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Stena Line's hybridization project of STENA JUTLANDICA started in 2018. © Stena Line

Stena takes next step in electrification programme

sep 23 2020

FerryIn cooperation with Stena Recycling Group, Stena Line has announced that it will use recycled batteries for its on-shore charging stations as part of it...

SUN PRINCESS © Yoshiho Ikeda

Princess Cruises disposes of two ships

sep 22 2020

CruiseAs part of Carnival Corporation’s plan to accelerate the removal of older and less efficient tonnage, Princess Cruises has announced the sale of SUN PR...

AMORELLA seen aground off the island of Järsö. © Joonas Kortelainen

Viking Line’s AMORELLA aground off Åland

sep 21 2020

FerryWhile en route from Turku via Mariehamn to Stockholm, Viking Line’s ro-pax cruise ferry AMORELLA ran aground at Hjulgrund in the Åland archipelago yeste...

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT is expected to be delivered by Astilleros Armon during the first quarter of 2021. © Baleària

Astilleros Armon launches ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

sep 21 2020

High-speedBaleària’s high-speed ro-pax catamaran ELEANOR ROOSEVELT was launched by Astilleros Armon’s yard in Gijón on Friday 18 September. The EUR 90 mill...

MYSTAR keel laying © RMC

Low-profile keel-laying ceremony for MYSTAR

sep 18 2020

FerryWith today’s (18 September) keel laying at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), construction of Tallink’s new 50,000gt Tallinn-Helsinki shuttle ferry MYSTA...

VILLA DE TEROR has been sold for CAD 155 million, generating a good profit for Armas-Trasmediterránea. © Bruno Jonathan

Canadian government confirms acquisition of VILLA DE TEROR

sep 18 2020

FerryShippax earlier reported about the sale of Armas-Trasmediterránea’s VILLA DE TEROR to Canada for CTMA use. The purchase has been officialised now with t...

Construction of Finnlines' second GG5G has started at Jinling's Yizheng facility. © Jinling Shipyard

Jinling cuts first steel for second Finnlines GG5G mega ro-ro

sep 17 2020

Ro-roFollowing the first steel cutting on 16 September, the Yizheng facility of China Merchants' Nanjing Jinling Shipyard has officially commenced with the ...

SKÅNE JET performed its first commercial sailing from Sassnitz to Ystad on 17 September. © FRS Baltic

SKÅNE JET debuts for FRS Baltic

sep 17 2020

High-speedFörde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) has successfully started its new single-ship Sassnitz-Ystad high-speed ferry service on 17 September following ...

CARNIVAL IMAGINATION is the third Fantasy Class Fun Ship to be beached. © Shippax archive

CARNIVAL IMAGINATION beached

sep 16 2020

CruiseCarnival Cruise Line’s 1995-built Fantasy Class CARNIVAL IMAGINATION joined sister ships CARNIVAL FANTASY and CARNIVAL INSPIRATION on the breaker’s bea...

© Philippe Holthof

Fjord Line is further streamlining its business

sep 16 2020

FerryWhilst the company has secured liquidity (see earlier reports), Fjord Line is preparing itself for the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Steps...

French ferry operators will benefit from a wage tax refund of EUR 30 million. © Philippe Holthof

French ferry operators to benefit from wage tax refund

sep 15 2020

FerryFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex told the parliament on 15 September that the government would throw a financial lifeline to French ferry operators in ...

CRUISE SMERELDA has finished her summer stint between Civitavecchia and Olbia, joining ZEUS PALACE on the Livorno-Palermo route. © Marc Ottini

Grimaldi doubles ro-pax capacity on Livorno-Palermo route

sep 15 2020

FerryGrimaldi Lines has boosted both passenger and freight capacity on its Livorno-Palermo service from today (15 September) by adding the ro-pax CRUISE SMER...

GSI is building two domestic ro-pax ferries for COSCO Shipping Ferry. © GSI

Yet another ro-pax takes shape at GSI

sep 14 2020

FerryFerry construction at Guangzhou Shipyard’s International (GSI) shipyard in Nansha, China is in full swing with the keel of the first of two 43,000gt ro-...

Shippax Award 2020

Winners of the Shippax Award 2020

sep 14 2020

Now in their 25th year, the idea behind Shippax Awards is to honour trendsetters and, while this has always been ship-specific, this year for the first time, a company has been awarded to...

POVL ANKER is undergoing Phase Two of her mid-life upgrade. © Marko Stampehl

Molslinjen’s POVL ANKER undergoes Phase Two of major upgrade

sep 14 2020

FerryMolslinjen’s 1978-built POVL ANKER arrived in Frederikshavn on 13 September to be drydocked at Orskov Yard to start the second phase of her major upgrad...

AURORA BOTNIA touching the water for the first time on 11 September. © RMC

AURORA BOTNIA floated

sep 12 2020

FerryProduction of the 800-passenger and 1,500-lanemetre capacity AURORA BOTNIA has reached a new phase following the ship’s floating on 11 September. Once f...

The new Marseille-Tangier Med route will be operated by GIROLATA and PELAGOS, the former LIVERPOOL SEAWAYS of DFDS. © Jean-Pierre Fabre

La Méridionale to start thrice weekly Marseille-Tangier ro-pax service

sep 09 2020

FerryWith two ro-pax ships surplus to requirements, La Méridionale has announced that it will start a direct service from Marseille to Tangier Med in late Oc...

GRANDE NEW JERSEY is the fourth vessel in a seven-ship series Yangfan is building for the Grimaldi Group. © Grimaldi Group

Grimaldi takes delivery of PCTC GRANDE NEW JERSEY

sep 08 2020

Ro-roThe Grimaldi Group has further expanded its fleet of PCTCs by taking delivery of GRANDE NEW JERSEY on 4 September. The 199.9m, 65,255gt vessel is the f...

WONDER OF THE SEAS © Chantiers de l’Atlantique

Fifth Oasis Class vessel, WONDER OF THE SEAS, floated out

sep 08 2020

CruiseRoyal Caribbean International’s (RCI) fifth Oasis Class vessel, WONDER OF THE SEAS, has been floated out at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in S...

Part of STENA LAGAN's new midbody section has been inserted with the ship's bow already modified for later drive-through double-deck loading. © Stena RoRo

STENA LAGAN’s lengthening and conversion project reaches major stage

sep 07 2020

FerryThe lengthening and conversion of Stena Line’s Visentini Class, 2005-built ro-pax STENA LAGAN reached a major stage on 2 September when the first sectio...

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