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CROWN SEAWAYS and PEARL SEAWAYS have been laid up since mid-March. © DFDS

DFDS to re-start Copenhagen-Oslo route after 70-day suspension

jun 02 2020

FerryDFDS will re-start its Copenhagen-Oslo service with the first sailing from Copenhagen to be operated by CROWN SEAWAYS on 25 June. PEARL SEAWAYS will sai...

Stena Line pulled the plug on the 'Köngislinie' with SASSNITZ, the route's single ship, laid up in Uddevalla. © Marc Ottini

Hope for a revival of Sassnitz ferry line?

jun 02 2020

High-speedAfter the recent closure of the Sassnitz-Trelleborg route by Stena Line, there appears to be political will to support a re-start of a regular fe...

FERRY RITSURIN and her three sister ships have continued to operate in freight-only mode. © Ocean Trans Co.

Ocean Tokyu Ferry to resume passenger services

jun 02 2020

FerryOcean Trans Co. has announced that it would resume passenger services on 1 July 2020.

Unlike displayed on the red banner, the eighth E-Flexer will have a 3,600-lanemetre rather than a 3,100-lanemetre intake. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

Construction starts on eighth E-Flexer

jun 02 2020

FerryFollowing the first steel cutting of yard number W0271 on 29 May, CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard started with the construction of the eighth E-Flexer which...

Norled 2020 Q1 financials

jun 02 2020

FinanceNorled released its financials for Q1 this year which, they claim, were not significantly affected by COVID-19 but rather by the changes in the contr...

ISABELLE will join REGAL STAR on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route. © Jukka Huotari

Tallink to temporarily increase capacity on Paldiski-Kapellskär route

jun 01 2020

FerryTallink will temporarily increase capacity on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route as the 1989-built ro-pax cruise ferry ISABELLE is set to join the ro-pax fre...

Ingemar Gustavsson

Quick Q&As - Ingemar Gustavsson

jun 01 2020

InterviewThis interview with Ingemar Gustavsson, Region Director at Actemium, was first published in the June 2020 issue of our monthly magazine Shippax Info.

Magnus Ehrenberg © Ehrenberg Sørensen Kommunikation

MAGNUS EHRENBERG: BE PREPARED FOR THE THUNBERG MOVEMENT

jun 01 2020

InterviewThe COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the climate debate into the background. As communications and politics specialist Magnus Ehrenberg, founder and pr...

A regular morning sight at Kieler Förde is to return when Color Line re-starts (initially non-landing) cruises from Oslo. © Marko Stampehl

Gradual re-opening of ferry traffic for the summer season

maj 29 2020

FerryWith several European countries announcing the opening of their borders for tourists, there appears a bit of hope for many people’s summer holidays. On ...

STENA VISION will not be laid up and replaced by STENA NORDICA this summer. © Christian Costa

STENA VISION to remain in service on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route

maj 28 2020

FerryStena Line has changed its mind and will keep STENA VISION in service alongside sister ship STENA SPIRIT and the long-term bareboat chartered STENA BALT...

CLdN/Cobelfret operates a short-sea ro-ro fleet of about 20 ships from its Zeebrugge and Rotterdam hubs. © Frank Lose

CLdN seeks judicial review of UK government’s GBP 35 million subsidy

maj 27 2020

FerryShort-sea ro-ro operator CLdN is seeking a judicial review of the UK government’s decision last week to award a subsidy of up to GBP 35 million to five ...

P&O Ferries' chartered NORSTREAM officially inaugurated the two-berth Tilbury2 river terminal. © Forth Ports

Tilbury2 opens for business

maj 27 2020

PortTilbury2 opened for business on 26 May with the arrival of P&O Ferries’ 2,630-lanemetre capacity NORSTREAM from Zeebrugge, the culmination of a GB...

OSK-ShipTech's concept design of Interislander's new 50,000gt pair. © OSK-ShipTech

KiwiRail issues RFP for two 50,000gt hybrid rail ferries

maj 27 2020

FerryFollowing on from the award of NZD 400 million in the New Zealand government’s 2020 budget, KiwiRail has taken the next step forward in its major fleet ...

Boreal Sjø's newbuilds of separate designs ordered at Holland Shipyards Group © Wärtsilä Ship Design

Boreal orders two hybrid double-enders from Holland Shipyards Group

maj 27 2020

FerryBoreal Norge AS has ordered two plug-in hybrid electric double-enders from Holland Shipyards Group in the Netherlands for two new services it will take ...

Baleària has resumed passenger services from the Spanish mainland to the Balearics. © Frank Heine

Baleària resumes passenger services to the Balearic Islands

maj 26 2020

High-speedWith the Spanish government doing an about-turn, and loosening confinement restrictions, Baleària has taken the lead, and resumed some passenger ...

BASTØ ELECTRIC launching © Sefine Shipyard

Sefine Shipyard launched BASTØ ELECTRIC

maj 26 2020

FerryUnder construction for Bastø Fosen, Sefine Shipyard in Turkey has just launched BASTØ ELECTRIC. To be delivered in October this year, the 143m-long doub...

COVID-19 is also affecting the lengthening project of STENA LAGAN and STENA MERSEY. © Frank Lose

Lengthening of Stena pair delayed due to COVID-19 – temporary layup of STENA LAGAN

maj 25 2020

FerryYesterday, 24 May, Shippax reported that the Visentini Class STENA LAGAN made a surprise visit to Piraeus to change crew.

Syltfähre will return to a two-ship operation as from Wednesday 27 May. © Søren Lund Hviid

Denmark allows transit for passengers of Syltfähre

maj 25 2020

FerryAfter Denmark closed the border for holidaymakers in transit to e.g. Sylt last week, negotiations have now led to an easing of the situation.

STENA LAGAN is one of two Visentini Class vessels to be lengthened by Sedef Shipyard. © Frank Lose

STENA LAGAN makes surprise call in Piraeus

maj 24 2020

FerryStena Line’s STENA LAGAN, which was replaced on the Birkenhead (Liverpool)-Belfast route by the E-Flexer STENA EDDA earlier this year and then sent to t...

CÔTE D’OPALE was floated on 20 May and floated out of the building dock two days later. The launching was originally scheduled for 30 June, then moved to 24 June, moved again to 30 May and then to 20 May. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

E-Flexer CÔTE D’OPALE floated out in China

maj 23 2020

FerryDFDS’s Stena E-Flexer CÔTE D’OPALE was floated out on Friday 22 May at Chinese shipbuilder CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard. Interior outfitting work will n...

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