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On 4 November, COLOR FANTASY will be laid up until further notice. © Frank Behling

Color Line to reduce capacity on Oslo-Kiel route

Online Member Access Oct 20 2020

FerryThe increasing number of COVID-19 cases across Europe sees Color Line adapting supply to demand as it will reduc...

GNV ALLEGRA is one of four GNV ferries chartered by the Italian government until late January 2021. © Frank Lose

GNV gets four more charters from Italian government for quarantine ships

Online Member Access Oct 20 2020

FerryThe Italian Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese, decided to end the experiment of using so-called ‘quara...

Marix Line's newbuild will boast three freight decks that are accessed via starboard and portside quarter ramps. © Marix Line

Marix Line orders a new ferry

Online Member Access Oct 20 2020

FerryKagoshima-based Marix Line has ordered a new ro-pax at Naikai Zosen in Onomichi to replace its 1999-built, 4,945...

Due to dwindling passenger numbers, Fjord Line puts the ro-pax ferry STAVANGERFJORD in layup again. © Uwe Jakob

Fjord Line puts STAVANGERFJORD in layup again

Online Member Access Oct 19 2020

FerryDue to increasing COVID-19 infection numbers, new travel restrictions imposed and consequentially falling passen...

The new Ryfylke ferry will have the largest battery pack ever installed on a ferry of this size. © LMG Marin

Westcon inks contract for a battery-powered ferry for Norled

Online Member Access Oct 19 2020

FerryNorway’s Westcon shipyard has secured a contract for a battery-powered for Norled. The 45m long and 12m beam dou...

ECO VALENCIA will serve Grimaldi Lines' West Med MoS, connecting northern Italy with Spain. © Jinling Shipyard

Jinling delivers world’s greenest ro-ro ship

Oct 16 2020

Ro-roToday, 16 October, Jinling Shipyard has handed over the 67,311gt ECO VALENCIA to Grimaldi Lines. The 238m long ...

Brittany Ferries relies heavily on passenger revenues, which has made the French operator COVID-prone. © Maritime Photographic

More money for Brittany Ferries

Online Member Access Oct 16 2020

FinanceA few days after the regional government of Normandy approved a EUR 45 million support package for Brittany F...

TT-Line Tasmania soaring, until COVID-19 hit

Online Member Access Oct 16 2020

FinanceTasmania’s TT-Line was on track for a “very strong” 2019-20 result until passenger revenues suffered an inevi...

Viking Line granted EUR 43 million liquidity loans

Online Member Access Oct 15 2020

FinanceViking Line has secured a total of EUR 43 million in liquidity loans to navigate them through the Coronavirus...

Steel cutting for P&O Ferries' first of two double-enders ordered at GSI. © GSI

GSI cuts first steel for world’s largest double-ended ferry

Oct 15 2020

FerryOn 15 October, less than one week after construction started on Moby’s second ro-pax, Guangzhou Shipyard Interna...

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Color Line to reduce capacity on Oslo-Kiel route