Cruise Ship News
Shipping cos not hiring trainees face Rs 20-lakh fine
Shipping firms that do not have at least 15% of their crew as trainees will be liable for a penalty up to Rs 20 lakh per vessel. They may even lose tax benefits from next year. The government has made it mandatory for shipping companies availing tonnage tax benefits to employ trainees passing out from [...]
Planning a greener cruise industry.
High speed ships and floating islands will ensure a more environmentally friendly cruise industry, say fourteen Master’s students spending their summer holidays with DNV.
Their task during a six-week cross-disciplinary internship programme, “The year 2030 green cruise experience”, has been to design an environmentally friendly cruise concept where everything from leisure activities to the vessel itself [...]
Cruise shipping policy okayed
To encourage cruise shipping, the Union Cabinet today gave its approval for adoption of Cruise Shipping Policy of India that envisages hassle free customs clearance, dedicated cruise shipping terminal, among others.
‘Cruise Shipping’ is fast emerging as a new marketable product, growing at the rate of 12 per cent a year globally, this sector has witness [...]
28 rescued, over 800 missing in Philippine shipwreck
Twenty-eight passengers and crew members of a ferry that sank in stormy seas in the central Philippines were found alive as rescuers on Monday continued to search for more than 800 missing people, a police official said.
Senior Superintendent Fidel Posadas said the 28 survivors reached the shores of Mulanay town in Quezon province, 150 km [...]
