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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...

STENA NORDICA will be back on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route at the end of this month, replacing STENA BALTICA. © Uwe Jakob

STENA NORDICA to replace chartered STENA BALTICA on Karlskrona-Gdynia

okt 09 2020

FerryFollowing a long absence and spells on other routes in the Stena Line network, the 1,949-lanemetre and 450-passenger capacity STENA NORDICA is set to re...

The Visentini Class VENEZIA will operate the new dedicated Salerno-Cagliari ro-pax service. © Frank Lose

Grimaldi Lines adds passenger element to its thrice weekly Salerno-Cagliari service

okt 08 2020

FerryGrimaldi Lines’ thrice weekly Salerno-Cagliari ro-ro service will become a dedicated ro-pax service operated by the Visentini Class ro-pax ferry VENEZIA...

Following a period of layup FIONA SEA (illustrated) and sister ship JUTLANDIA SEA will be re-activated, being chartered by Wallenius SOL. © Wallenius SOL

Wallenius SOL further increases its footprint in the Baltic, chartering in two ro-ros

okt 08 2020

Ro-roAhead of the introduction of its two LNG-powered, 5,800-lanemetre 1A Super Ice Class ro-ros under construction at the Yantai CIMC Raffles shipyard, Wal...

© PHO

New cash for Grupo Armas-Trasmediterránea

okt 06 2020

FinanceNaviera Armas-Trasmediterránea, the leading ferry operator in Spain, has obtained a new loan for EUR 75 million. The group is the major operator link...

GLOBAL MERCY will undertake its official trials in December and is expected to be delivered by its Chinese builders during Q1 2021. © Stena RoRo

GLOBAL MERCY nears completion

okt 06 2020

Mercy Ships’ 174.1-metre long and 28.6-metre beam hospital ship GLOBAL MERCY, the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, recently successfully underwent its inclining test and is expecte...

MELEQ will operate a third daily Zeebrugge-Purfleet sailing. © Marc Ottini

CLdN further increases capacity on Zeebrugge-Purfleet service

okt 05 2020

Ro-roAs the end of the Brexit transition period is drawing nearer and stockpiling continues unabated, CLdN/Cobelfret Ferries is further adapting supply to d...

ROTTERDAM launching © Fincantieri

Fincantieri launches HAL’S ROTTERDAM

okt 02 2020

CruiseFincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera has launched ROTTERDAM, the third Pinnacle Class cruise ship for Holland America Line (HAL).

COVID-19 ravishes Greek ferry sector

okt 01 2020

FinanceThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Greek ferry sector was underlined by the trading results of the Attica Group during the first half of the ...

PRIDE OF YORK has been laid up in Hull since early April and will not return to service for P&O Ferries. © Frank Lose

Last Belgium-UK ro-pax service to be axed, P&O Ferries takes four ro-paxes permanently out of service

okt 01 2020

FerryBelgium is losing its last ro-pax connection with the UK as P&O Ferries has announced it will close down its daily Zeebrugge-Hull ro-pax service, no...

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Quick Q&As - Ettore Morace

okt 01 2020

InterviewThis interview with Ettore Morace, Managing Director of Malta Shipbrokers International Ltd, was first published in the October 2020 issue of our m...

ENCHANTED PRINCESS © Fincantieri

ENCHANTED PRINCESS delivered

okt 01 2020

CruiseENCHANTED PRINCESS, the fifth in a line of six Royal Class ships built for Princess Cruises, was delivered on 30 September to Princess Cruises from Fin...

It will take at least another four months before SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE will welcome its first passengers. © Meyer Werft

Saga Cruises takes delivery of SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE

sep 30 2020

CruiseMeyer Werft handed over SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE to UK-based Saga Cruises on 29 September.

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