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Tallink Silja is negotiating with the trade unions as layoffs may occur due to the Coronavirus crisis. © Marko Stampehl

Baltic ferry operators start to feel effects of the Coronavirus pandemic

mar 12 2020

FerryFinnish media report that Tallink Silja is in the process of negotiating with the trade unions what steps can be taken to deal with the situation caused...

Princess Cruises is suspending its cruise activities for 60 days. © Søren Lund Hviid

Princess Cruises to temporarily sideline its 18 cruise ships

mar 12 2020

CruiseHot on the heels of Viking Cruises’ announcement to suspend river and ocean cruise operations until 1 May, Carnival Corporation-controlled Princess Cru...

STENA NAUTICA is now sailing out of Halmstad instead of Varberg. © Joakim Leihed

Flying start for Stena Line’s new Halmstad-Grenaa route

mar 10 2020

FerrySince its start early last month, passenger bookings for Stena Line’s Halmstad-Grenaa have surged by up to 50% compared to the same period last year whe...

SETTSU has replaced YAMATO on Hankyu Ferry's four-ship Shinmoji-Kobe route © Mitsubishi Shipbuilding

SETTSU debuts for Hankyu Ferry

mar 10 2020

FerryShin Nihonkai Group-controlled Hankyu Ferry has introduced its brand-new 16,300grt ro-pax ferry SETTSU on the Seto Inland Sea. The 195m long and 29.6m b...

STENA EDDA has joined STENA MERSEY on the Birkenhead-Belfast route. © Stena Line

STENA EDDA introduced

mar 10 2020

FerrySTENA EDDA, Stena Line’s second E-Flexer, performed her first commercial sailing when she left Birkenhead (Liverpool) for her overnight sailing to Belfa...

VIKING GLORY is now expected to be delivered in summer 2021. © Viking Line

Construction of VIKING GLORY continues, delivery delayed

mar 09 2020

FerryAccording to Finnish broadcasting service YLE, work on Viking Line’s newbuilding at Xiamen Shipbuilding has slowly re-commenced after the break due to t...

Brittany Ferries is a minority shareholder in Condor Ferries. © Philippe Holthof

Condor Ferries sale finalised

mar 09 2020

FerryThe sale of Channel Islands ferry operator Condor Ferries to a partnership between Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (ESIF)...

NEW CAMELLIA operates between Fukuoka (Hakata) and Busan. © Osamu Taniguchi

COVID-19 further affects international Japanese ferry services

mar 06 2020

FerryThe Coronavirus (COVID-19) already affected passenger ferry services between China and Japan. With a two-week quarantine being imposed on visitors from ...

© Philippe Holthof

Worrying times for Naviera Armas Trasmediterránea

mar 06 2020

FinanceNaviera Armas Trasmediterránea, Spain’s largest ferry group, is facing liquidity problems. In an article published in the Spanish press today, 6 Marc...

Strong 2019 results for Irish Continental Group

mar 05 2020

FinanceIrish Continental Group grew its revenue with 8.2% to EUR 357.4 million in 2019, of which the ferry division stood for EUR 212.4 million (+8.3%). Pos...

VICTORIAN RELIANCE has followed sister TASMANIAN ACHIEVER into the hands of interests associated with MSC. © Dale Crisp

Toll finally sells VICTORIAN RELIANCE

mar 04 2020

Ro-roTwelve months after being withdrawn from regular Bass Strait service, Toll Shipping’s VICTORIAN RELIANCE has been sold.

Edwin Pang

Quick Q&As - Edwin Pang

mar 01 2020

InterviewThis interview with Edwin Pang was first published in the March 2020 issue of our monthly magazine Shippax Info.

Niclas Mårtensson © Philippe Holthof

DISCOURSE WITH NICLAS MÅRTENSSON ON STRATEGIES, VISIONS, AND CHALLENGES

mar 01 2020

InterviewUpon the re-opening of the Halmstad-Grenå route, Shippax’s editor-in-chief conversed candidly with Stena Line’s CEO Niclas Mårtensson on challenges...

© Jean-Pierre Fabre

EC launches in-depth investigation into Corsica’s public ferry service contracts

feb 28 2020

FerryIn a press release dated 28 February, the European Commission announced it had launched an in-depth investigation to determine whether the public servic...

SICILIA will boast a single LNG tank with a capacity of 425m³. © Kai Ortel

Baleària’s SICILIA starts her LNG retrofit in Portugal

feb 28 2020

FerryThe latest Baleària ro-pax to undergo conversion to dual fuel LNG/diesel operation, the 2002-built, 24,409gt SICILIA arrived at Portugal’s West Sea Vian...

KERRY links Rosslare with Bilbao twice per week. © Brittany Ferries

Brittany Ferries inaugurates Rosslare-Bilbao service

feb 28 2020

FerryBrittany Ferries today (28 February) inaugurated its new Ireland to northern Spain service between Rosslare and Bilbao, which has replaced the previous ...

New rendering of Spirit of Tasmania's LNG-powered, 48,000gt fast conventional ro-pax ferries to be built by Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC). © RMC

Tasmania’s TT-Line drops FSG, signs MOU with RMC

feb 27 2020

FerryThe new Spirit of Tasmania ro-paxes will be built by Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) after TT-Line Tasmania and Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesells...

Tallink Grupp reports a profit jump for 2019

feb 27 2020

FinanceTallink Grupp has released its 2019 unaudited financial results, revealing that revenues went slightly down from EUR 949.7 million in 2018 to EUR 949...

Finnlines released its 2019 full-year financial results

feb 26 2020

FinanceBlaming lower volumes in the Finland trade, Finnlines Group’s revenues shrunk from EUR 589.4 million in 2018 to EUR 574.8 million in 2019. EBITDA inc...

Weaker financial results for Fjord1

feb 26 2020

FinanceFjord1 has published its 2019 full-year results showing a 12% drop in revenues to NOK 2,724 million. EBITDA ended at NOK 819 million, which was NOK 2...

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