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VIKING POLARIS at VARD Søviknes

VIKING POLARIS delivered

sep 28 2022

CruiseFincantieri has delivered in Søviknes (Norway) VIKING POLARIS, the second of two expedition vessels for Viking.

CADENA 3 © Ports of Stockholm

Hansa Destinations chartered CADENA 3 to replace damaged ELIANA MARINO

sep 28 2022

Ro-roThe Moby-chartered ELIANA MARINO suffered machinery damages while servicing for Hansa Destinations on the Nynäshamn – Rostock route. A replacement was qu...

1954-built ØSTERSØEN was Stena's first ferry. It had a capacity for 700 passengers and 50 cars.

From shopping ferries to floating bridges - Stena Line celebrates its 60th anniversary

sep 28 2022

Today, 28 September, Stena Line celebrates its 60th anniversary as a ferry company, having established itself as a trusted link between people, places and societies. When Sten A. Olsson, ...

1979-built PIETRO NOVELLI © Marc Ottini

Sicily Region's tender to build two ferries sees Fincantieri as sole contender

sep 27 2022

FerryOnly Fincantieri has come forward in response to the EUR 120 million tender launched by the Region of Sicily last spring for the construction of one fer...

© Myklebust Verft

Conversion of Hurtigruten’s RICHARD WITH to battery hybrid propulsion completed

sep 27 2022

CruiseNorwegian shipyard Myklebust Verft has successfully completed the complex six month conversion of Hurtigruten Norway’s Coastal Express vessel RICHARD W...

KAIARAHI in Picton © Michael Pryce

KAIARAHI returns to service for Interislander after mammoth gearbox rebuilding job

sep 26 2022

FerryThere is great relief all round in New Zealand for both the Cook Strait ferry operator Interislander (owned by state-owned KiwiRail) and the nations fre...

EXPRESS 5 © Austal

Austal Philippines launches Molslinjen’s EXPRESS 5

sep 26 2022

High-speedAustal Philippines has successfully launched the 115-metre EXPRESS 5 for Molslinjen of Denmark, which by gross tonnage is the largest ferry const...

STENA EBBA delivered © Stena Line

China Merchant Jinling (Weihai) shipyard delivered STENA EBBA

sep 26 2022

FerrySTENA EBBA is the eight F-Flexer delivered from China Merchant Jinling (Weihai) shipyard and will become the fifth E-Flexer for Stena Line service.

© Hilco

Stena to expand port operations in Holyhead following 213-acre acquisition

sep 23 2022

PortStena Line, which owns and operates the port of Holyhead in North Wales, is to significantly expand the Anglesey based port’s operations following its...

© George Giannakis

The Attica Group, Greece’s largest ferry operator is set to swallow Anek Lines after deal with Anek’s lenders and shareholders

sep 23 2022

FerryThe merger has been rumoured for the past year and this week the Crete-based Anek Lines’ bankers agreed to write off two thirds of the ferry line’s debt...

CLdN to acquire Seatruck Ferries from Clipper Group

sep 20 2022

Ro-roCLdN has entered into an agreement to acquire all shares in Seatruck Ferries Holding Ltd. from Clipper Group. With eight purpose-built vessels, Seatruck ...

VALENTINE © Jager

KiwiRail’s Interislander ferry operator buys the freight ro-ro VALENTINE from Rederi AB Gotland

sep 16 2022

Ro-roNew Zealand’s cross Cook Strait ferry operator Interislander, owned by the government owned KiwiRail has taken up the option to buy the 23,987 gt 1999-bu...

THE BLUE DOLPHIN © Seahorse Ferry

New cruise ferry service in Thailand linking Pattaya and Koh Samui to start at the end of September

sep 16 2022

FerryThe successful trial run of a new cruise ferry service between the two tourist hot spots of Pattaya and Kohn Samui on 10 September has opened the door f...

HOS LODE STAR © Hornbeck Offshore Services

East Coast US operator Steamship Authority to buy two OSVs for conversion into passenger/freight ro-ros

sep 16 2022

Ro-roUS East Coast operator The Wood’s Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority (Steamship Authority) is currently in the process of buying t...

EHIME © Uwajima Unyu

Sado Kisen bought EHIME from Uwajima Unyu

sep 16 2022

FerrySado Kisen announced that they bought the 2001-built car ferry EHIME from Uwajima Unyu.

South-Korean built 41-knot Incat Crowther ferry delivered

sep 15 2022

High-speedIncat Crowther announced the launch of the 72m passenger ferry KOREA PRIDE. Incat Crowther supported Korea Express Ferry in the building of the s...

Northern Xplorer © Multi Maritime

Northern Xplorer signs LOI with West Sea Shipyard to build world’s first zero-emission cruise ship

sep 08 2022

CruiseRecently established Norwegian cruise venture and Portuguese shipbuilder West Sea today signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of the com...

1998-built SKÅNE JET was purchased from Fjord Line two years ago © Kai Ortel

FRS switches its Sassnitz service from Ystad to Trelleborg as from next year

sep 08 2022

High-speedThe FRS Baltic high-speed ferry SKÅNE JET has been operating between Sassnitz and Ystad since 2020. For the start of the 2023 season, there will ...

First ship to be built in Kenya – the train ferry UHURU II – floated out at Kisumu Shipyard on Lake Victoria

sep 08 2022

FerryWhat is being claimed as the first ship yet to be built totally in the East African country of Kenya, by Kenyans, the 100m train ferry UHURU II, has bee...

UkrFerry's KAUNAS © UkrFerry

[GUEST ARTICLE] Black Sea ro-ro shipping - Challenges create opportunities

sep 07 2022

Informall BG cargo analytical bureau studied the Black Sea ro-ro & ro-pax market identifying the influence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the regional transport industry.

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