MedCruise Association announces its support for cruise industry

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Written by Teijo Niemelä Teijo Niemelä

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Published: 17 March 2020 17 March 2020

MedCruise Association announced today, that it would like to show its support to all of its Port Members and Associate Members that are dealing the impact of the outbreak of COVID-19 as well as to all the cruise industry community and partners.

"MedCruise Association is a great family composed by 73 Port Members (representing more than 135 ports) and 33 Associate Members from 21 different countries, some of them being unfortunately affected by the above mentioned COVID-19. MedCruise recommends to follow the preventive measures taken by World Health Organisation (WHO), Governments, National Health Institutions and Centres for Diseases and Prevention," MedCruise continued in its statement.

"The Cruise Industry is being affected by the situation as its regular activity is directly concerned by the preventive measures taken by some countries such as severe mobility measures inside the national territories and banning flights from certain destinations. Moreover, Cruise Lines had been forced to cancel their programs in many regions, having a direct impact on the cruise calls and cruise passengers that manage our ports and visit our destinations, after WHO announced COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic on 12 March."

“I would hereby like to express my support to all the countries and regions being affected and also to transmit a message of calm. Right now, it is time to assist your clients, support them and try to find solutions to their challenges”, said Airam Díaz Pastor, President of MedCruise. “This situation will have a big economic impact in our companies as well as in our communities. However, I am pretty sure that with our work and commitment, we will get over this challenging but also temporary period. We need also to encourage our companies and societies to help in mitigating this slow down on the cruise industry. I believe this will make us even stronger and we will learn from this situation,” added Díaz Pastor.

Fincantieri to suspend production activities for two weeks

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Published: 13 March 2020 13 March 2020

Following the Coronavirus emergency and in order to apply the measures that the Italian Government has gradually determined, Fincantieri has promptly carried out a series of actions aimed at preventing and countering the chance of infections in its shipyards.

In line with this, Fincantieri considers its key priorities – once again – the protection of its personnel and subcontractors, as well as meeting the current needs of our country. For this reason, and as requested by the Italian trade unions in the March 12 press release of the FIM, FIOM, and UILM secretariats, the company decided to suspend production activities at the Italian sites of Fincantieri SpA. From March 16 to March 29, the production will be suspended through the anticipation of the collective holidays with respect to their traditional use in the summer period.

"This decision has been taken considering that the suspension of activities for a 14 day-period is consistent with the indications imposed by the health authorities regarding quarantine in order to reduce the chance of infection, meet the government restriction measures, as well as allow all the workers to carry out appropriate actions to tackle emergency.
The chosen solution, once the situation is normalized, would allow to restart again at full power in order to protect the future of our company and of our country, without resulting in an economic loss for the workers," Fincantieri said in a statement.

"Only by doing so, with a small sacrifice compared to Italy’s state of emergency, we will avoid jeopardizing our future while protecting the company's operational continuity, as well as maintaining the employment levels and the trustworthiness gained by Fincantieri with its domestic and foreign customers, which can be assured that, once the situation is normalized, the following ship deliveries will be performed in compliance with the contractual deadlines."

Trimline completes extensive Mein Schiff 4 refurbishment

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Published: 12 March 2020 12 March 2020

During the 11-day refit of TUI Cruises’ Mein Schiff 4 in Marseille, interior outfitter Trimline was responsible for the transformation of two restaurants, a bar and a lounge.

“Working closely with designers CM Design and Aisslinger, Trimline’s team of experienced tradespeople managed to realise the client’s vision with very little modifications to the original design renders,” the company said in a statement

-Café Lounge has had a full refurbishment and is now a day-to-night French Bistro venue.

-Diamant Bar also underwent a complete refurbishment and boasts an impressive new eye-catching design.

-Italian speciality restaurant La Spezia and Japanese restaurant Hanami by Tim Raue had a complete remodelling to incorporate new stand out designs.

Eline Daetweiler, Senior MRO Manager, Ship Management & MRO, TUI Cruises had great praise for Trimline, saying “We were very impressed by the great team spirit that was visible for us throughout the entire dry dock time. All technical crew were working hand in hand in a very professional way under the leadership of the on-site project management.”

This refit made full use of Trimline’s joinery specialists as over 40 items of bespoke joinery were custom made and installed onboard, including a wine chiller cabinet and booth seating.

Holger Bürger, MRO Manager, Ship Management & MRO, TUI Cruises said “All projects stood out due to a large amount of pre-manufactured items that were installed with high accuracy on site. Due to a very detailed preparation, Trimline could realise all projects within the tight timeframe. We are very happy with the outcome.”

Trimline’s Technical Manager Adam Cooper commended “Our talented joiners came into their own on this project as there was an extensive amount of bespoke joinery needed throughout the areas we remodelled.”

No stranger to a challenge. When Trimline was asked to source a Vespa for the ‘Italian theme selfie wall’ outside of the Italian restaurant La Spezia, they sourced a working Vespa, had it decommissioned, refurbished and installed in pride of place, to be enjoyed by future guests.

Trimline’s Commercial Manager Simon Dawkins who worked closely with TUI Cruises on this project said, “We are delighted with how the ship looks and at how close to the original design the finished areas actually are. In the end, there is hardly any difference from the initial design renders of the areas.”

Cruise Ship Hospitality Expo is coming to Europe

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Published: 11 March 2020 11 March 2020

Cruise Ship Hospitality Expo, the world’s first highly focused, B2B exhibition and conference dedicated exclusively to hotel operations, F&B, and guest experience professionals working in the Cruise sector, is coming to Europe. The event will be co-located with Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe, and will be held at the London ExCeL on 2 – 3 December.

"Cruise Ship Hospitality first launched in June 2019 as Marine Catering Expo. Since the highly successful inaugural show, we have seen the demand from the industry grow exponentially. This first led to the shift in focus to cover not only the marine catering element on the supply chain, but the entire cruise hospitality industry – and it is this strong demand that is now driving the expansion into Europe.

We were overwhelmed with the incredibly positive feedback from the debut of Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe (CSIE) held in Barcelona last year, and realised that one of the core strengths of the CSI brand is the differentiation between the European and US markets. The CSIE conference, in particular, mirrored the European market’s closer focus on river and expedition cruising. For this reason, and after listening to feedback from exhibitors, attendees and our advisory board, we decided to bring Cruise Ship Hospitality to Europe!

Cruise Ship Hospitality Europe (CSHE) will be co-located with Cruise Ship Interiors Expo Europe (CSIE) at the ExCeL in London, and will take place over December 2 – 3 2020.

We are so excited to see Cruise Ship Hospitality Expo come to London in 2020. With a booming European market and so many key cruise lines and buyers here, WELBILT are looking forward to bringing the hugely successful Miami event to London," said Alexis Bourgault, Sales and Specification Manager at Welbilt