Readers’ Picks of the Week (15-19 of Jun)

Readers’ Picks

USA Bans Cruises-to-Nowhere

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 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 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 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

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