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BASTØ VI was delivered in November 2016 from Cemre Shipyard © Bastø Fosen

Bastø Fosen newbuild to be fitted with the largest ever battery package

apr 17 2019

FerryThe double-ender ordered by Torghatten Group’s subsidiary Bastø Fosen in November last year to serve the busy Horten-Moss route in Norway, will be fitte...

One of two Minor Class double-enders for BC Ferries ready to be launched at Damen Shipyards Galati © Damen Shipyards Group

BC Ferries’ Minor Class ferries take to the water

apr 17 2019

FerryIn the space of just a few weeks, Damen Shipyards Galati has launched two Minor Class vessels under construction for BC Ferries. The 81.5m long and 17m ...

© Austal

Fred. Olsen Express’ second next-generation trimaran taking shape at Austal

apr 16 2019

High-speedAustal’s Philippines yard has commenced construction with the first metal cutting for the second of two 118m trimarans Fred. Olsen Express ordere...

AURORA AF HELSINGBORG © Marko Stampehl

ForSea released its Q1 2019 statistics

apr 16 2019

FerryForSea, the Helsingborg-Helsingør ferry operator, has published its Q1 2019 statistics. The company highlights the 50% reduction of CO2 emissions and ha...

2GO Group ended 2018 in the red

apr 16 2019

Finance2GO Group, the largest ferry and logistics operator in the Philippines, has just released its financial performance for 2018.

Construction of the first GG5G has officially started now with the first steel cutting © Jingling Shipyard

Construction starts on first GG5G

apr 15 2019

Ro-roWithout much fanfare construction has started on the first of Grimaldi Group’s 12 GG5G Class hybrid freighters to be built by Jinling’s Yizheng shipyar...

Representatives of Stena RoRo's site team and AVIC Weihai Shipyard prior to the float-out © AVIC Ship

Stena reveals name of its second E-Flexer

apr 15 2019

FerrySTENA EDDA is the name given to the second E-Flexer that has been floated out by builders AVIC Weihai Shipyard today, 15 April.

© SunStone Ships

SunStone Ships signs contract for sixth Infinity Class expedition vessel

apr 15 2019

CruiseMiami-based cruise ship owner SunStone Ships has put ink to paper for the construction of its sixth Infinity Class expedition vessel at China Merchants...

The GLEN SANNOX delivery saga continues © Maritime Photographic

Further delay for LNG-powered GLEN SANNOX

apr 15 2019

FerryIt comes as no surprise that the Scottish Government has confirmed that Scotland’s first LNG-powered ferry GLEN SANNOX will not meet her re-scheduled de...

© George Giannakis

Greek domestic ferry fleet to become greener

apr 14 2019

FerryGreece’s domestic ferry network is heading for a major overhaul as the government and the shipping industry’s Hellenic Chamber of Shipping explore the u...

Under the Silversea banner SILVER DISCOVERER primarily cruised along the remote archipelagos of the Pacific © Silversea Cruises

CroisiEurope acquires first deep-sea cruise ship

apr 14 2019

CruiseSources close to Shippax have confirmed that Strasbourg, France-based CroisiEurope has signed an MoA for the acquisition of the 1989-built, 5,218gt exp...

FRS will introduce VOLCAN DE TAUCE on the Motril-Tangier Med route © Frank Lose

FRS upgrades Motril-Tangier Med route

apr 14 2019

FerryWith the imminent arrival in May of the GOLDEN BRIDGE, which will operate the service linking Motril with Melilla on behalf of FRS, the replaced VOLCAN ...

CELEBRITY EDGE © Marc Ottini

Celebrity adds a fifth Edge Class

apr 12 2019

CruiseRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) has ordered a fifth Edge Class cruise vessel for its Celebrity Cruises brand from Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Sain...

The freight-only RED KESTREL is under tow to the Solent © Red Funnel

Red Funnel’s RED KESTREL leaves builders for Southampton

apr 12 2019

FerryThe first dedicated freight ferry in the fleet of cross-Solent ferry operator Red Funnel, RED KESTREL, left her builders Cammell Laird, in Birkenhead, o...

SPECTRUM OF THE SEAS was handed over in Bremerhaven © Frank Behling

Meyer Werft delivers SPECTRUM OF THE SEAS

apr 11 2019

CruiseToday, 11 April, Meyer Werft has handed over the 168,866gt SPECTRUM OF THE SEAS to Royal Caribbean International. Representing the fourth Quantum Class...

OSCAR WILDE will sail under the GNV banner © Frank Lose

Aponte acquires OSCAR WILDE from Irish Continental

apr 11 2019

FerryAfter having become surplus to requirements following the recent introduction of W.B. YEATS on the direct Ireland-France trade, Irish Continental Group ...

According to Lars Windhorst there is light at the end of the tunnel for FSG © Frank Behling

FSG confident in the future

apr 10 2019

YardFollowing a period of financial tension, Lars Windhorst – Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft’s (FSG) majority shareholder – used the launching of the 4...

ZURBARAN has been renamed CIUDAD DE MAHON. © Trasmediterránea

Another Ciudad for Trasmediterránea

apr 10 2019

FerryTrasmediterránea’s ZURBARAN has re-emerged from drydock in Gibraltar, renamed as the CIUDAD DE MAHON.

The lengthened, upgraded and freshly painted CRUISE ROMA is now a hybrid ferry with scrubbers © Grimaldi Group

Lengthened CRUISE ROMA back in service

apr 10 2019

FerryFincantieri recently re-delivered CRUISE ROMA to Grimaldi Lines. The lengthened and upgraded cruise/ro-pax ferry has meanwhile been re-introduced on the...

The Tjøtta-Forvik route is currently in the hands of Torghatten Trafikkselskap © Fiskerstrand Verft

Boreal Sjø to operate Tjøtta-Forvik as from January 2020

apr 09 2019

FerryBoreal Sjø has been selected to operate the Tjøtta-Forvik route located south of Bodø in Nordland county.

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