You Won't Recognize the Place

Carnival Corp has completed a multi-million-dollar redesign of Terminal 2 for their Princess brand at Ft. Lauderdale's Port Everglades.

The complete story appeared in the November 10 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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More Power to Royal Caribbean

Canadian clean-energy specialists Ballad Power Systems has delivered a 100-kilowatt fuel cell to ABB Marine for use partially powering one of Royal Caribbean's upcoming Icon-class ships.

The fuel cell at first will be used to power the ship's hotel needs while in port.

Details appeared in the November 10 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Changes in Carnivals Marine Ops Department

Martin Landtman, Senior Vice President Marine Operations, For Carnival Cruise Line to retire;

Gus Antorcha, Ben Clement and Mark Jackson Promoted;

Norbert Dean Hired as Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Chain

MIAMI (Nov. 10, 2017) – Martin Landtman, senior vice president of marine operations for Carnival Cruise Line, will retire in 2018. Having spent seven years leading Carnival’s marine and new shipbuilding operations, Landtman will remain in his current role until a successor is named, and will stay on to support the transition. A search for his replacement currently is underway. Carnival has also announced some restructuring of Landtman's organization, along with several key promotions and a new appointment.

Gus Antorcha, previously executive vice president, guest operations, has been given an expanded role and promoted to chief operating officer for Carnival Cruise Line, reporting to Carnival President Christine Duffy. Antorcha oversees hotel operations, port operations, guest care, shipboard recruiting, travel operations, new builds and refurbishments, along with a new shared services function for both the marine and hotel operations groups.

Ben Clement has been promoted to senior vice president, new builds, refurbishments and product innovation, reporting to Antorcha. Clement joined Carnival Cruise Line in 1997 in the technical services area and progressed through several management positions with increasing responsibility in hotel operations and shipbuilding prior to his current role.

Mark Jackson has been promoted to senior vice president, technical operations. His responsibilities include marine technical operations, cross-brand technical innovation and environmental operations. Jackson currently reports to Landtman.

Norbert Dean will join Carnival Cruise Line as vice president, strategic sourcing and supply chain, reporting to Jim Heaney, chief financial officer and senior vice president. Dean brings a wealth of executive leadership experience in sourcing, supply chain and shared services from top travel and consumer brand companies including the Walt Disney Company, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment and the Sony Corporation. Dean is slated to begin Nov. 27.

“On behalf of everyone at Carnival Cruise Line, I wish to extend our thanks and congratulations to Martin on his well-deserved retirement,” said Duffy. “He has guided Carnival’s marine operations function through tremendous growth and transition, and we are greatly indebted to him. “I also congratulate Gus on his expanded role and Ben and Mark on the new responsibilities they are taking on with their promotions,” Duffy added. “Each of them has proven to be an exceptional leader and asset to our company, and we look forward to their continued contributions in their new positions.”

“Additionally, we are extremely pleased to have Norbert Dean joining the organization. His proven track record and strong depth of experience in the sourcing and procurement arena will be of tremendous value in this very important area of our operations,” Duffy added.

Source: Carnival Cruise Line

Caribbean Princess First Mega-Liner Through the Canal

If it were a race, there would have been a tape across the end of the Panama Canal, and someone would have hung a big gaudy medal around the bow of Caribbean Princess last week. On October 26, Caribbean Princess became the first mega-cruise ship to transit the newly expanded “Neo-Panamax” Locks of the Panama Canal.

Details appeared in the November 9 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Caribbean Princess in the new, larger locks of the Panama Canal.

Photo and video courtesy of Princess Cruises. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

The Service Station Will Go to Them

Carnival Corp has signed an agreement with Shell to provide LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) to power the two Carnival LNG-powered ships that will be based in North America. They will go into service in 2020 and 2022.

Shell will do it with an LNG Bunker Barge, which can move anywhere in the Southeast US where the ships are. It is equivalent to being able to move a service station to wherever the high traffic area is.

The complete story appeared in the November 9 edition of Cruise News Daily.

The LNG Bunker Barge chartered by Shell to service the Carnival ships at Port Everglades

Rendering courtesy of Shell LNG. All rights reserved. May not be copied or used without express permission. 

Spectrum of the Seas Takes Shape

Meyer Shipyards laid the keel today for Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas at their Neptune Weft at Rostock. Spectrum will be the first of the Quantum-Ultra class, a progression of Royal Caribbean's successful Quantum-class. When completed, it will have a gross tonnage of 168,800 tons and carry approximately 4,200 passengers.

Details appeared in the November 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Meyer and Royal Caribbean executives in front of the massive 938-ton first block of Spectrum of the Seas

Azipod Troubles End Norwegian Gem Cruise at Barbados

If you are currently sailing aboard Norwegian Gem which left New York on October 31, you are having a nice cruise, but you haven't been anywhere you started out to go. First it was September hurricanes that closed your original ports, now things are changing because of problems with one Azipod that is keeping the ship from cruising at normal speeds.

The complete story appeared in the November 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Taking Horizon out for a Spin

Carnival Horizon successfully completed its final sea trials earlier this week, and has returned to the Fincantieri yard at Marghera.

Details appeared in the November 8 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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Best Price and They Guarantee It

Holland America wants you to book your shore excursion with them. Their new line of EXC Tours now has a Best Price Guarantee.

The guarantee applies on all ships and all itineraries except in Asia.

Details appear in the November 7 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Ships Flocking Back to St. Thomas

Ships are hurrying back to “everybody's favorite port,” St. Thomas. Reopening to regular traffic on November 3 following repairs to damage from the September storms, the port finds 25 ships have scheduled calls during the balance of the month.

The complete story appeared in the November 7 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Other Things You'll Want to Know - November 7, 2017

CND subscribers also read about:

• Nassau considering a change of port operators
• AIDA begins expanded winter Caribbean season

Details appeared in the November 7 edition of Cruise News Daily. 

Something Extra for Silversea Passengers

If it's possible to get “more all-inclusive” then ultra luxury line Silversea just got “more all-inclusive” - at least in the Caribbean - at least for a while.

Silversea is offering a free shore excursion in every port in the Caribbean this winter for Silver Muse and Silver Wind passengers.

Details appeared in the November 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.

A Little Growth

Port Everglades is reporting only slight growth in their cruise passenger number for fiscal year 2017.

The South Florida port posted only a 2% increase in multi-day cruise passengers for a total of 3,738,252 passengers.

Details appeared in the November 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.

Where in the World is David Hasselhoff?

Here's a thought most people have at least once a week over their morning coffee: What do suppose David Hasselhoff is doing right now?

If you just thought about that today and fantasized that he was sailing aboard Costa Favolosa right now, you'd be correct! He boarded in Savona on Saturday with more than 600 fans who are thrilled to spend five days in the western Mediterranean with Hasselhoff.

The complete story appeared in the November 6 edition of Cruise News Daily.

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