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If the continuously increasing ship sizes and ever increasing number of special features are excluded, there have not been too many major changes in ship design and technology for several decades, according to Markus Aarnio, managing director of Foreship, a ship engineering and design firm. However, due to recently introduced new rules and regulations, together with the question of future fuels, significant changes are taking place today, he said. |
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The fall months are typically when Fincantieri has been able to sign big orders, and Enrico Buschi, general manager of merchant ships and head of cruise ships at Fincantieri, told Cruise Industry News in early September, that he was hopeful to do the same this fall. |
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“We are completely global. We view the world as our marketplace,” said Micky Arison, chairman and CEO of Carnival Corporation, in a one-on-one interview with Cruise Industry News (CIN). “There are markets everywhere that can be grown." |
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With the Queen Mary 2, Cunard Line has put fun into glamour and elegance. The QM2 is able to maintain that romantic sense of classic trans-Atlantic travel from the past, but in a modern setting. The formal dinners are there along with white-gloved tea service and ballroom dancing, but so are also informal dining options, a pulsating disco and jazz – even karaoke, along with many other entertainment venues.
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We are covering a range of subjects in this issue – which are all important to the industry – and would like touch on some of them.
The Cruise Experience: Cruising is evolving on many levels and in many directions, depending on the product and the market. Most important for the industry, perhaps, is its ability to develop products that appeal to a broader vacation market.
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Dining aboard cruise ships will continue to be one of the highlights of a cruise, despite all the choices of activities now offered by the new, large ships, and the range of more exotic itineraries featured by the smaller luxury- and expedition-style ships. |
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Cruise capacity in the Mediterranean and Northern and Western Europe has increased by 24 percent and 5 percent respectively in 2007, due largely to European market leaders in the regions expanding, in addition to more North American lines deploying ships in European waters, as well as sourcing more from European markets. |
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"We are now up to cruising speed," said Jacques Hardelay, managing director at Aker Yards in St. Nazaire, France. He explained that the integration process since the French shipbuilder was acquired by the Aker Yards Group has been completed and that work is underway on various projects. |
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