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TT-Line's Spirit pair will not be replaced by locally built ships as it looks now. © Dale Crisp

New Spirits for RMC after all?

mar 15 2021

FerryEight months after setting up a multi-party taskforce to consider home-grown replacements for TT-Line’s SPIRIT OF TASMANIA ferries, the state government...

ECO SAVONA is expected to be introduced in mid-April. © Grimaldi Group

Fourth GG5G delivered to Grimaldi

mar 12 2021

Ro-roChina Merchants’ Jinling Shipyard has handed over the fourth vessel in the successful GG5G series built for Grimaldi Group. Named ECO SAVONA, the 7,800...

PELAGOS will replace Rederi AB Gotland's DROTTEN on the Dunkerque-Rosslare route later this month. © Jean-Pierre Fabre

DFDS to replace DROTTEN by PELAGOS

mar 12 2021

FerryHaving become surplus to requirements, La Méridionale will charter out PELAGOS to DFDS which will introduce the 1997-built Visentini Class ro-pax betwee...

COVID-19 impacted Irish Continental Group’s full-year financial results

mar 12 2021

FinanceIrish Continental Group has released its financial results for 2020. Revenues for the group ended at EUR 277.1 million (EUR 357.4 million), with EBIT...

CORAL GEOGRAPHER © Fincantieri

Vard delivers CORAL GEOGRAPHER to Coral Expeditions

mar 11 2021

CruiseAlmost two years after the delivery of CORAL ADVENTURER, Vard’s Vietnamese shipyard delivered sister ship CORAL GEOGRAPHER to its Australian owners, Co...

Siremar's long-awaited newbuild for the Aeolian Islands trade will be built by Sefine Shipyard in Turkey. © NAOS Ship and Boat Design

Order for new LNG-hybrid Siremar ferry at Sefine now official

mar 10 2021

FerryCaronte & Tourist has confirmed to Shippax that it has signed a newbuilding contract with Sefine Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey for an 8,300gt SOLAS com...

Baleària’s 2020 financial results affected by COVID-19

mar 10 2021

FinanceSpanish ferry operator Baleària reported a 24% drop in turnover in 2020 to EUR 344 million with a loss of EUR 15 million. EBITDA ended at EUR 60 mill...

Stena RoRo has sold STENA NOVA, the former YAMATO of Hankyu Ferry. © Uwe Jakob

STENA NOVA sold to Philippines ferry giant

mar 09 2021

FerryThe 2003, Mitsubishi Shimonoseki-built STENA NOVA – the former YAMATO of Hankyu Ferry – has been sold to Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corporation (CLHC) f...

BLUE STAR MYCONOS now operates from Thessaloniki to the North Aegean and Cyclades. © George Giannakis

Attica Group starts new Cyclades and North Aegean service from Thessaloniki

mar 08 2021

FerryAttica Group started its second service from northern Greece on 6 March as Blue Star Ferries’ 1,915-passenger and 418-car capacity ro-pax BLUE STAR MYCO...

MASSIMO MURA was recently renamed CADENA 3 and will operate the extra sailing to both Dublin and Killingholme from Zeebrugge. © Marc Ottini

CLdN adds third Dublin sailing, increasing capacity on Humber and Thames corridors

mar 05 2021

Ro-roTo meet the surge in demand for unaccompanied trailer movements post-Brexit, CLdN will add a third weekly sailing from Zeebrugge to Dublin. At the same...

Tirrenia has reportedly discontinued its ro-ro service linking the Italian mainland with Catania (pictured) and Malta. © Philippe Holthof

End game for Tirrenia

mar 05 2021

Ro-roIt is understood that Onorato/Tirrenia-CIN has closed its much-heralded ro-ro service from Malta and Catania on the east coast of Sicily to Livorno and...

Starting on 1 April, ARK DANIA will be added as a fourth ship on DFDS's Dunkerque-Rosslare route. © Jens Vinderslev-DFDS

DFDS to increase capacity on Dunkerque-Rosslare route

mar 04 2021

Ro-roIn response to customer demand, DFDS is adding a fourth ship on its direct France-Ireland freight service on 1 April, leading to an increase in the num...

The port of Poole might welcome a new direct weekly ro-ro service to Tangier Med. © Poole Harbour Commissioners.

Newcomer United Seaways announces new direct Poole-Tangier Med ro-ro service

mar 04 2021

Ro-roStart-up operator United Seaways is to begin a weekly direct ro-ro service between the south coast UK port of Poole and Tangier Med in Morocco, in a mo...

The new Karasu-Constanta line lasted for two weeks only, but Sea Lines is determined to find a solution and restart the service in a few months' time. © Marc Ottini

Sea Lines suspends new Turkey-Romania ro-ro service

mar 02 2021

Ro-roBlaming “unsustainable heavy administrative burden and unforeseen costs”, Black Sea ferry operator Sea Lines has pulled the plug on its new Karasu (Tur...

Named on 2 March by Nicoletta Landi, the spouse of the mayor of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, ECO LIVORNO will make her first commercial sailing from Livorno on 3 March. © Grimaldi Lines

ECO LIVORNO arrives home

mar 02 2021

Ro-roFollowing her 25-day delivery voyage from the Nanjing Jinling Shipyard in Yizheng, China, ECO LIVORNO – Grimaldi Lines’ third GG5G Class mega freighter...

A better-looking and upgraded NORRÖNA left Fayard in Munkebo in the late afternoon of 1 March. © Peter Therkildsen

Fayard completes NORRÖNA upgrade

mar 02 2021

FerryFayard has completed NORRÖNA’s near-three-month upgrade which saw the installation of 50 new luxury cabins and a panoramic café at the base of the funne...

On 2 March, HAMAYU arrived for the first time in a snow-covered Otaru. © Tsuyoshi Ishiyama

HAMAYU takes up service

mar 02 2021

FerryThe just-delivered HAMAYU has been temporarily introduced on Shin Nihonkai Ferry’s Maizuru-Otaru route, replacing HAMANASU and AKASHIA which will be ret...

FRS will operate the Incat 86m TARIFA JET between Motril and Melilla. © Frank Lose

FRS to resume Motril-Melilla

mar 01 2021

High-speedFRS has announced that it will resume the line between Motril and Melilla, commencing on 5 March. The company’s website has only posted schedule...

Håkan Enlund © Shippax

Quick Q&As – Håkan Enlund

mar 01 2021

InterviewThis interview with Håkan Enlund, EVP Sales and Marketing at Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC), was first published in the March 2021 issue of ou...

A misty 1 March: the first day of Elbferry with GREENFERRY I at the linkspan in Cuxhaven. © Christian Costa

GREENFERRY I debuts on Brunsbüttel-Cuxhaven route

mar 01 2021

FerryToday, 1 March, Elbferry re-opened the River Elbe ferry shuttle service between Brunsbüttel and Cuxhaven, using the 212-car/28-truck and 589-passenger c...

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