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NEW GOLDEN BRIDGE II has been renamed GOLDEN BRIDGE © Weidong Ferry

Arkoumanis takes over NEW GOLDEN BRIDGE II

okt 31 2018

FerryArkoumanis-controlled A-Ships Management has now officially taken over NEW GOLDEN BRIDGE II from Weidong Ferry. Renamed GOLDEN BRIDGE and flying the Cyp...

W.B. YEATS seen shortly prior to leaving the shipyard in Flensburg for her sea trials © Frank Behling

W.B. YEATS starts sea trials

okt 30 2018

FerryIn the evening of Monday 29 October, Irish Ferries’ 54,985gt W.B. YEATS left her birthplace in Flensburg for her first sea trials in the southern Baltic.

© Austal

Molslinjen’s EXPRESS 4 put into the water

okt 30 2018

High-speedThe Austal facility in Henderson, Western Australia, has successfully launched the 109-metre high-speed catamaran built for Danish Molslinjen.

© Kai Ortel

Continued freight growth for HH Ferries Group during 3Q

okt 29 2018

FerryHH Ferries Group, operators of Scandlines’ Helsingborg-Helsingör shuttle service, saw freight volumes grow by 6% during 3Q. In the same period, passenge...

© Sembcorp

Norled signs contract with Sembcorp Marine for three battery-powered ferries

okt 29 2018

FerrySembcorp Marine has been awarded its first ro-pax design and construction project after Norled signed a contract for three identical battery-powered fer...

TASMANIAN ACHIEVER II will be followed by VICTORIAN RELIANCE II © NAOS Ship and Boat design - Roberto Prever

TASMANIAN ACHIEVER II handed over to Toll Group

okt 29 2018

Ro-roOn 25 October, the signing ceremony for the delivery of the first of two 12,000dwt ro-ro ships building for the Toll Group was held at Jinling Shipyard...

The charter deal of ATLANTIC VISION with Tallink is to end in November 2018, but MA will likely exercise an option for another year bringing it to November 2019 © Shippax

Marine Atlantic carries more passengers, improves revenues but is impacted by increasing fuel bill.

okt 26 2018

FinanceMarine Atlantic (MA), the Canadian ferry service linking Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, has just published its annual report for the year ending on 31...

Third quarter earnings reported by Royal Caribbean Cruises

okt 25 2018

FinanceRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. has released its third quarter earnings for 2018. Highlights below.

Rather than placing an order with Austal or Incat, Baleària opted to build in Spain © Baleària

Baleària orders LNG-powered ro-pax catamaran in Spain

okt 25 2018

High-speedBaleària, Spain’s second largest ferry group, has announced an order to build a high capacity fast ro-pax catamaran at the Armon Shipyard, the Gi...

Corsica Linea and La Méridionale: partners no more after 1 October 2019? © Jean-Pierre Fabre

Corsica Linea and La Méridionale to bid separately for next Public Ferry Service Contract to Corsica

okt 25 2018

FerryThe 5 November deadline is fast approaching to submit bids for the upcoming Public Ferry Service Contract for ferry services between the French mainland...

© Hurtigruten

Hurtigruten signs MoU for a third hybrid expedition ship

okt 25 2018

CruiseHurtigruten announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with Norway’s Kleven Verft AS for a third hybrid battery-powered expedition s...

Spain-bound soon: NISSOS CHIOS © George Giannakis

NISSOS CHIOS to return to Gibraltar Strait

okt 24 2018

FerryHellenic Seaways’ 2007-built NISSOS CHIOS – now part of the Attica fleet – is set to leave her homeport of Piraeus for the Gibraltar Strait on 31 Octobe...

SICILA will operate the subsidized Spain-France Atlantic MoS © Kai Ortel

SICILIA destined for the Baleària-operated Gijon – Nantes/Saint-Nazaire route

okt 24 2018

FerryBaleària has elected the SICILIA to operate between the Spanish northern port of Gijon and the French Atlantic port of Saint-Nazaire. The SICILIA is one...

STENA FREIGHTER will be converted into a rocket landing pad © Marc Ottini

STENA FREIGHTER to be converted into rocket landing pad vessel

okt 24 2018

Ro-roWhen Shippax first reported about the sale of Stena RoRo’s 2,715-lanemetre STENA FREIGHTER to Blue Origin, it was thought that the vessel would be used...

Bohai Ferry orders two freight ro-ros at Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard

okt 24 2018

Ro-roChina’s Bohai Ferry, based in the northeast of the country, has placed a newbuilding contract with domestic shipyard Yantai CIMC Raffles for the constr...

ORIANA is set to leave the P&O Cruises fleet in mid-August 2019 © Christian Costa

ORIANA sold to JV between COSCO and China Travel Services – to enter service for Twinkle Travel Cruise

okt 24 2018

CruiseAfter much speculation and debate, the news is out: P&O Cruises has sold its 1995-built 69,840gt ORIANA to Chinese interests with the vessel leavin...

© Wasaline

Wasaline further grew its business during 3Q

okt 24 2018

FerryWasaline saw its traffic figures further increase during 3Q and during the first nine months of the year, the operator of the Vaasa-Umeå route transport...

Frihamnen and Värtahamnen © Ports of Stockholm

Continued growth for Ports of Stockholm

okt 23 2018

PortWith the cruise season just ended on 8 October, Ports of Stockholm wraps up another successful year with records beaten again with a total of 268 vess...

GIRAGLIA will operate a year-round service between Santa Teresa di Gallura and Bonifacio © Marc Ottini

Moby selected to operate Corsica-Sardinia winter service

okt 22 2018

FerryThe Regional Government of Sardinia has selected Moby to operate the winter ferry service between Santa Teresa di Gallura (Sardinia) and Bonifacio (Cors...

BEN WOOLLACOTT on her way to the UK © Frank Behling

BEN WOOLLACOTT leaves Gdansk for the Thames

okt 22 2018

FerryThe first of two new hybrid double-ender passenger/vehicle ferries building for Transport for London’s (TfL) Woolwich Free Ferry service – BEN WOOLLACOT...

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