Photo: Wonder of the Seas will embark on her maiden voyage on 4 March 2022. Credit: Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean International’s most recent addition to its fleet, Wonder of the Seas, arrived in the US for the first time on 20 February. The 236,857-gt cruise ship, the largest in the[…]
Very few sectors have been hit as hard by the Covid-19 pandemic as the cruise industry. When vessels went dark cruise operators cited hot lay up of their vessels – when the vessel remains crewed and ready to operate at short notice – as costing between USD1-2 million per month[…]
Photo Credit: Kenneth Karsten, marinetraffic.com Cruise ships running on liquefied natural gas [LNG] are gaining popularity. Industry heavyweights Carnival Corporation currently have four LNG vessels on their books. The latest arrival, the Mardi Gras, made its US debut last week after docking for the first time at Port Canaveral‘s Cruise[…]
Photo Credit: Egawa Tomoki, MarineTraffic.com The cruise sector has taken an unprecedented battering since the coronavirus pandemic started sweeping across the globe last year. Cruise ship arrivals were down a staggering 55% in 2020. MarineTraffic AIS data shows that just 26,080 passenger ships (>49,999 GT) arrived at ports worldwide last[…]
The Aliaga shipyard offers a brutal reminder of the impact COVID-19 has had on the cruise industry. Five gigantic vessels sit packed close together in western Turkey as they’re slowly stripped for parts. The sector became one of the early focuses of the pandemic. Several cruise ships saw some of[…]
Coronavirus chaos has affected every aspect of the global economy. Since COVID-19 reached Europe in early March, no country has escaped the pandemic unscathed. Admittedly, some industries have weathered the storm better than others. For plenty of white-collar workers it’s been business as usual amid an array of remote working[…]