El sexto buque de Pullmantur será el ‘Majesty’ y se integrará en la flota en 2016
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- Published on Monday, 24 November 2014 03:48
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Viernes 21/11/2014
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El ‘Majesty’ ha estado navegando hasta ahora para Royal Caribbean.
El grupo Pullmantur ha despejado este viernes las dudas sobre el que será el sexto barco de su flota y que ya había adelantado hace unos meses. Se trata del “Majesty”, un buque gemelo del “Sovereign y Monarch”, que a partir de abril de 2016 se incorporará a la flota, permitiendo un aumento de capacidad del 30% en el número de pasajeros, hasta los 520.000 viajeros anuales.
Según Jorge Vilches, CEO y presidente de Pullmantur, “la llegada del Majesty jugará un papel muy importante en los planes de crecimiento de nuestra compañía, y es una muestra más del compromiso del Grupo Royal Caribbean por el crecimiento de Pullmantur y Croisières
54 ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) between October 2014 and December 2015
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Deployment of around 54 ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) between October 2014 and December 2015 along the Asia-Europe trade route is expected to have massive effects on trade.
With a minimum TEU-capacity of 10,000, Drewry Shipping Consultants believe ULCVs may help to bring carriers lower slot costs.
World Maritime News has reported Drewry as saying that the ULCVs may have the ability to change supply-demand dynamics, spot freight rates, and adjust the competitive balance between the alliances.
A statement from Drewry read:“The delivery of over 50 ULCVs in the next 15 months is a double-whammy for the alliances. Lower slot costs are a positive, but they will struggle to cope with the additional capacity in the Asia-North Europe trade and the 60 ships that will be cascaded
EU sulphur directive means hard times ahead for Viking Line
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- Published on Saturday, 22 November 2014 05:20
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21.11.2014 9:57| updated 21.11.2014 10:48
Cruise operator Viking Line is preparing for tens of millions of euros of added operating costs as stricter EU provisions on sulphur emissions come into force in 2015. Adding to the shipping company’s woes, competition has intensified while consumer purchasing power has weakened.
MS Viking Grace is the first large scale passenger ferry to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Headquartered in the Åland Islands, Viking Line is a Finnish shipping company that operates a fleet of ferries and cruise ferries between Finland, the Åland Islands, Sweden and Estonia. Beginning in 2015, the EU sulphur limit for marine fuels will be cut to 0.1 percent in sulphur oxide emission control areas in the Baltic
Evolucion de los contenedores gigantes
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 November 2014 20:34
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