to get back to our core itineraries with pretty much the same ratio of ALBDs (available lower berth days) across the trades,” Deanna Austin, chief commercial officer for Princess Cruises, told Cruise Industry News. “With bigger ships the relative percentage of guests on our main trades in Alaska, the Caribbean, Europe and Mexico…
Carnival Corporation: More Efficient and Sustainable
“Our number one goal is reducing our emissions,” said Bill Burke, chief maritime officer at Carnival Corporation. That goal is a 40 percent reduction in the company’s carbon emissions by 2030 when compared to a 2008 baseline, with carbon levels peaking for Carnival in 2011. It’s a combination of efficiency and sustainability, Burke said. That…
Royal Caribbean Awaiting Approval for China Cruises
Once the Chinese government gives its approval for international cruises, the market will bounce back strongly, Dr. Zinan Liu, chairman, Royal Caribbean Cruises Asia, told Cruise Industry News. Meanwhile, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has given the company the green light to restart cruises to nowhere aboard the Spectrum of…