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Telenor Maritime to supply mobile ecosystem on Brittany Ferries’ ships
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
- Category: Products & services Products & services
- Published: 01 November 2018 01 November 2018
Telenor Maritime, the global maritime mobile operator, partner with Brittany Ferries and announces the introduction of the mobile ecosystem onboard their fleet of ferries and cruise-ferries, deploying a connectivity platform with Premium Wi-Fi, VSAT and Mobile Broadband Backhaul.
Additionally Honfleur, the clean, green, LNG-powered newbuild arriving in June 2019 is equipped with 3G services. Digital services can be enabled supporting the complete digital value chain vastly enhancing the customer experience onboard.
“We are delighted to be in a position to develop our partnership and services with Brittany Ferries, the major cross-channel ferry company operating a large fleet of ferries and cruise ferries between France and the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain, and between the United Kingdom and Spain. We are confident that our communications services will substantially enhance the customer journey on the ships we are upgrading. This is yet another important step for Telenor Maritime’s service-expansion in Europe,” said Jan Erik Norli, CSO of Telenor Maritime.
“Our partnership with Telenor is one we value and we look forward to working together as new ships like Honfleur join the Brittany Ferries fleet,” said Joëlle Croc, Brittany Ferries’director of sales and customer experience. “Connectivity drives all our customer communications, so it has never been more important to work with partners we can count on.”
“Being a digital frontrunner, we heavily invest time and effort into developing digital services leading the way in developing the customer journey. To succeed, it is essential having a partner such as Brittany Ferries, equally focused on exploring the digital arena,” Jan Erik Norli continued.
Scanship bags contract with Carnival Cruise Line
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
- Category: Products & services Products & services
- Published: 31 October 2018 31 October 2018
Scanship Holding ASA, with its subsidiary Scanship AS, has entered into a contract with Miami-based Carnival Cruise Line, a part of Carnival Corporation & PLC, to support the line's ongoing commitment to advanced watewater purification systems in accordance with the IMO MARPOL MEPC 227(64). "We at Scanship are thrilled to be working with Carnival Cruise Line and are impressed by their commitment for cleaner oceans and sustainable seafaring", says Henrik Badin, CEO of Scanship in a statement.
AIDA Cruises and CRUISEHOST Solutions conclude cooperation agreement
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- Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä
- Category: Products & services Products & services
- Published: 26 October 2018 26 October 2018
CRUISEHOST Solutions, operator of the booking systems CRUISEA and CRUISEC for cruises, has agreed a cooperation with the cruise company AIDA Cruises. Accordingly, CRUISEHOST may connect its systems with the booking system of AIDA Cruises via the cruise line’s XML interface. Travel agencies working with CRUISEA or CRUISEC thereby obtain seamless access to the entire range of AIDA’s cruise offers including all cabin categories, additional offers and various further information. The technical implementation is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
The newly formed agreement applies to all countries where CRUISEHOST is active. To make use of this new feature, travel agencies only require an additional agreement with AIDA Cruises (authorization is granted by the cruise line).
“We are happy about this agreement because our over 9,000 agencies in more than 20 countries now have the possibility to optimally access the offers of AIDA Cruises and present them to their customers via our systems,“ Akhil Kapur, founder and managing director of CRUISEHOST Solutions, explains. “The international cruise boom will last. Thanks to the direct linkage to AIDA’s booking system our solutions become more attractive for individual travel agencies as well as for sales chains and cooperations.”
“We are pleased that with CRUISEHOST Solutions an internationally oriented CRUISE gds and portal is connected to our XML interface, in this way enabling the supply of additional sales partners with high data quality and actuality,” Uwe Mohr, Vice President Sales at AIDA Cruises, states.
Deltamarin and Elomatic sign design contract for second Global class ship
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- Written by Kari Reinikainen Kari Reinikainen
- Category: Products & services Products & services
- Published: 31 October 2018 31 October 2018
Deltamarin and Elomatic, both from Turku Finland, have signed an agreement with MV Werften Wismar GmbH for the basic and detail design of a second Global class cruise ship of Dream Cruise, which is part f the Genting Hing Kong group, which also owns the shipbuilder.
The value of the contract is approximately €16.5 million for Deltamarin and €17 million for Elomatic. The vessel will be built in parallel in Wismar and Rostock, Germany. The contract was signed on 26.10.2018 and design work has already commenced.
The vessel is the second in the series of Global class vessels. In addition to engineering, Deltamarin and Elomatic will also provide site services at the shipyard during the construction of the vessel. Deltamarin and Elomatic also did a large part of the basic and detail design of the first vessel in the cruise ship series.
The Global class vessels are some of the world’s largest cruise ships. When the first vessel is completed, it will be the largest ever built in Germany. The second vessel being designed will be approximately 342 meters long and 46.4 metres wide with a gross register tonnage of 204,000. The ships are designed specifically for the Asian market and can carry up to 9,500 passengers.
Seaspan completes work on Silver Explorer
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- Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä
- Category: Products & services Products & services
- Published: 25 October 2018 25 October 2018
Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock has completed work on the Silver Explorer for Silversea Expeditions. This vessel has an ice strengthened hull and is designed to safely bring guests to some of the world’s most remote locations where she often needs to push through treacherous ice floes.
The Silver Explorer begins her next cruise having received significant investment to further enhance the experience of passengers aboard this ultra-luxury vessel. One of the key considerations for the vessel’s owners was ensuring that the chosen shipyard, Seaspan, had an excellent reputation and understood the care and consideration needed to work on this unique vessel.
The Silver Explorer arrived in mid-September and remained under the care of Seaspan, which worked collaboratively with local suppliers and other partners selected by Silversea Expeditions to oversee the refit work. This project was truly a team effort involving 125 contractors working together to complete a variety of upgrades, including the manufacturing and installation of a stabilizer – or ducktail – on the stern of the Silver Explorer.
In addition to assembling a stabilizer, work taking place on the vessel included tank top repairs and changes to some of the tanks functionality, propeller repair and polishing, blast and painting work of the underwater hull. Work on the vessel was completed October 11th, on time and on budget. The Silver Explorer returned to the ocean that same day.
According to Paul Hebson, Vice President and General Manager of Vancouver Drydock, “Our company is proud to have worked on the Silver Explorer. The enhancements to this unique vessel are the latest example of the world-class work taking place at Vancouver Drydock. Exciting projects like this enable Seaspan to create and sustain highly-skilled, middle-class jobs here in our community of North Vancouver. We look forward to welcoming the next exciting project to Vancouver Drydock and building on the unique work that was accomplished.”
“The exploration cruise vessel market is one that Seaspan Shipyards is well placed to support. With our shipyards convienently based in Vancouver and Victoria located minutes away from the Cruise Terminals where these vessels start and end their Arctic Cruises we occupy a strategic postion that is supporting Canada’s role in the broader maritime economy," said Ad Bertens, Business Development Director, Seaspan Shipyards.
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