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CIUDAD DE VALENCIA will be time-chartered by Armas-Trasmediterránea with a Visentini deck and engine crew. © Frank Lose

Armas-Trasmediterránea positions newbuild on Cádiz-Canary Islands service

jul 22 2020

FerryArmas-Trasmediterránea will take delivery of the new Visentini-built CIUDAD DE VALENCIA on 30 July, in Venice. Upon delivery, the vessel, which is time-...

It's over for Kleven Verft. © Per Eide

(UPDATED) Kleven Verft files for bankruptcy - taken over by Green Yard

jul 22 2020

YardNorwegian shipbuilding and conversion specialist Kleven Verft, based in Ulsteinvik, has filed for bankruptcy. Owned by Croatia’s DIV Group, which also ...

VASCO DA GAMA was one of six cruise ships operated by CMV. The fleet was expected to be further expanded by two ships. © Christian Costa

British cruise line CMV goes under

jul 21 2020

CruiseBritish cruise line Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) and its German subsidiary TransOcean Tours has become one of the first cruise operators to go o...

As it looks now, RMC will not build the large LNG-powered ro-paxes for TT-Line Company. © RMC

Tasmania rethinks Spirits order

jul 21 2020

FerryThe Tasmanian government has overruled a board recommendation from its wholly-owned TT-Line and halted negotiations with Finland’s Rauma Marine Construc...

DFDS will resume service between IJmuiden and Newcastle on 15 July © Maritime Photographic

DFDS resumes IJmuiden-Newcastle service and passenger services on the Channel

jul 08 2020

FerryAs from 15 July, DFDS is resuming sailings between IJmuiden and Newcastle with the ro-pax cruise ferries PRINCESS SEAWAYS and KING SEAWAYS. Also, as fro...

BAJAMAR EXPRESS © Austal

Austal delivers BAJAMAR EXPRESS

jul 07 2020

High-speedAustal Australia has delivered Hull 394, the 118-metre BAJAMAR EXPRESS to Fred. Olsen Express, the company announced today, 7 July 2020. The vess...

SIRENA SEAWAYS © DFDS

DFDS boosts Paldiski fleet

jul 07 2020

Ro-roWith the sale of Navirail’s SAILOR to rival Tallink, DFDS is placing the 1,800-lanemetre, 250-passenger capacity PATRIA SEAWAYS on the Paldiski-Hanko-K...

CAROLINE RUSS © J.J. Jager

GNV charters two ro-ro ships for the summer period

jul 07 2020

Ro-roTwo Russ-owned ro-ro ships, the 1,625-lanemetre PAULINE RUSS and ELISABETH RUSS have been chartered by Marinvest-owned GNV for the summer season to ser...

MISIDA © Marc Ottini

Sea-Cargo expands fleet and route network

jul 07 2020

Ro-roNorwegian operator Sea-Cargo has long-term chartered Godby Shipping’s two 2,150-lanemetre ro-ro ships MISANA and MISIDA for their North Sea route netwo...

VILLA DE TEROR © © Naviera Armas-Trasmediterránea Group

VILLA DE TEROR to become interim replacement for the MADELEINE

jul 06 2020

FerryThe government of Canada has announced that it intends to purchase the VILLA DE TEROR from Trasmediterránea to replace the MADELEINE on the route betwee...

TT-Line coin ceremony © TT-Line

Keel laid for TT-Line’s first ‘Green Ship’ in China

jul 06 2020

FerryThe keel of TT-Line’s first of two LNG-powered newbuildings was laid on 3 July 2020 at the Jinling Shipyard in Nanjing, Jiangsu, starting the hull assem...

BIRKA STOCKHOLM, seen here on one of her ‘long-cruises’ in Travemünde in summer 2017, has been laid-up in Mariehamn since 16 March 2020. As it now seems, she will not return to service anymore. Photo: Marko Stampehl

Birka Cruises to close down business

jul 03 2020

CruiseIn a one-line press release, Rederi Ab Eckerö has today, 3 July 2020, announced that it closes down the business of its subsidiary Birka Cruises Ab. Em...

WIGHT SUN is one of three Wight Class double-enders serving Yarmouth-Lymington. © Frank Lose

Wightlink to resume Yarmouth-Lymington service from 17 July

jul 01 2020

FerryWightlink is to resume its Yarmouth-Lymington service on 17 July, following its suspension on 31 March due to the COVID-19 situation in the UK.

WILLEM BARENTSZ is ready for introduction, about two years late. © Flying Focus

Doeksen’s WILLEM BARENTSZ ready to take up service

jul 01 2020

FerryThe commissioning of Dutch Rederij Doeksen’s WILLEM BARENTSZ has been completed with the LNG-powered all-aluminium passenger and vehicle catamaran being...

Claes Berglund

Quick Q&As - Claes Berglund

jul 01 2020

InterviewThis interview with Claes Berglund, Director Public Affairs & Sustainability Stena, President ECSA, Board Member Interferry, was first publishe...

Mike Corrigan © Interferry, John Nedwidek

MORE THAN EVER STRONGER TOGETHER - AN INTERVIEW WITH INTERFERRY’S CEO

jul 01 2020

InterviewShippax’s editor talked to Interferry CEO Mike Corrigan, discussing what’s high on the ferry association’s agenda. As he explained, the outbreak of...

MISIDA left Kotka, where it was laid up, for the Irish Sea on 28 June. © Marc Ottini

Godby Shipping finds charterers for MISIDA and MIDAS

jul 01 2020

Ro-roIn what seems to be a reaction to CLdN’s entry into the central corridor freight market with two weekly roundtrips between Liverpool and Dublin, P&...

Clément Mousset and Cedric Rivoire-Perrochat

CMV FRANCE – PROPITIOUS BIRTH OF A NEW BRAND FOR FRENCH-SPEAKING CRUISE MARKET

jul 01 2020

InterviewIn the last few years, Clément Mousset and Cedric Rivoire-Perrochat, two veterans of the French cruise industry, have been busy working on the crea...

BOHAI HENGTONG will be a drive-through ro-ro. © CIMC Raffles

BOHAI HENGTONG floated out

jul 01 2020

Ro-roThe BOHAI HENGTONG was floated out of its building dock at the CIMC Raffles shipyard in Longkou on 30 June, a few months late due to the COVID-19 crisis.

SAILOR was on charter to DFDS, serving Hanko-Paldiski and Paldiski-Kapellskär. © Marko Stampehl

Tallink Grupp acquires SAILOR from Navirail

jun 30 2020

Ro-roTallink Grupp has purchased the ro-pax vessel SAILOR from Navirail OÜ. Built in 1987, the SAILOR has been in Navirail ownership since October 2016, whe...

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