Chris Donald moved up to SVP corporate environmental compliance at Carnival Corp. & plc.

Peter Anderson, a former US federal prosecutor, joined Carnival Corp. & plc in the newly created position of chief ethics and compliance officer.

Conditions are now more favorable for above-normal Atlantic hurricane activity since El Niño has ended, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

With no North Atlantic right whales spotted in the shipping lanes over the past month, the additional 10-knot speed cap zones in the Gulf of St. Lawrence instituted earlier this summer have been removed, for now.

From now until Nov. 30, the Panama Canal is restricting ship speeds to 10 knots in designated zones to protect cetaceans during their nearby seasonal migration.

Going beyond the global 0.5% sulfur fuel cap for marine fuels in 2020, French Riviera port Cannes is restricting cruise vessels to 0.1% next year.

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs announced the recipients of the first IAATO Antarctic Fellowship, funded by IAATO.

Meyer Turku used its new plasma cutter line, part of a €100m investment into the shipyard's steel halls, to cut the first steel for Costa Toscana. The vessel's name was revealed on Tuesday at the event.

About 100 people attended a rally at the Maritime Station 2 of Palma de Mallorca this week in support of cruise tourism and calling for a study on the impact of air emissions from cruise ships.

Sustainable tourism and how ships and ports should adapt for a greener future will be the focus of a 'Greener Cruising' hour, sponsored by gmec the first afternoon of Seatrade Europe in Hamburg.