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With all the new and bigger cruise ships entering service over the next few years, the industry's biggest challenge may be the human element and finding enough qualified seafarers. |
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The marine operations function faces a variety of challenges as the industry sails into 2008. Fuel consumption continues to be a major concern due to dramatically increasing prices, but recruitment of deck and engine crew and officers are also taking on added significance in an overheated maritime employment environment. At the same time, the eroding value of the dollar is putting pressure on crew that is paid in dollars, but lives in non-dollar environments. |
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“We are always focused on the food – we look at it, analyze it and study trends; food is always in the picture,” said Natko Nincevic, senior vice president of hotel operations at Carnival Cruise Lines. |
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While there are many new and exciting developments at Royal Caribbean Cruises these days, Chairman and CEO Richard Fain said the most important aspect of the business is the strength of the market positions of its cruise brands. “It is tempting to talk about what's new, but the bottom line is to continue to operate strongly and successfully – that remains our bread and butter,” he said in a one-on-one interview with Cruise Industry News.
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With more than 300 cruise ships in the world, most of which drydock every two-and-a-half to three years, ship repair is a big business. Carnival Corporation has stated that its brands alone plan 25 drydockings in 2008. |
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Mexico is highly regarded and critically important to the cruise industry, despite a recent passenger tax passed by the country’s congress. At the October meeting of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) in Cozumel, port and tourism officials of this northernmost Latin American nation earned kudos for their professionalism, their awareness of what is needed in the marketplace and their collaborative spirit.
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Northwest Pacific ports offer unique attractions on cruises to Alaska and British Columbia and are also setting new standards with a clean air strategy. |
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Pushing the bar: While the cruise industry continues to grow, it is pushing the product and experience bar ever higher with new ships. At the time of writing, there were 40 new cruise ships on order for deliveries through 2012, and more orders are expected, according to shipyard and cruise line executives we spoke with. Not only are more ships being built; they also cover a wide range of sizes – from small to medium, large and gigantic. Enabling the building of bigger ships is new technology as well as new rules for safety and environmental protection, which are being phased in. The cruise industry already has an enviable safety record, and the new requirements can only push the industry to even higher standards.
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