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Torghatten ASA has an annual revenue of approximately NOK 10 billion and counts about 7,000 employees. © Uwe Jakob

EQT Infrastructure to take full control of Torghatten

dec 23 2020

FinanceThrough HATI BidCo AS (the Offerer), EQT Infrastructure V fund (EQT Infrastructure) has launched an offer to acquire all outstanding shares in and To...

Kvarken Link has entered into an agreement to sell the Finnish-built WASA EXPRESS to United Marine Egypt (UME). © Uwe Jakob

UME snaps up WASA EXPRESS

dec 23 2020

FerryHaving just acquired Rederi AB Gotland’s 895-lanemetre and 88-passenger capacity GUTE, Red Sea ferry operator United Marine Egypt (UME) will further exp...

It is expected that COSTA FIRENZE will start cruising on 28 February 2021. © Fincantieri

Fincantieri hands over COSTA FIRENZE

dec 22 2020

CruiseFincantieri’s Marghera shipyard has today, 22 December, handed over the 135,500gt COSTA FIRENZE to Costa Cruises. Dedicated to the Florentine renaissan...

As it looks now, Interislander's newbuilds will be built in South Korea rather than in China as first expected. © OSK-ShipTech

KiwiRail signs LOI with HMD to build two new rail-enabled Interislander ro-paxes

dec 22 2020

FerryKiwiRail has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Ulsan-based Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to build the two rail-enabled ro-pax ferries that will replace Inter...

Adolfo Utor, President of Baleària. © Baleària

Adolfo Utor comments on the year for Baleària

dec 21 2020

FinanceAdolfo Utor, President of Baleària, Spain’s second largest ferry group has commented to a local newspaper, Diario de Ibiza, regarding the year in pro...

© PHO

Armas-Trasmediterránea nearing a financial solution?

dec 21 2020

FinanceThe Spanish digital newspaper El Confidencial has published details of the agreement reached by the bond holders and creditors of the Armas Trasmedit...

MARDI GRAS © Meyer Turku

Meyer Turku hands over MARDI GRAS

dec 18 2020

CruiseMARDI GRAS, Carnival Cruise Line’s LNG-powered flagship cruise ship, has been delivered by Meyer Turku.

LILLEØRE © Samsø Rederi

Samsø Rederi’s LILLEØRE delivered

dec 17 2020

High-speedChinese Afai Southern Shipyard has delivered the 35m high-speed catamaran LILLEØRE. As of April 2021, the vessel will operate for Samsø Rederi, c...

MAJESTY OF THE SEAS is the last Sovereign Class vessel to leave the Royal Caribbean Group fleet. © Maritime Photographic

Royal Caribbean disposes of EMPRESS and MAJESTY OF THE SEAS

dec 17 2020

CruiseRoyal Caribbean International has sold its EMPRESS and MAJESTY OF THE SEAS to undisclosed buyers. In a press release, Royal Caribbean states that the n...

OPTIMA SEAWAYS will leave the Karlshamn-Klaipeda route after Christmas and is set to return to the Baltic in late January. © Frank Lose

OPTIMA SEAWAYS earmarked as temporary third ship for new Dunkerque-Rosslare service

dec 16 2020

FerryDFDS has announced that OPTIMA SEAWAYS will be the third ship to operate its new ‘Brexit proof’ six times weekly Dunkerque-Rosslare service, temporarily...

Keel laying of FINNECO I took place on Wednesday 16 December. © Finnlines

Keel of FINNECO I laid as first steel is cut for FINNECO III

dec 16 2020

Ro-roAll three GG5G Class freighters for Finnlines now find themselves in different construction stages following the keel laying ceremony for FINNECO I and...

The STENA LAGAN will emerge as STENA SCANDICA from her 36m lengthening and conversion in Turkey. © Stena RoRo

Stena Line announces new names of lengthened Visentinis

dec 16 2020

FerryStena Line has announced the new names for the STENA LAGAN and STENA MERSEY which will be introduced on the Stockholm Norvik/Nynäshamn-Ventspils route f...

© Marc Ottini

Trasmediterránea up for sale? Again?

dec 14 2020

FinanceIs the company up for sale? Grupo Armas Trasmediterránea was created by the acquisition of Cia Trasmediterránea by Naviera Armas in 2018. This brough...

BONANZA EXPRESS - seen here still displaying its Fred. Olsen Express livery - has been renamed HSC ARTEMIS and repainted in the Ponte Ferries livery. © Christian Costa

New Maltese fast ferry operator Ponte Ferries buys BONANZA EXPRESS

dec 14 2020

High-speedThe first high-speed ferry that inaugurated Fred. Olsen Express’s Canary Islands fast ferry service back in 1999, BONANZA EXPRESS, has been sold ...

VISBY will be time-chartered by DFDS for their new six times weekly Dunkerque-Rosslare route. © Frank Lose

KERRY and VISBY to operate DFDS’s new Dunkerque-Rosslare route

dec 11 2020

FerryNext week (week 51), DFDS expects to announce the names of the three ro-pax ferries that will guarantee its new Dunkerque-Rosslare route, starting on 2 ...

Stena Line will more than double its capacity on the Cherbourg-Rosslare route when introducing STENA FORETELLER on 4 January. © Christian Costa

Stena Line doubles frequency on direct France-Ireland route

dec 10 2020

Ro-roWith the Brexit impasse continuing, Stena Line has announced that it will double its frequency on its direct France-Ireland route, adding the 3,000-lan...

‘COVID-19 and beyond’ webinar- now available on youtube

dec 10 2020

Shippax’s editor-in-chief discussed the COVID-19 situation and how the ‘big three’ ferry operators look at the future in a webinar held 30 Sep 2020.

Speakers:
Philippe H...

ANEK Lines expects impact of COVID-19 to linger into second quarter of 2021

dec 10 2020

FinanceReporting the impact of the COVID-19 over the first nine months of the year, Crete ferry operator ANEK Lines expects to be battling to overcome the v...

BASTØ ELECTRIC © Sefine Shipyard

Sefine Shipyard delivered BASTØ ELECTRIC

dec 10 2020

FerryOn 7 December, Sefine Shipyard in Turkey delivered Bastø Fosen’s BASTØ ELECTRIC. At 143m, the double-ender with its 4MWh battery pack, is the largest fu...

Nordic private equity fund Polaris has heavily invested in Moslinjen which recently opened a new terminal in Aarhus. © Molslinjen

Ownership change for Molslinjen

dec 10 2020

FinanceCopenhagen-headquartered private equity fund Polaris will divest from Danish domestic ferry operator Molslinjen A/S with the ownership to be taken ov...

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