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MARDI GRAS taking shape at Meyer Turku

jun 18 2019

CruiseMeyer Turku and Carnival Cruise Line have held the traditional keel laying and coin ceremony for what will become Carnival Cruise Line’s 184,000gt MARD...

Moby Group Q1 financial results

jun 18 2019

FinanceMoby Group released its financial results for the first quarter of 2019, showing a 14.5% increase in revenues, but with a net loss of EUR 17.1 million.

Vard has delivered the fourth Explorer Class ship to Ponant © Fred Michel-Ponant

Ponant takes delivery of LE DUMONT D’URVILLE

jun 18 2019

CruiseFrench luxury expedition cruise line Ponant took delivery of LE DUMONT D’URVILLE from Norway’s Vard on 14 June on schedule. LE DUMONT D’URVILLE is the ...

A 'new' BELGIA SEAWAYS for DFDS - the former SCHIEBORG now flies the Lithuanian flag © DFDS

DFDS takes over Gothenburg-Zeebrugge ‘Stora Enso service' from SOL Continent Line

jun 17 2019

Ro-roHot on the heels of the renaming of BELGIA SEAWAYS to TROY SEAWAYS, DFDS has just welcomed a 'new' BELGIA SEAWAYS in the form of the former SCHIEBORG.

End of an era: after more than 25 years of sterling service across the Oslo fjord, BOHUS is set to leave the Color Line fleet before the end of August © Philippe Holthof

Color Line’s BOHUS sold to Mediterranean interests

jun 17 2019

FerryAhead of the 26 July introduction of COLOR HYBRID, Color Line has sold its Sandefjord-Strömstad stalwart BOHUS to Tnitsea Shipping, a subsidiary of Made...

The charter of CHAMPION JET 1 continues © Philippe Holthof

CHAMPION JET 1 to move from the Canaries to the Alboran Sea

jun 17 2019

High-speedSeajets’ CHAMPION JET 1, a 1997-built Incat that has been on charter to Naviera Armas since November last year, will be introduced by Trasmediter...

IONA © P&O Cruises

Keel laying of P&O Cruises’ IONA

jun 17 2019

CruiseP&O Cruises and Meyer Werft in Papenburg recently celebrated the keel laying ceremony of the 184,700gt LNG-powered cruise ship IONA. The event took...

VOLCAN DE TAGORO was launched on the high tide at 6:30pm Saturday 15 June© Incat

Incat Tasmania launches VOLCAN DE TAGORO

jun 17 2019

High-speedOn Saturday 15 June, Incat’s 111m Hull 091 – named VOLCAN DE TAGORO – was pulled out of the shipyard’s covered newbuilding hall at Hobart’s Princ...

Greek ferry ticket prices risk to soar following next year's introduction of the 0.5% sulphur cap © Philippe Holthof

Fuel regs will drive Greek fares higher

jun 15 2019

FerryThe January 2020 sulphur cap on fuels and the target for reducing ship greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2050 have been extensively analysed in terms of t...

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Onorato Armatori’s double order at GSI officialised

jun 14 2019

FerryOnorato Armatori has confirmed to Shippax that the order for two 64,000gt luxury ro-pax vessels to be built by Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) ha...

MSC COBALTO and MSC TITANIO will no longer serve MSC's WAF ro-ro service © Selim San

MSC pulls the plug on its West African ro-ro service

jun 14 2019

Ro-roBlaming low freight rates and safety issues related to the transport of second-hand cars to West Africa, MSC has announced to pull the plug on its Nort...

The Danish-flagged BELGIA SEAWAYS has become the Turkish-flagged TROY SEAWAYS © DFDS

BELGIA SEAWAYS becomes TROY SEAWAYS

jun 14 2019

Ro-roDFDS’s latest addition to its Mediterranean fleet, the 6,695-lanemetre Jinling-built BELGIA SEAWAYS, has been renamed TROY SEAWAYS ahead of her 22 June...

Yet another summer stint in the Azores for AQUA JEWEL © George Koutsoukis

Atlânticoline charters AQUA JEWEL in lieu of AZORES EXPRESS

jun 14 2019

FerryIt appears that the time charter of the 1975-built AZORES EXPRESS for Atlânticoline’s summer service in the Azores has fallen through.

MARIELLA © Viking Line

Viking Line increases its Tallinn summer departures also this year

jun 13 2019

FerryJust as they have been doing since 2014, Viking Line will increase its capacity on the Helsinki-Tallinn route for the summer season between 14 June and ...

The vessel will be of the same design as the 2007-delivered JERNØY © Oma Baatbyggeri

Torghatten Nord orders 29m catamaran from Oma Baatbyggeri

jun 13 2019

High-speedTorghatten Nord has signed a newbuilding contract with Oma Baatbyggeri for the construction of a 29m catamaran with a capacity of 147 passengers....

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BØMLAFJORD launched at Cemre

jun 12 2019

FerryCemre Shipyard in Turkey has launched the 67.2m long BØMLAFJORD, the second in a line of five zero-emission double-enders built for Fjord1.

Hurtigruten is poised to become the greenest cruise line © Søren Lund Hviid

Hurtigruten signs long-term LNG supply agreement with Gasnor

jun 12 2019

TechA long-term agreement, stretching to 2030, has been signed between Hurtigruten and Gasnor for the supply of Norwegian-produced LNG.

HANSEATIC NATURE was delivered in April this year © Vard

Vard starts construction of third Hanseatic Class luxury expedition cruise ship for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises

jun 11 2019

CruiseNamed HANSEATIC SPIRIT, the third unit in the Hanseatic series built by Vard for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has officially started with the first steel cut.

Fiera Infrastructure Inc. has acquired a 50% equity interest in Wightlink from Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLP © Mike Hood

Canadian investment firm becomes 50% owner of Wightlink

jun 11 2019

FinanceThe Canadian infrastructure investor Fiera Infrastructure Inc. – a leading global mid-market direct infrastructure investor operating across all subs...

ZHONG HUA FU XING will have cruise ferry amenities and boasts luxury cabins with bay windows © Huanghai Shipbuilding

ZHONG HUA FU XING launched at Huanghai Shipbuilding

jun 11 2019

FerryBohai Ferry Group’s 2,000-passenger and 3,000-lanemetre ro-pax ZHONG HUA FU XING with its striking whale livery took to the water at Huanghai Shipbuildi...

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