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Janette Bell steps down as P&O Ferries CEO. She took over from Helen Deeble in January 2018. © Nigel Howard

P&O Ferries CEO Janette Bell calls it a day!

aug 10 2020

FerryAfter two and a half years in the job, the CEO of P&O Ferries, Janette Bell, has called it a day and has handed over the reins to David Stretch, cur...

Starting in late August, MSC MAGNIFICA will offer seven-night Eastern Mediterranean cruises. © Marc Ottini

MSC Cruises to resume cruising in the Med – Costa preparing for a restart

aug 10 2020

CruiseMSC Cruises will re-introduce its Meraviglia-plus Class flagship MSC GRANDIOSA and MSC MAGNIFICA on cruises in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean, s...

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Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Nagasaki shipyard launches HAMAYU

aug 10 2020

FerryIn conjunction with its naming ceremony by Shin Nihonkai Ferry President, Yasuo Iritani, Tokyo Kyushu Ferry’s Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Nagasaki shipyar...

DFDS operates to both Dunkerque and Calais from Dover. © John Bryant

DFDS’s Channel Business: 221 redundancies

aug 06 2020

FerryAs part of cost reduction measures to adapt to the new market conditions caused by COVID-19, DFDS announced on 29 June that it would axe about 650 jobs ...

COVID-19 has heavily impacted Tallink Grupp’s Q2 2020 financial results

aug 06 2020

FinanceAs could be expected, Tallink Grupp’s Q2 2020 financial results have been significantly impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic.

CIUDAD DE VALENCIA has now joined Armas-Trasmediterránea - its sister ship will be chartered bv GNV. © Frank Lose

GNV to charter sister ship of CIUDAD DE VALENCIA

aug 04 2020

FerryGNV will charter the sister ship of CIUDAD DE VALENCIA which has now joined the Armas-Trasmediterránea fleet following her today’s (4 August) arrival in...

On their way from Liepaja to Travemünde, STENA GOTHICA and URD will make a weekly intermediate call at Karlskrona. © Marko Stampehl

Stena Line adds weekly intermediate call at Karlskrona for Liepaja-Travemünde sailings

aug 04 2020

Ro-roAs from 13 August, Stena Line will add an intermediate call at the Swedish port of Karlskrona for Liepaja-Travemünde sailings. In the start-up phase, i...

No green light yet from the Italian flag state for a return to service of AIDAPERLA and AIDAMAR. © Kai Ortel

Cruise operators cancel restart over Corona woes

aug 03 2020

CruiseAfter 36 crew members and several guests have been tested positive for COVID-19 on board the ROALD AMUNDSEN, Hurtigruten has decided to temporarily sus...

PRIDE OF BRUGES will temporarily replace NORSKY on the Zeebrugge-Hull route. © Marc Ottini

Temporary return of PRIDE OF BRUGES on Zeebrugge-Hull route

aug 03 2020

FerryAccording to the Belgian online transport and logistics newsletter Flows, P&O Ferries’ PRIDE OF BRUGES will temporarily return to the Zeebrugge-Hull...

Lars Windhorst (left), Martin Hammer (middle) and Thomas Jansen (right) with a framed GA plan of the new ro-ros Windhorst plans to build at the 'new' FSG. © FSG

Windhorst saves FSG – a 'new' FSG might build two ro-ros

aug 03 2020

YardThrough Tennor Holding, Lars Windhorst will take over Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) which filed for insolvency in late April and which offic...

SHOYO MARU has joined sister ship KYOKUYO MARU on the 66.2km Matsuyama-Kure-Hiroshima route. © Naikai Zosen

SEA PASEO 2 and SHOYO MARU introduced

aug 03 2020

FerrySetokaikai Kisen’s 61m-long and 13.6m-beam SEA PASEO 2 together with Ishizaki Kisen’s 62.6m-long and 13m-beam SHOYO MARU were introduced on the jointly ...

Artist's impression of the newbuild for Isle of Man services, the specifications of which have not been finalised yet. © Isle of Man Steam Packet Company

Isle of Man Steam Packet orders handy-size ro-pax in South Korea

jul 31 2020

FerryThe Isle of Man Steam Packet Company (IoMSPCo) has signed a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) in Ulsan, South Korea, to build a new ro-pax ferry...

BAJAMAR EXPRESS being greeted upon its arrival in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 30 July. © Fred. Olsen Epress

BAJAMAR EXPRESS arrives in the Canary Islands

jul 31 2020

High-speedFollowing its 20-day, 9,000-nautical-mile voyage from builders Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, the Austal Auto Express 118m trimaran BAJA...

Finnlines’ H1 and Q2 results affected by the Corona pandemic

jul 30 2020

FinanceFinnlines has published its H1 and Q2 results. Unsurprisingly, these have been impacted by COVID-19, especially so in Q2. For the January-June period...

COVID-19 has accelerated the scrapping of CARNIVAL FANTASY. © Carnival Cruise Line

CARNIVAL FANTASY on the beach – CARNIVAL INSPIRATION is next

jul 30 2020

CruiseCarnival Cruise Line’s 1990-built CARNIVAL FANTASY was beached at Aliaga, Turkey, on 29 July, joining Pullmantur Cruceros’ MONARCH and SOVEREIGN which ...

MISTRAL is yet another member of the Godby fleet to be freed from layup, joining Smyril Line next month. © Kai Ortel

Smyril Line adds new ro-ro route to Norway

jul 30 2020

Ro-roDirectly competing with Sea-Cargo, Faroese operator Smyril Line will start a new weekly express ro-ro service from Rotterdam, where they call at the C....

Boarding a ferry in Piraeus in COVID-19 days. © Philippe Holthof

Health regulations being implemented in Greek waters

jul 29 2020

FerryAs Greece’s domestic ferry network slowly regains momentum, COVID-19 testing on board ferries travelling to the islands, mask wearing inside ships, as w...

Although cruise travel will be permitted again soon, Celestyal Cruises, for its part, earlier announced it would only restart cruise operations in March 2021. CELESTYAL OLYMPIA and CRYSTAL are seen in cold layup in the port of Piraeus. © Philippe Holthof

Greece launches limited cruise season

jul 29 2020

CruiseGreece will reopen to cruise travel on 1 August tourism minister Haris Theocharis has confirmed. However, cruise ships initially will be allowed to doc...

COVID-19 affects Irish Continental’s half-year revenues as well as car and passenger volumes

jul 29 2020

FinanceIrish Continental Group (ICG), the parent of Irish Ferries, has published a trading update, covering the unaudited financial results for the first si...

FTI Cruises appears to be yet another victim of the COVID-19 crisis. © Marc Ottini

FTI Cruises ceases operation

jul 28 2020

CruiseAccording to various German travel trade sources, the FTI Group is about to close several of its subsidiaries to save costs amidst the Corona pandemic,...

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