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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,...

According to NDR, Siem has agreed to acquire HONFLEUR. © Frank Lose

HONFLEUR sold?

jul 28 2020

FerryNorth German broadcasting company NDR reports that Siem Industries, until February 2019 the owner of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), has agree...

Newcomer Norse Shipbuilding used the existing facilities in the Tuzla shipbuilding zone to build NESVIK. The game-changing, H2-powered HYDRA is next in line to be launched. © Norse Shipbuilding

Norse Shipbuilding launches NESVIK

jul 27 2020

FerryNorled’s 299-passenger and 80-car capacity NESVIK was launched by Norse Shipbuilding in Tuzla, Turkey on 23 July. The full-electric, LMG Marin-designed ...

SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE was floated out on 24 July. © Meyer Werft

SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE floated out without fanfare

jul 27 2020

CruiseDespite a temporary standstill of major work due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Meyer Werft in Papenburg floated out Saga Cruises’ SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE from ...

The scrubber-equipped EXPLORER DREAM in the port of Keelung. © Dream Cruises

Dream Cruises restarts with ‘cruise bubble’ from Taiwan

jul 27 2020

CruiseOn 26 July Dream Cruises resumed operations with EXPLORER DREAM offering two- and three-night ‘Taiwain island hopping cruises’ with itineraries aimed a...

The 2019-built MEIN SCHIFF 2 is making 'blue cruises' from Hamburg. © Kai Ortel

TUI Cruises resumed sailings with short ‘blue cruises’

jul 27 2020

CruiseGerman cruise operator TUI Cruises resumed sailings on 24 July when the MEIN SCHIFF 2 embarked on her first ‘blue cruise’ from Hamburg.

FILIPINAS DINAGAT in better days. © Shippax archive

Philippines ro-pax ferry destroyed by fire

jul 24 2020

FerryThe Cokaliong Shipping Lines-controlled, 1,173gt ro-pax ferry FILIPINAS DINAGAT has been destroyed by a major fire whilst en route from Cebu City to Pal...

Baleària's new and likely temporary Nador-Sète 'COVID-19' route is operated by the REGINA BALTICA. © Frank Lose

Baleària to start Nador-Sète

jul 24 2020

FerryWith very little notice given, Baleària has announced that it will commence a service linking Nador in Morocco with Sète, in France, with the first sail...

End of an era with MONARCH and sister ship SOVEREIGN being beached on 22 and 23 July, respectively. © Christian Costa

MONARCH and SOVEREIGN beached – more cruise ships to follow as CARNIVAL FANTASY is heading for Aliaga

jul 23 2020

CruiseFollowing the insolvency of Pullmantur Cruceros, two of its three ships have already been sent for recycling at Aliaga, Turkey, with a third unit expec...

CONNEMARA will operate the new Cherbourg-Rosslare route, whilst ARMORIQUE (left) will supplement the PONT-AVEN (right) on the seasonal Roscoff-Cork service, which will become twice weekly in 2021. © Frank Lose

Brittany Ferries to increase presence on the Irish market

jul 23 2020

FerryWith the introduction of the E-Flexer GALICIA, currently nearing completion at builders CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard, and the UK leaving the EU on 1 Janu...

Purchased by Seajets, the future of the 20-year-old OCEANA remains unknown. © Marc Ottini

Seajets are the buyers of OCEANA

jul 22 2020

CruiseAs earlier hinted by Greek media, Seajets are the purchasers of P&O Cruises’ OCEANA. Seajets has grown rapidly in recent years but the move into cr...

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