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CELEBRITY APEX is the name of the second ship in the four-ship Edge series © Celebrity Cruises

Steel cutting for second Celebrity Edge Class

jul 25 2018

CruiseConstruction has officially commenced on CELEBRITY APEX, the second ship in Celebrity Cruises’ revolutionary Edge Class that will be delivered by build...

The three-ship fleet of Gozo Channel carried a record number of passengers during H1 2018 © Gozo Channel

Gozo Channel posts record carryings during H1 2018

jul 25 2018

FerryGozo Channel, the state-owned ferry operator that operates three double-enders on the 25-minute Cirkewwa (Malta) - Mgarr (Gozo) route, carried a record ...

The Mangalia shipyard has the capacity to build any size of ferry © Damen Shipyards Group

Start of a new era for Romania’s Mangalia shipyard – Damen poised to build large ferries

jul 25 2018

YardDamen has successfully completed the transaction with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to assume operational control of the Mangalia...

The American-flagged LNG-powered EL COQUI © Crowley

Crowley Maritime Corp takes delivery of first of two LNG-powered con-ros

jul 25 2018

Ro-roThe world’s first LNG-powered container/ro-ro (con-ro) vessel, the 26,500dwt EL COQUI has been delivered by US shipbuilder VT Halter Marine Inc. to dom...

Yard number 408 has adopted the DFDS livery © DFDS

DFDS’s first behemoth floated out

jul 24 2018

Ro-roJinling yard number 408 was floated out into the Yangtze River on 16 July. Understood to be named GOTHIA SEAWAYS, the 6,700-lanemetre, five-deck ro-ro ...

Construction of ARMAND-IMBEAU II took almost five years © Davie Shipbuilding

Davie Shipbuilding delivers first North American-built LNG-powered ferry

jul 24 2018

FerryCanada’s Davie Shipbuilding, the country’s largest shipbuilder, has successfully achieved a technical milestone by delivery of the first North American-...

© Maritime Photographic

Fincantieri to build two 175,000gt LNG-powered cruise ships for Princess Cruises

jul 24 2018

CruiseCruise ship contracts continue to flood into Fincantieri, with the Italian giant signing a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Princess Cruises for the ...

Norled ordered two diesel-electric hybrid double-enders at Remontowa Shipbuilding © Remontowa Shipbuilding

Norled orders two unique double-enders from Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding

jul 24 2018

FerryNorwegian ferry operator Norled AS signed a contract on 11 July with Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdansk to build two unique, diesel-electric hybrid double...

AEOLOS KENTERIS I: laid up for almost eight years and no bidders during the latest auction © Frank Lose

No bidders for laid up AEOLOS KENTERIS I

jul 24 2018

High-speedWhen delivered in 2000 the 6,177gt high-speed monohull AEOLOS KENTERIS I, was hailed as one of the vessels that would transform ferry travel in t...

SCARLET LADY is the name of Virgin Voyages' lead ship © Fincantieri

Keel laid for second Virgin Voyages newbuilding while name of first vessel revealed

jul 24 2018

CruiseThe keel was laid for the second of Virgin Voyages three 110,000gt cruise vessels building at the Sestri Ponente shipyard of Italy’s Fincantieri on 20 ...

Artist's impression of NCL's Leonardo Class © Fincantieri

Fincantieri bags four more cruise ships orders – two from NCL and two from TUI Cruises

jul 24 2018

CruiseJuly has been an extremely successful month for leading Italian cruise ship builder Fincantieri, with the company securing contracts to build four new ...

VICTORIA OF WIGHT is being towed to Portsmouth, a 17-day journey if weather conditions are favourable © Wightlink

VICTORIA OF WIGHT on her way to the Solent

jul 24 2018

FerryWightlink took delivery of its new GBP 30 million flagship VICTORIA OF WIGHT at Turkish shipbuilder Cemre Shipyard in Yalova on 11 July. The vessel depa...

Stena E-Flexer

Stena signs double order for a lengthened version of its E-Flexer Class

jul 18 2018

FerryStena has decided to exercise its option to build a seventh and eighth E-Flexer vessel. The two vessels will be a lengthened version of the six other sh...

© Finnlines

Color Line to introduce dedicated freighter on the Oslo-Kiel service

jul 17 2018

Ro-roColor Line, Norway's largest international ferry operator, is taking a bold step to signifcantly add freight capacity on the Oslo-Kiel route through th...

© Wasaline

New ferry for Vaasa-Umeå getting closer to realization

jul 17 2018

FerryKvarken Link AB, jointly owned by the cities of Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden, has invited four shipyards for offers for a new ferry. Three shipyards ...

Very bad timing for ULYSSES' technical difficulties © Marc Ottini

Emergency repairs to Irish Ferries’ flagship ULYSSES take longer than originally anticipated

jul 09 2018

FerryULYSSES reported technical difficulties with its starboard cp propeller on 24 June, with the 50,938-gross-ton ro-pax entering drydock in Belfast on 28 J...

The 1976-built QUEEN OF COWICHAN is one of five C Class double-enders to be replaced © Philippe Holthof

BC Ferries to order five major ro-pax vessels to replace its ageing C Class fleet

jul 09 2018

FerryShipyards in Canada and Europe will soon be battling it out to win a lucrative newbuilding contract from Canadian west coast ferry operator British Colu...

Christening of KITAKAMAI on 4 July © Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, Shimonoseki shipyard

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding launches a new KITAKAMI for Taiheiyo Ferry

jul 06 2018

FerryOn 4 June Mitsubishi Shipbuilding’s Shimonoseki yard launched a new KITAKAMI. As of 25 January she will replace the 1989-built namesake vessel between S...

CLdN will start a twice weekly ro-ro service to Santander from its Zeebrugge hub © Frank Lose

CLdN to start direct Zeebrugge-Santander service

jul 04 2018

Ro-roAs of mid-September, CLdN will further expand its offering to the Iberian peninsula with a twice weekly Zeebrugge-Santander ro-ro service.

FINLANDIA © Shippax

Record passenger numbers for Eckerö Line

jul 04 2018

FinanceEckerö Line, serving the Helsinki to Tallinn route with the 2001-built FINLANDIA, has released its passenger statistics for the period January-June a...

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