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At the occasion of the keel laying ceremony of JANSSONIUS, Oceanwide’s founder and shareholder Wijnand van Gessel hinted that up to two more expedition vessels could potentially be built by Brodosplit. © Brodosplit

Keel laid for Oceanwide Expeditions' JANSSONIUS

jun 04 2020

CruiseThe keel laying ceremony took place on 2 June for the second of two polar class expedition vessels, JANSSONIUS, for Dutch operator Oceanwide Expedition...

Stena AB Q1 2020 financial results

jun 04 2020

FinanceStena AB, with business operations ranging from ferry operations, offshore drilling, shipping, properties and recycling has released its Q1 report fo...

Fjord Line has confirmed a further delay of FJORD FSTR. © Fjord Line

Further delay for Fjord Line’s new high-speed catamaran

jun 04 2020

High-speedIn February this year, Fjord Line’s new 1,200-passenger and 404-car capacity Austal Auto Express 109m catamaran FJORD FSTR. was launched by Austa...

The Visentini Class VENEZIA will operate a twice weekly Venice-Igoumenitsa-Patras ro-pax service. © Grimaldi Group

Grimaldi Group adds twice weekly Venice-Igoumenitsa-Patras ro-pax service

jun 04 2020

FerryStarting on 11 June, Grimaldi Group will further expand its Adriatic Sea ferry network with the opening of a twice weekly Venice (Marghera)-Igoumenitsa-...

VICTORIA I is no stranger to the Helsinki-Tallinn route, having covered for SILJA EUROPA’s recent docking last winter. © Marko Stampehl

Tallink increases capacity between Helsinki and Tallinn, brings in fourth ship

jun 03 2020

FerryIn view of the high demand for non-landing and day cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn, Tallink is bringing in its ro-pax cruise ferry VICTORIA I as from 8...

CIUDAD DE IBIZA still displaying the old Trasmediterránea livery. © Kai Ortel

Trasmediterránea resumes passenger service between Valencia and Ibiza

jun 03 2020

FerryTrasmediterránea has announced that with immediate effect, it is resuming passenger sailings between Valencia and the island of Ibiza, to be served by t...

Attica Group reaped the fruits of HSW’s integration into the group

jun 03 2020

FinanceAttica Group has released its financial results for 2019, showing a consolidated revenue increase of 10.9% to EUR 405.4 million (EUR 365.4 million fo...

GSI has started with the construction of MOBY FANTASY, reviving the name of a ferry that operated for Moby for almost 20 years. © Moby

GSI cuts first steel for next-generation Moby ro-pax

jun 02 2020

FerryOn 1 June, Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) cut the first steel for Moby’s first of two next-generation ro-pax ferries, the contract of which was ...

CROWN SEAWAYS and PEARL SEAWAYS have been laid up since mid-March. © DFDS

DFDS to re-start Copenhagen-Oslo route after 70-day suspension

jun 02 2020

FerryDFDS will re-start its Copenhagen-Oslo service with the first sailing from Copenhagen to be operated by CROWN SEAWAYS on 25 June. PEARL SEAWAYS will sai...

Stena Line pulled the plug on the 'Köngislinie' with SASSNITZ, the route's single ship, laid up in Uddevalla. © Marc Ottini

Hope for a revival of Sassnitz ferry line?

jun 02 2020

High-speedAfter the recent closure of the Sassnitz-Trelleborg route by Stena Line, there appears to be political will to support a re-start of a regular fe...

FERRY RITSURIN and her three sister ships have continued to operate in freight-only mode. © Ocean Trans Co.

Ocean Tokyu Ferry to resume passenger services

jun 02 2020

FerryOcean Trans Co. has announced that it would resume passenger services on 1 July 2020.

Unlike displayed on the red banner, the eighth E-Flexer will have a 3,600-lanemetre rather than a 3,100-lanemetre intake. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

Construction starts on eighth E-Flexer

jun 02 2020

FerryFollowing the first steel cutting of yard number W0271 on 29 May, CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard started with the construction of the eighth E-Flexer which...

Norled 2020 Q1 financials

jun 02 2020

FinanceNorled released its financials for Q1 this year which, they claim, were not significantly affected by COVID-19 but rather by the changes in the contr...

ISABELLE will join REGAL STAR on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route. © Jukka Huotari

Tallink to temporarily increase capacity on Paldiski-Kapellskär route

jun 01 2020

FerryTallink will temporarily increase capacity on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route as the 1989-built ro-pax cruise ferry ISABELLE is set to join the ro-pax fre...

Ingemar Gustavsson

Quick Q&As - Ingemar Gustavsson

jun 01 2020

InterviewThis interview with Ingemar Gustavsson, Region Director at Actemium, was first published in the June 2020 issue of our monthly magazine Shippax Info.

Magnus Ehrenberg © Ehrenberg Sørensen Kommunikation

MAGNUS EHRENBERG: BE PREPARED FOR THE THUNBERG MOVEMENT

jun 01 2020

InterviewThe COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the climate debate into the background. As communications and politics specialist Magnus Ehrenberg, founder and pr...

A regular morning sight at Kieler Förde is to return when Color Line re-starts (initially non-landing) cruises from Oslo. © Marko Stampehl

Gradual re-opening of ferry traffic for the summer season

maj 29 2020

FerryWith several European countries announcing the opening of their borders for tourists, there appears a bit of hope for many people’s summer holidays. On ...

STENA VISION will not be laid up and replaced by STENA NORDICA this summer. © Christian Costa

STENA VISION to remain in service on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route

maj 28 2020

FerryStena Line has changed its mind and will keep STENA VISION in service alongside sister ship STENA SPIRIT and the long-term bareboat chartered STENA BALT...

CLdN/Cobelfret operates a short-sea ro-ro fleet of about 20 ships from its Zeebrugge and Rotterdam hubs. © Frank Lose

CLdN seeks judicial review of UK government’s GBP 35 million subsidy

maj 27 2020

FerryShort-sea ro-ro operator CLdN is seeking a judicial review of the UK government’s decision last week to award a subsidy of up to GBP 35 million to five ...

P&O Ferries' chartered NORSTREAM officially inaugurated the two-berth Tilbury2 river terminal. © Forth Ports

Tilbury2 opens for business

maj 27 2020

PortTilbury2 opened for business on 26 May with the arrival of P&O Ferries’ 2,630-lanemetre capacity NORSTREAM from Zeebrugge, the culmination of a GB...

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