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Jul 11 2025
DFDS reported a 1.7% decline in freight volumes to 3.4 million lane metres in June 2025, with a 7.1% drop in passenger numbers to 414,000, both adjusted for route changes. Regional disruptions, including a Swedish strike and new competition in the Mediterranean, contributed to the declines, though annual freight and passenger figures showed growth over the past twelve months.
CruiseFincantieri and Oceania Cruises celebrated the delivery of ALLURA at the Sestri Ponente shipyard in Genoa. The vessel is the latest cruise ship to join the shipowner’s fleet, sister ship to VISTA, which was handed over by the same yard in 2023.
CruiseMeyer Turku has handed over the STAR OF THE SEAS to Royal Caribbean. STAR OF THE SEAS is the second Icon class ship built at the Meyer Turku shipyard. STAR OF THE SEAS will leave the shipyard in mid-July and will later in the summer start sailing on the Caribbean from its home port in Port Canaveral.
High-speedMolslinjen's fast ferries have had a busy first half of 2025. Never before has the shipping company performed six months with so many cars on the car deck. This is shown by a statement of traffic for the first six months of this year. 645,859 cars found their place on the car deck of the fast ferries in the first six months of this year. This is just over 5,000 cars more than the previous record half year in 2022, when 640,333 cars made the trip across the Kattegat.
Jul 09 2025
High-speedDamen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with South Korea’s Starline Co. Ltd. for the delivery of a new Damen Fast Ferry 4212. Available from stock at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, the shipbuilder expects to deliver the vessel just seven weeks after the contract signing on 12th May.
Jul 08 2025
Since 1998, Shippax Market has been the definitive annual resource for maritime industry professionals, delivering unparalleled data, in-depth analyses, and actionable insights. The 2025 edition—spanning 257 pages—is your essential guide to navigating the dynamic world of ferry, cruise, ro-ro, and high-speed ferry markets.
FinanceUK ferry operator P&O Ferries (POF) has filed its much-delayed accounts for the year 2023 with Companies House in London, nine months late. The accounts will shortly be available for the public to scrutinise. However, details of the accounts for 2023 have already been accessed by ITV News and the newspaper The Guardian.
Ro-roP&O Ferries will close its last route from the east coast UK port of Teesport, to Zeebrugge in Belgium, at the end of July. The ferry operator said it had taken this decision so that it can focus on more strategic North Sea activities.
Jul 07 2025
Shippax Guide is the annual, extensive ship register publication, including all existing ro-pax, ro-ro, and cruise vessels currently in service. In this issue, ro-ro ships are illustrated. Theme: SAINT-MALO
PortThe European Commission has granted a total of EUR 22 million in co-funding for the Hansalink 3 project between the Port of Helsinki and the German port of Lübeck-Travemünde. The Port of Helsinki’s share of the support is approximately EUR 12 million.
Jul 06 2025
FerryOn 4 July, under the iconic “Lanterna” in Genoa, GNV ORION was officially named. It is the 26th next-generation ferry of GNV, part of the MSC Group. Moored alongside its sister ship GNV POLARIS, ORION is the second vessel delivered to the company as part of a fleet-wide modernisation and expansion plan, which will see the arrival of six more next-generation, LNG-powered ferries by 2030.
PortThe Swedish Government has tasked the Swedish Transport Administration with taking measures to maintain continued rail ferry traffic between Sweden and Germany until 2031. Stena Line’s two vessels SKÅNE and MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN are the world’s largest rail ferries and operate on the route between Trelleborg and Rostock.
FerryRemontowa Shipbuilding S.A. launched the BJARKØY for Torghatten Nord, a 63.65-metre hybrid-powered passenger-car ferry for the Stornes-Bjørnerå connection with a capacity for 50 vehicles and 149 passengers. Delivery is planned for the first quarter of 2026.
Jul 03 2025
Ro-roCLdN’s second 234-metre and 8,000 lane metre capacity hybrid G9e vessel, LEONINE, has embarked on her maiden voyage from the Far East to Europe. LEONINE is expected to arrive in Europe at the end of the summer.
Ro-roGodby Shipping announced that the following existing contracts have been extended: the firm time charter for MISTRAL with Sea-Cargo has been extended until 31 October 2025, with the option until December 2025 remaining unchanged, and BALTIC BRIGHT’s time charter for Holmen has been extended until 31 December 2026.
The Grimaldi Group has decided to carry out a new capital increase in its Spanish subsidiary Trasmed, worth EUR 50 million. The decision aims to strengthen the company's financial position and reduce its debt load. With this transaction, Trasmed's share capital will reach EUR 347 million.
FerryWashington State Ferries’ (WSF) three new 160-vehicle capacity hybrid-electric ferries will be built by Florida’s Eastern Shipbuilding Group, following the shipbuilder’s bid of USD 714.5 million being selected.
FerryÖresundslinjen’s ferries between Helsingborg and Helsingør have had a strong and busy first half of 2025. More travellers mean that the total number of passengers continues to grow on the Öresund ferries. Öresundslinjen was formed when Molslinjen acquired ForSea two years ago, and from the outset, it was a desire of the new owners to develop the popular and well-visited ferry line between Helsingborg and Helsingør.
FerryThe scheduled passenger ferry service that links Finland and Estonia celebrate its 60th anniversary on 7 July. The route between Helsinki and Tallinn has become one of the busiest in the world, and that growth is expected to continue in the future. Viking Line has sailed to Estonia since 1989 and is now planning the world’s biggest electric car ferry for the route.
Ship traffic in shallow areas, such as harbours, can trigger significant methane emissions through their movements in the water. This is shown by a Chalmers-led study where researchers observed methane emissions twenty times higher in shipping lanes compared to nearby undisturbed areas. Despite methane being a greenhouse gas 27 times more potent than carbon dioxide, these emissions are often overlooked with current measurement methods.
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