Wärtsilä Powers The World’s Largest Cruise Ship, ‘Harmony Of The Seas’

Wärtsilä Powers The World’s Largest Cruise Ship, ‘Harmony Of The Seas’

Royal Caribbean International’s Harmony of the Seas, featuring Wärtsilä engines, propulsion equipment, exhaust scrubber systems, Wärtsilä NACOS Platinum navigation and dynamic positioning systems, as well as Wärtsilä CCTV systems and various electrical & automation solutions, is now in commercial operation.

ISWAN Launches Good Practice Guide on the Humanitarian Response to Piracy

ISWAN Launches Good Practice Guide on the Humanitarian Response to Piracy

Seafarers continue to be the targets of pirates and armed robbers, with around 100 held captive ashore by various groups in different parts of the world at the moment. The training of seafarers, best management practice and hardening of ships has formed part of the response, but companies still need to be well prepared for seafarers being attacked or taken captive.