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Carnival charters three vessels to Pacific forum

Arnold Donald-led cruise major's P&O Cruises Australia will fix two vessels while Princess Cruises charters a third ship to next month's APEC Summit.

Passenger ships

Palmer's fugitive nephew heads delayed Titanic II project

Owner puts Clive Mensink in charge in Europe as $500m cruiseship replica pushed back to 2022.

Passenger ships

Color Line: no flag decision yet

Owner says government still debating rule change that could allow it to bring in cheaper staff.

Shipyards

World shipbuilding

European yards ride wave of cruiseship orders boom

Smaller builders share benefits of surging demand but face plenty of challenges adapting to new markets.

Casualties

Ro-pax crash crew: "There was a little problem"

VIDEO: Seafarers whose vessel crashed into anchored boxship post defiant message.

Casualties

Ro-pax extracted from hull of CSL boxship

French authorities separate vessels as fuel clean-up continues off Corsica.

Passenger ships

Meyer launches hunt for workers to cope with orderbook

Passenger ships

Wilhelmsen Ships Service's drone deliveries set for lift-off

Passenger ships

Silversea switches its allegiance from Fincantieri to Meyer Werft

Cruise line breaks long-standing relationship with Italian builder after Royal Caribbean took control

Casualties

Shell puts safety first at ‘mini-Davos’

Grahaeme Henderson commits to drive campaign to slash number of serious personal accidents over next decade

Shipyards

Comment

Shipping’s Davos must show real ambition and authority to succeed

Call for action at Global Maritime Forum in support of decarbonisation is a welcome — but modest — first step

Casualties

First attempts to extract ro-pax fail

Ulysse remains wedged inside CSL boxship off Corsica.

Passenger ships

Clipper offloads Danish Ferries in $92m deal

Mols-Linien buys out Danish owner and government to take control of six ro-paxes.

Passenger ships

Former Hanseatic readied for One Ocean cruise charter

Legal

US master on trial over cruiseship emissions

French court begins hearing into alleged breach of sulphur limit on P&O's Azura.

Shipyards

BC Ferries seeks yard offers for five newbuilds

Canadian owner goes global in its latest bid for fleet renewal.

Casualties

VIDEO: Battle on to contain slick from collision

Minister condemns ro-pax's 'abnormal behaviour' after boxship clash spilled 600 tonnes of fuel.

Tankers

Chelsea confirms Marinakis MR buy as spree goes on

Dennis Uy company adds Philippines' biggest tanker as part of $100m-plus expansion.

Offshore

Gazprom orders OSVs at Zvezda yard

Three offshore ships and a shuttle ferry to be built at new Russian facility.

Passenger ships

Color Line flag switch could endanger 700 jobs

Proposal to change to NIS register would free owner to bring in overseas crews.