The cruise ship industry is full of unknown facts

As a provider of chandling support and services to an array of vessels that dock at ports all along the South African cruise line, including cruise ships, the Link Ship Chandlers team has always had a keen interest in how these businesses operate. After all, some of these enormous ships are the size of small South African towns (just kidding – but almost!).

More about the Latitude superyacht

At Link Ship Chandlers, we have been told that our fascination with supply vessels tends to be a little over the top. However, we tend to think that other people are not excited enough about working ships! These vessels are so complex and efficient, and modern design technology has really up the ante on how they are developed and constructed.

Facts about container ships, containers and container shipping

Container ships have been on everybody’s mind lately, but we’d like to have it on the record that the Link Ships Chandlers team has been fascinated with these gargantuan camels of the sea even before the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal and engaged the global transportation world in a collective moment of blind panic.

What happens to old cruise ships?

Have you ever wondered what happens to old cruise ships when they move beyond their prime people-ferrying years and have to be put out to pasture? Those ships are huge (an average size one has an internal volume of 120,000 gross tonnes!), so they have to go somewhere. It’s not the kind of thing you can just park at the back of the lot and forget about…