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Mar 19 2023
CruiseAmerican Cruise Lines announced that construction has begun on AMERICAN LEGEND, the fourth new Coastal Cat in the company’s Project Blue series. First announced in January 2022, the Project Blue series is a set of 12 small ships designed to sail almost any domestic cruise itinerary.
Mar 17 2023
On 7 March, the very first operation was performed aboard GLOBAL MERCY, the world's largest civilian hospital ship. Four-year-old Amadou in Dakar was born with one windswept leg and one bowed leg, even sitting for a meal was painful for him.
CruiseSeabourn announced the sale of SEABOURN ODYSSEY to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) for delivery in September 2024. Following the sale, Seabourn will continue to operate all published voyages through 22 August 2024, under a charter arrangement. SEABOURN ODYSSEY will be delivered to MOL after the charter agreement.
YardThe turnover of Rauma Marine Constructions Oy, which operates the Rauma shipyard, was EUR 143.5 million in 2022 (EUR 154.2 million). The result ended at a loss of EUR 29.9 million (EUR -58.4 million), and at the end of the financial year, the group's equity ratio was 40.5 percent.
Mar 15 2023
FinanceBrittany Ferries passenger, freight and financial results, covering its financial year November 2021 to October 2022 has been released. A profit of EUR 22.6 million was recorded, with a total turnover of EUR 444,7 million (EUR 202.4 million), just EUR 22 million shy of the turnover recorded in the 2018-2019 financial year.
Mar 14 2023
Ro-roThanks to the new line, DFDS will offer transportation from Izmir to Paris in six days and from Izmir to London in seven days with their Intermodal solutions.
Ro-roCLdN announced that they will start new services from the European mainland to Teesport in the North East of England and expand its existing service to London (Purfleet).
FerryIt will be an old acquaintance who will step in when HAMMERSHUS will dock from 11 to 27 April 2023. The replacement will be STENA VINGA, which previously sailed as HAMMERODDE on the same route between Rønne and Køge.
RINA, has granted an Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate to MAN Energy Solutions for its methanol-ready MAN L/V 32/44CR engine. The AiP covers an upgrade concept for the four-stroke engine for conversion to dual-fuel running on methanol to provide greater flexibility to shipowners.
FerryNG3 will deliver its shore power solution to Interislander’s two newbuilds currently under construction at Hyundai’s South Korean MiPo shipyard, which will be commissioned in 2025 and 2026.The vessels are classified by Lloyd Register and will connect New Zealand’s two main ports, Wellington and Picton.
Mar 13 2023
DFDS reported their February 2023 volumes. Passenger numbers continued to increase and were 89% of the numbers in February 2019, totalling at 211,000. Freight volumes were down 8.6% compared to the same month in 2022.
Mar 09 2023
FinanceRevenue increased to EUR 584.9 million (EUR 334.5 million) for Irish Ferries’ parent company Irish Continental Group (ICG) in 2022, while EBITDA increased to EUR 127.2 million (EUR 52.3 million) and operating profit to EUR 66.7 million (EUR -0.2 million).
Shipping companies across Nowhere Networks’ footprint have requested the addition of internet services for passengers and crew to the connectivity their vessels already have. Nowhere Networks announced that they can now cater to this demand with an solution that is combining its maritime broadband network with onboard services solutions which both simplifies prioritized internet access for crew and passengers and enables additional revenue for ship operators.
FerryWith the first of P&O Ferries two giant double-enders now on its way from China to Dover, P&O PIONEER, the ferry operator has started the clear out of vessels surplus to requirements on its Dover-Calais service. The 1993-built ro-pax PRIDE OF BURGUNDY has just been sold to a EU-licensed ship recycling facility in Aliaga, Turkey.
FerryJersey, Channel Islands based ferry operator Condor Ferries has acquired the ro-pax ferry STRAITSMAN from New Zealand’s Bluebridge Cook Strait Ferries for an undisclosed price, beating off competition from Canada’s CTMA and Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) who both expressed interest in the vessel.
Mar 08 2023
High-speedNorled and Brødrene Aa have entered into a contract for the construction of a new hybrid electric vessel which will be named BRE.The fast ferry will have a dual function and serve as both a reserve vessel on the connection Bodø-Væran and Bodø-Gildeskål for Norled, and as a 100% electric sightseeing vessel for Brim Explorer in periods when it’s not in regular service.
CruiseThe floating out of SUN PRINCESS, the first of two LNG cruise ships for Princess Cruises, took place in Monfalcone. At 175,500 gt SUN PRINCESS is the largest ship built so far in Italy, as well as the first LNG cruise ship ever built by Fincantieri, and the first dual-fuel vessel powered primarily by LNG to enter Princess’ fleet.
A cruise ship from a major cruise company will sail more sustainably thanks to an ALS that a team from Trident BMC will install. Air lubrication helps to reduce fuel consumption because it allows vessels to keep the same speed while saving up to 10% of the bunker or to sail faster while keeping the same consumption.
Mar 06 2023
FerryViking Line’s position as Finland's biggest employer in maritime transport will be enhanced when VIKING XPRS, which sails between Helsinki and Tallinn, is now being added to Finland's Register of Ships.
FerryThe agreement, signed by PowerCell with SEAM, includes deliveries of hydrogen solutions to two ships that operate on Norway's longest ferry connection for Torghatten Nord. With a value of EUR 19.2 million, this is the world's largest hydrogen project to date in the marine industry.
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