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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-...

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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...

POVL ANKER is undergoing Phase Two of her mid-life upgrade. © Marko Stampehl

Molslinjen’s POVL ANKER undergoes Phase Two of major upgrade

sep 14 2020

FerryMolslinjen’s 1978-built POVL ANKER arrived in Frederikshavn on 13 September to be drydocked at Orskov Yard to start the second phase of her major upgrad...

AURORA BOTNIA touching the water for the first time on 11 September. © RMC

AURORA BOTNIA floated

sep 12 2020

FerryProduction of the 800-passenger and 1,500-lanemetre capacity AURORA BOTNIA has reached a new phase following the ship’s floating on 11 September. Once f...

The new Marseille-Tangier Med route will be operated by GIROLATA and PELAGOS, the former LIVERPOOL SEAWAYS of DFDS. © Jean-Pierre Fabre

La Méridionale to start thrice weekly Marseille-Tangier ro-pax service

sep 09 2020

FerryWith two ro-pax ships surplus to requirements, La Méridionale has announced that it will start a direct service from Marseille to Tangier Med in late Oc...

GRANDE NEW JERSEY is the fourth vessel in a seven-ship series Yangfan is building for the Grimaldi Group. © Grimaldi Group

Grimaldi takes delivery of PCTC GRANDE NEW JERSEY

sep 08 2020

Ro-roThe Grimaldi Group has further expanded its fleet of PCTCs by taking delivery of GRANDE NEW JERSEY on 4 September. The 199.9m, 65,255gt vessel is the f...

WONDER OF THE SEAS © Chantiers de l’Atlantique

Fifth Oasis Class vessel, WONDER OF THE SEAS, floated out

sep 08 2020

CruiseRoyal Caribbean International’s (RCI) fifth Oasis Class vessel, WONDER OF THE SEAS, has been floated out at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in S...

Part of STENA LAGAN's new midbody section has been inserted with the ship's bow already modified for later drive-through double-deck loading. © Stena RoRo

STENA LAGAN’s lengthening and conversion project reaches major stage

sep 07 2020

FerryThe lengthening and conversion of Stena Line’s Visentini Class, 2005-built ro-pax STENA LAGAN reached a major stage on 2 September when the first sectio...

QUEEN JENUVIA is the largest ever newbuilding to join the domestic trade in South Korea. © HMD

QUEEN JENUVIA delivered to Seaworld Express Ferry

sep 07 2020

FerryToday, 7 September, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) has handed over QUEEN JENUVIA to Seaworld Express Ferry. The 27,391gt ro-pax ferry is due to be introduc...

HAVILA CAPELLA and HAVILA CASTOR are the first two ships to be built for Havila Voyages. © Tersan Shipyard

Tersan Shipyard puts HAVILA CAPELLA and HAVILA CASTOR in the water

sep 07 2020

FerryThe first of four new LNG hybrid coastal express ships building for Norway’s Havila Voyages at Tersan Shipyard in Yalova, HAVILA CAPELLA and HAVILA CAST...

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines' 'new' BOREALIS in the Firth of Forth on 4 September. © Bruce Peter

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines’ BOREALIS joins the fleet in Rosyth

sep 07 2020

CruiseFred. Olsen’s fleet modernisation programme took a major step forward on 4 September when the first of two former Holland America Line (HAL) R Class ve...

AF CLAUDIA has been short-term chartered by GNV. © Frank Lose

GNV charters AF CLAUDIA for Civitavecchia-Termini Imerese service

sep 04 2020

FerryTo meet the 14-day COVID-19 quarantine, Italy has chartered the ro-pax ships RHAPSODY, SNAV ADRIATICO, GNV ALLEGRA, AURELIA and GNV AZZURRA to accommoda...

Top 20 conventional ro-pax operators

sep 04 2020

Top 20 conventional ro-pax operators by gross ton and lanemetre capacities, as of 1 April 2020.

Brittany Ferries officially took GALICIA on charter on 3 September. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

Stena RoRo takes delivery of GALICIA, charters her out immediately to Brittany Ferries

sep 03 2020

FerryTwo weeks after a pre-delivery ceremony was held by the CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard, Stena RoRo officially took delivery of GALICIA, the third E-Flexer,...

DFDS is further fuelling competition in the northern Italy-Patras trade. © Frank Lose

DFDS starts separate Trieste-Patras service

sep 02 2020

Ro-roWhile DFDS has been calling at Patras both north- and southbound on its Istanbul-Trieste service since 2018, the company will now operate a separate tw...

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