First Asian taking command of a RCI Cruise ship: [image] First Asian Captain for Royal Caribbean Captain Wu Huimin is the first Asian master of a Royal Caribbean International ship, commanding the Voyager of the Seas since Nov. 23, 2018. Huimin first j...

The newbuilt Greg Mortimer has had her first experience with heavy seas on the delivery voyage from the building yard in China to Argentina to start her first Antarctic season. On the way from Cape Town to Ushaiha she experienced 10 m. waves without any problems. No need to slow down from the inte…

[image] ombugge: Many of the smaller, so called expedition cruise ships, are built based on designs developed for the offshore oil & gas and wind markets. …and built by shipyards that have previously built ships for the offshore market. According to some people in the industry, it’s bit of a …

The sane is probably true for Polar expedition ships that is designed and built by people with little if any experience with building relatively small ships for harsh or polar condition. I think it is better to build such ships at yards that may not have built cruise ships before than at yards that…

Hurtigruten’s new Polar Cruise ship Roald Amundsen was officially named in a ceremony held in Antarctica and in the tradition of the man she is named after: [image] Roald Amundsen Named in Antarctica The Roald Amundsen was officially named today by polar pioneer and godmother Karin Stran…

The new Polar Expedition Cruise ship NG Endurance under final outfitting at Ulstein Yard is out on sea trials again today: [NG_ENDURANCE] [NG_ENDURANCE (1)] [NG_ENDURANCE (2)]

US inland and coastal cruises is more popular than ever: [image] American Cruise Lines reports rise in domestic bookings - Cruise Trade News American Cruise Lines has reported a strong increase in demand across its domestic portfolio of river and coastal cruises. The company has reported …

Hurtigruten plan to resume service on the Norwegian coast from 15. June: [image] Hurtigruten to Phase In Operations Starting in June Hurtigruten hopes to gradually restart operations in June, according to a press release.

Quark Expedition’s new Polar Expedition vessel Ultramarine was launched at Brodosplit, Croatia recently: Quark Expeditions launches game-changing polar vessel Ultramarine /PRNewswire/ -- Quark Expeditions marked a major milestone today in the construction of its technologically-advanced…

Carnival to layoff or furlough nearly half it’s staff in the US: [image] Carnival Corp. lays off or furloughs nearly half of US workforce with... Amid company-wide layoffs and furloughs, Carnival Corp. reduced its US workforce by nearly half. While Royal Caribb…

[image] ombugge: Bahamas could be ready to accept them back from 01.July, with or w/o buffets: That figures. The Bahamas lives off tourists. They don’t produce much. Biggest exports are laundered money, rum, salt and Haitiens.

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