Readers’ Picks of the Week (15-19 of Jun)
USA Bans Cruises-to-Nowhere
The US-based cruise operator Carnival Cruise Lines has confirmed that it will no longer offer the so-called cruises-to-nowhere around the US coast as of January 1, 2016…. Read more
Carnival Seals Deal for World’s First LNG-Fuelled Cruise Ships
Carnival Corporation & plc has signed a multi-billion dollar contract with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft to build… Read more
Three Ships Attacked in SOMS within Three Hours
Three vessels have been boarded today in close proximity with each other within 4-10 nm while underway in the eastbound lane of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore within an interval of thr… Read more
Maersk Brooklyn Suffers Engine Failure in English Channel
Maersk Line’s container ship Maersk Brooklyn experienced engine malfunction in the English Channel yesterday while en route from Belgium to Malta, the company’s Senior Press Officer Michael … Read more
Orkim Harmony Freed
Royal Malaysian Navy has recovered the tanker Orkim Harmony after eight of the smugglers abandoned the vessel on a lifeboat at around 8 pm local time yesterday… Read more
World Maritime News Staff
