TUI Cruises Ramping Up Service
“Looking at the pent-up demand in Germany and the vacation season coming, I believe scenic cruises will be an attractive vacation option,” “Passengers can spend days at sea, go to dinner, go to the gym, be outside and enjoy all the activities they have been missing and that are still not possible in many regions in Germany and the rest of Europe.
Along with sister brand Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, the two cruise lines have been sailing since last summer, carrying more than 100,000 passengers and only had eight COVID-19 cases aboard their ships. But the authorities never asked for service to be suspended as the cruise lines’ contact tracing worked perfectly, Meier said, and thus interrupted the chain of infection.
“Research has shown that the German cruise market can generate from 4 to 4.5 million passengers a year,” Meier said. “These people also have the means to pay 1,200 euros for a weekly cruise, so this is a very healthy market. “Before the pandemic, approximately 2.4 million Germans cruised.”
Excerpt from Cruise Industry News Quarterly Magazine: Summer 2021
Indian Navy ship exercises with French Navy
Indian warship INS Tabar was part of a two-day exercise with French frigate FNS Aquitaine and four Rafale fighter aircraft of the French Navy in the Bay of Biscay during mid-June 2021. A wide range of operations including anti-submarine and air defence drills, replenishment at sea and firing were exercised by the ships.
Source : economic times of india / 19 JUL 2021
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives Hold Joint Exercise On Maritime Security
Colombo : Top defence officials from India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives participated in a virtual trilateral table top exercise where they discussed best practices and procedures for countering common transnational maritime crime like curbing narcotics and assistance in maritime search and rescue.
The two-day exercise, TTX-2021, from July 14 to July 15 aimed at enhancing mutual understanding and exchange of best practices procedures for countering common transnational crime was coordinated by the Maritime Warfare Centre, Mumbai.
Courtesy NDTV
Launching of WILAT Seychelles
Mrs. Nazeema Jaulim-Seelarbokus as WiLAT Global Vice Chairperson of the Indian Ocean Islands has on 20 July 2021, launched the second chapter of WiLAT at the level of the IOI in Seychelles.
The inaugural ceremony was held in the Conference room at the Mauritius Shipping Corporation. Newly appointed Chairman of MPA, Sanjeev Ghurburrun participated in the webinar as chief guest.
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