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ZHONG HUA FU QIANG will serve the Weihai-Dalian service. © Huanghai Shipbuilding

Huanghai Shipbuilding delivers ZHONG HUA FU QIANG

sep 25 2020

FerryHuanghai Shipbuilding has completed its 26th ro-pax ferry following today’s (25 September) delivery of the 2,265-person and 2,580-lanemetre capacity ZHO...

SH MINERVA keel laying © Helsinki Shipyard

Keel laid for Swan Hellenic’s first of two expedition cruise ships

sep 25 2020

CruiseHelsinki Shipyard has laid the keel for SH MINERVA, the first of two new ice class expedition cruise ships for Swan Hellenic.

MAZARINE is one of three CLdN freighters to operate the Portugal-Benelux MoS. © Frank Lose

CLdN’s Rotterdam-Leixões route back to three times weekly, capacity to be increased on Rotterdam-UK routes

sep 25 2020

Ro-roHaving recently added a direct weekly Leixões-Dublin/Liverpool-Leixões service, CLdN is further increasing its presence in its Portuguese hub with a th...

SU ZHOU HAO will no longer operate directly between Shanghai and Osaka. © Philippe Holthof

Shanghai Ferry to go out of business

sep 23 2020

FerryOsaka-based Shanghai Ferry has become a victim of the COVID-19 crisis and will discontinue the Shanghai-Osaka route at the end of this month.

PRIDE OF CANTERBURY will be back in service on the Dover-Calais route in early October after an absence of about five months. © Frank Lose

P&O Ferries’ PRIDE OF CANTERBURY set to return to service in early October

sep 23 2020

FerryP&O Ferries’ ro-pax PRIDE OF CANTERBURY entered drydock at Damen Verolme Rotterdam on 19 September to ready the vessel to return to service on the D...

NORRÖNA will get a thorough facelift with a new cabin block and a panoramic café forward of the funnel. © Smyril Line

NORRÖNA to undergo three-month upgrade at Fayard

sep 23 2020

FerrySmyril Line’s ro-pax NORRÖNA is to enter Danish shiprepairer Fayard’s facility in Munkebo on 19 December to undergo a near-three-month upgrade of passen...

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...

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