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Marix Line's newbuild will boast three freight decks that are accessed via starboard and portside quarter ramps. © Marix Line

Marix Line orders a new ferry

okt 20 2020

FerryKagoshima-based Marix Line has ordered a new ro-pax at Naikai Zosen in Onomichi to replace its 1999-built, 4,945grt QUEEN CORAL 8.

Due to dwindling passenger numbers, Fjord Line puts the ro-pax ferry STAVANGERFJORD in layup again. © Uwe Jakob

Fjord Line puts STAVANGERFJORD in layup again

okt 19 2020

FerryDue to increasing COVID-19 infection numbers, new travel restrictions imposed and consequentially falling passenger numbers between Norway and Denmark, ...

The new Ryfylke ferry will have the largest battery pack ever installed on a ferry of this size. © LMG Marin

Westcon inks contract for a battery-powered ferry for Norled

okt 19 2020

FerryNorway’s Westcon shipyard has secured a contract for a battery-powered for Norled. The 45m long and 12m beam double-ended ferry will have a capacity for...

ECO VALENCIA will serve Grimaldi Lines' West Med MoS, connecting northern Italy with Spain. © Jinling Shipyard

Jinling delivers world’s greenest ro-ro ship

okt 16 2020

Ro-roToday, 16 October, Jinling Shipyard has handed over the 67,311gt ECO VALENCIA to Grimaldi Lines. The 238m long and 34m short-sea ro-ro vessel is the fi...

Brittany Ferries relies heavily on passenger revenues, which has made the French operator COVID-prone. © Maritime Photographic

More money for Brittany Ferries

okt 16 2020

FinanceA few days after the regional government of Normandy approved a EUR 45 million support package for Brittany Ferries (BAI), the Regional Council of Br...

TT-Line Tasmania soaring, until COVID-19 hit

okt 16 2020

FinanceTasmania’s TT-Line was on track for a “very strong” 2019-20 result until passenger revenues suffered an inevitable blow from COVID-19.

Viking Line granted EUR 43 million liquidity loans

okt 15 2020

FinanceViking Line has secured a total of EUR 43 million in liquidity loans to navigate them through the Coronavirus crisis, EUR 38.7 million of which comes...

Steel cutting for P&O Ferries' first of two double-enders ordered at GSI. © GSI

GSI cuts first steel for world’s largest double-ended ferry

okt 15 2020

FerryOn 15 October, less than one week after construction started on Moby’s second ro-pax, Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) started cutting the steel f...

The lengthened STENA LAGAN (pictured) and STENA MERSEY will be introduced between Nynäshamn and Ventspils next year. © Sedef Shipbuilding

Stena’s lengthened Visentinis to be introduced between Nynäshamn and Ventspils

okt 15 2020

FerryStena Line will increase its freight capacity on its Baltic Sea route between Nynäshamn and Ventspils by almost 30% when the lengthened STENA LAGAN and ...

It is understood that Iliopoulos is the myestery buyer of the S Class PACIFIC ARIA. © P&O Cruises (Australia)

PACIFIC ARIA sold for EUR 8 million

okt 14 2020

CruiseMarios Iliopoulos, the Greek entrepreneur controlling Seajets, has reportedly added a fourth cruise ship to his tally following the acquisition of P&am...

VASCO DA GAMA, built as HAL's STATENDAM, has found new owners. © Christian Costa

CMV’s VASCO DA GAMA sold at auction to Mystic Invest

okt 14 2020

CruiseThe first of five cruise vessels operated by bankrupt UK cruise line Cruise & Maritime Voyages, the 1992-built, 1,258-passenger capacity VASCO DA G...

© Philippe Holthof

Management change and further staff reductions at Fjord Line

okt 14 2020

FerryRickard Ternblom, who has led Fjord Line since 2015, has agreed with the board to step down as the company’s CEO. The board has started the process of f...

Keel laying of W0270 - the first lengthened version for Stena Line service. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

Keels of three more E-Flexers laid as GALICIA arrived home

okt 14 2020

FerryWith lesser fanfare than initially planned, CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard laid the keels of the last three E-Flexers for Stena RoRo on 14 October. As ship...

The Newhaven-Dieppe route is one of the beneficiaries of the latest post-Brexit freight contract. © Maritime Photographic

UK government awards GBP 77.6 million post-Brexit freight contracts

okt 13 2020

FerryThe UK government has again stepped in to maintain lifeline freight ferry capacity on vital routes into the UK from mainland Europe following the end of...

Normandy votes in favour of financial support for Brittany Ferries, Brittany likely to follow later this week

okt 13 2020

FinanceOn 12 October, the very day when the E-Flexer GALICIA reached Cherbourg from China, members of the regional government of Normandy voted unanimously ...

The Riga-Oxelösund operated by MIDAS proved to be short-lived. © Wagenborg

Godby Shipping’s MIDAS to leave the Baltic for the Caribbean

okt 13 2020

Ro-roIt appears that Wagenborg has decided to discontinue its thrice weekly Riga-Oxelösund route which it had started in early July. The route was loss-maki...

GSI has cut the first steel for Moby's second ro-pax. © GSI

GSI starts construction of Moby’s second ro-pax

okt 13 2020

FerryGuangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has cut the first steel for what will become Moby’s second next-generation ro-pax ferry under construction at the...

IONA has been delivered but will only start cruising next year. © Herman IJsseling-Meyer Werft

P&O Cruises takes delivery of LNG-powered IONA

okt 12 2020

CruiseP&O Cruises officially took delivery of the UK’s largest cruise ship yet built, the 185,000gt and 5,200-passenger capacity IONA, on 9 October from ...

BUCCOO REEF has a capacity of 1,000 passengers and crew and 182 cars plus 175 freight lanemetres. © Incat Tasmania

Incat launches NIDCO’s BUCCOO REEF

okt 11 2020

High-speedIncat Tasmania has launched the 100m ro-pax wave piercing catamaran BUCCOO REEF it is building for Trinidad & Tobago’s National Infrastructur...

STENA FORETELLER has been chartered for deep-sea ro-ro service to West Africa. © Christian Costa

STENA FORETELLER chartered for deep-sea ro-ro service

okt 11 2020

Ro-roThe number of medium-sized ro-ro vessels laid up is further dwindling as ships find new charters. Stena RoRo’s 3,000-lanemetre Stena 4-Runner Mk II Cla...

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