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![Covid-19: what will happen to cruise liners on lockdown?]()
Covid-19: what will happen to cruise liners on lockdown?
How many ships are anchored at sea, how do operations run onboard and what will the future of grounded ships look like? As the industry grinds to a halt and...
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![Q&A: discussing seafarer rights amid Covid-19 with the ITF]()
Q&A: discussing seafarer rights amid Covid-19 with the ITF
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has been working since March to release the 200,000 seafarers, stuck on board ships due to the travel restrictions implemented by governments to stop...
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![Why more needs to be done to protect seafarers during Covid-19]()
Why more needs to be done to protect seafarers during Covid-19
The situation of seafarers, trapped on board of ships because of coronavirus travel restrictions has made the headlines after several international organisations called out governments for their inability to find...
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![Timeline: how coronavirus is disrupting the cruise sector]()
Timeline: how coronavirus is disrupting the cruise sector
Here's a summary of some of the major coronavirus events involving the cruise industry, from initial port closures to new plans to resume operations.
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![Covid-19: how the cruise industry got washed up]()
Covid-19: how the cruise industry got washed up
The cruise industry is facing growing criticism for the way it has handled the coronavirus pandemic, with accounts of passengers stranded on quarantined ships still making headlines. Has the sector’s...
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![Three things we learnt from the Operational Excellence in Shipping forum]()
Three things we learnt from the Operational Excellence in Shipping forum
Set up by Capital Link, the 10th Operational Excellence in Shipping Forum – which took place on 16 and 17 June 2020 – addressed the most critical challenges and debates...
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![Consolidation in the cruise industry: what does the future hold?]()
Consolidation in the cruise industry: what does the future hold?
Royal Caribbean’s recent purchase of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, in a joint venture with TUI, has marked just another chapter in the cruise industry’s long history of consolidation. How is this trend...
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![What’s driving the growth of cruise in the Baltics?]()
What’s driving the growth of cruise in the Baltics?
What is driving growth in the Baltic cruise industry, and how might the coronavirus crisis affect cruise tourism in the region?
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![World Oceans Day: what is the shipping industry doing to clean the seas?]()
World Oceans Day: what is the shipping industry doing to clean the seas?
On World Oceans Day, it becomes evident that the shipping industry plays a pivotal role in the safeguard of our seas and oceans but what is the sector actually doing?...
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![Beam me up: using blue laser technology to improve underwater detection]()
Beam me up: using blue laser technology to improve underwater detection
The KETmaritime project is developing photonic marine applications that use concentrated beams of light to assist with a host of maritime tasks. Paula Rico of the AIMEN Technology Centre and...
