BC Ferries’ Q2 results impacted by pandemic

BC Ferries has released its Q2 results for the three and six months ended 30 September 2020. Not surprisingly, the COVID-19 global pandemic continued to have a significant impact on the company’s operations and financial results.

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MV Werften aims to maintain the shipyard group

MV Werften has initiated steps to maintain the shipyard group and to continue construction on the first vessel of the Global Class on order for its owners Genting Hong Kong. © MV Werften

Genting Group-controlled MV Werften has taken steps aimed at securing the existence of its shipyards in Wismar, Rostock and Stralsund, as well as the businesses of Neptun Ship Design and MVW Fertigmodule.

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Pandemic turning screws on ageing Greek ferry fleet

SEEN has warned Greece’s Shipping and Island Policy Ministry that it is in a fight to stay afloat. © George Giannakis

The Greek coastal shipping market is facing a double threat, as 42% of the ferry fleet will have to be replaced in the next decade, while enterprises are suffering due to the pandemic.

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CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard hands over STENA EMBLA

STENA EMBLA will join sister ship STENA EDDA on the Birkenhead-Belfast route early next year. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

China Merchants’ shipyard in Weihai has handed over the fourth E-Flexer to Stena. A sister ship to the earlier delivered STENA ESTRID and STENA EDDA, STENA EMBLA is set to join the latter vessel on the Birkenhead (Liverpool)-Belfast route early next year, replacing the Visentini Class STENA MERSEY which will then be sent to Sedef Shipbuilding in Turkey for her 36m lengthening and conversion.

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Second ro-pax for DFDS floated out at GSI

DFDS's second ro-pax under construction at GSI was floated out in the morning of Friday 13 November. © DFDS

On 13 November, Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) floated out DFDS’s second ro-pax for Baltic service. When delivered in 2022, the 4,500-lanemetre and 600-passenger capacity vessel will primarily serve the Karlshamn-Klaipeda route, joining the yet unnamed sister ship that was floated out on 31 August.

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Grimaldi Lines’ first GG5G comes home

ECO VALENCIA will serve the Italy-Spain MoS and will be joined by sister ship ECO BARCELONA early next year. © Grimaldi Lines

On 16 November, exactly one month after her delivery from Jinling Shipyard, Grimaldi Lines’ 67,311gt ECO VALENCIA arrived in Livorno and is ready to take up service on the Italy-Spain MoS, connecting Livorno and Savona with Barcelona and Valencia.

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Viking Line cancels VIKING CINDERELLA cruises until early February 2021

COVID-19 has temporarily put VIKING CINDERELLA's cruises to an end. © Marko Stampehl

On account of the increasing spread of COVID-19 infections in Sweden and recommendations by regional governments urging people to avoid any unnecessary travel, Viking Line has decided to cancel all 20-hour cruises with the VIKING CINDERELLA as of today 16 November 2020 until 3 February 2021.

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Tallink receives Finnish government guarantee for additional loan

The government of the Republic of Finland approved a state guarantee of up to EUR 90 million for a EUR 100 million loan to Tallink Silja Oy, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp.

Stena Line marks 25 years of Dublin-Holyhead service

Swedish ferry company Stena Line is marking another major milestone on 18 November, celebrating 25 years since the launch of their Holyhead to Dublin service back on the 18th November 1995. Since then traffic on the route has grown fivefold and the company has now transported in excess of 12 million passengers, almost 3 million cars and 3.5 million freight units on the route. It continues to operate around the clock moving vital supplies between the Ireland and UK throughout lockdown.

WALLENIUS SOL is expanding with a new Travemünde–Vaasa service

WALLENIUS SOL is now improving and expanding the service for Ostrobothnia. From mid-January 2021, they will add Travemünde on the northbound route Zeebrugge–Antwerpen–Travemünde–Vaasa.

ABB wins major power and propulsion order for five Fincantieri vessels

ABB secures an order of around $150 million to deliver a comprehensive scope of technologies to power next-generation cruise ships built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri
Strengthening its preferred supplier position in the cruise segment, ABB will equip five newbuild vessels with Azipod® electric propulsion, which has a proven ability to significantly reduce fuel consumption on board.

P&O Ferrymasters launches first direct multimodal service connecting Czech Republic to Britain

P&O Ferrymasters announces the next step in the expansion of its pan-European logistics network with the introduction of a new train service from Lovosice in the Czech Republic to Europoort (Rotterdam) with the option for onward sea connections to Britain.

Isle of Man Ship Registry chosen to flag New Zealand’s 2 new Interislander ferries

The Isle of Man Ship Registry has been selected as the flag state to oversee construction of two rail-enabled RoPax ferries that will connect New Zealand’s North and South Islands.
State-owned transport operator KiwiRail has commissioned the future-proofed vessels to modernise its fleet of ferries serving the Cook Strait. KiwiRail’s Interislander service connects New Zealand’s State Highway and national rail networks between the capital city Wellington in the North Island and Picton in the South Island. The Interislander carries approximately 850,000 passengers, 250,000 cars and up to NZ$14 billion worth of freight annually.

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Aulong delivers third high-speed catamaran ferry to Blue Sea Jet in China

Austal Limited is pleased to announce that Aulong Shipbuilding, a joint venture between Austal and Jianglong Shipbuilding, in China, has delivered a 42 metre, high-speed catamaran passenger ferry to repeat customer, Blue Sea Jet of China.

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