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Fincantieri secures 96% of the shares of VARD Group

okt 22 2018

YardItalian Fincantieri Oil & Gas has secured 96% of the shares of the Norwegian VARD Group, leading to a suspension of the company’s listing on the Si...

© Remontowa

Remontowa starts production of the first two Norled double-enders

okt 22 2018

FerryProduction has now started with the first steel cut of the first two Norled double-enders at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding (yard number 619/1 and 619/...

© EHRENBERG SØRENSEN Kommunikation

Record breaking throughput for Port of Ystad during first nine months of 2018

okt 19 2018

PortThe Port of Ystad’s freight and passenger throughput continued to grow during the first nine months of 2019. Expressed in tonnes, cargo grew by 9.3% t...

A good 2018 summer for Brittany Ferries, but what will the summer of 2019 bring? © Philippe Holthof

Brittany Ferries happy with 2018 summer, but concerned about the 2019 summer

okt 19 2018

FerryBrittany Ferries, the leading French ferry operator, has published its passenger figures for the July-September period, showing a 2% growth on the same ...

STENA JUTLANDICA © Stena Line

Smooth first month for STENA JUTLANDICA’s battery operation

okt 19 2018

FerryStena Line’s 1996-built Gothenburg-Frederikshavn ro-pax has completed her first month as battery hybrid vessel and the Swedish operator reports that the...

VESTRÅTT © Stig Breidvik

Havyard Shipyard delivers VESTRÅTT and AUSTRÅTT to Fjord1

okt 19 2018

FerryThe last two double-enders in the three-ship ‘MM 62 FD EL’ series built for Fjord1, have been delivered by Havyard Shipyard in Norway.

AIDAnova photographed during her last week's River Ems conveyance © Christian Costa

World premiere: LNG bunkering for AIDAnova

okt 18 2018

CruiseFor the first time in the history of cruise shipping, LNG has been bunkered as the main fuel of a cruise ship. The LNG was transferred from the 2017-bu...

Will Attica Group change hands? © Philippe Holthof

Quo vadis Attica Group?

okt 18 2018

FinanceA new round of mergers and acquisitions in Greece’s significant coastal shipping sector is on the horizon, following the recent acquisition of Hellen...

CRYSTAL SERENITY approaching Bremerhaven © Christian Eckardt

Lloyd Werft receives CRYSTAL SERENITY for major overhaul

okt 18 2018

CruiseLeading cruise vessel refit specialist Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven has received its latest guest – Crystal Cruises’ 68,870gt, 2003-built CRYSTAL SERENIT...

© George Giannakis

MSC Cruises to enter medium-size ultra-luxury market

okt 18 2018

CruiseAs expected, MSC Cruises is entering the niche market of medium-size ultra-luxury cruise ships and has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Finc...

Rederi AB Gotland published its interim report

okt 18 2018

FinanceRederi AB Gotland which, in addition to ferry operator Destination Gotland AB, also includes property management, hotel operations and Stockholms Rep...

MEGASTAR is the reference ship for Tallink's new Shuttle ferry © Kai Ortel

Tallink returns to Rauma for new Tallinn-Helsinki Shuttle ferry

okt 18 2018

FerryHot on the heels of the delivery of HAMMERSHUS to Molslinjen, Tallink Grupp and Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) fo...

Canary Bridge Seaways will operate the ro-pax MARTIN I SOLER and the ro-ro CLIPPER PENNANT © Marc Ottini

Canary Bridge Seaways reveals schedules

okt 17 2018

FerryCanary Bridge Seaways (CBS), the joint venture between Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express, has announced its plan for its new service linking the Canary I...

CARNIVAL VICTORY will be renamed CARNIVAL RADIANCE following her 2020 refurbishment © Kai Ortel

CARNIVAL VICTORY to undergo stem-to-stern refit in 2020

okt 17 2018

CruiseThe final piece in Carnival Cruise Line’s USD 2 billion fleet upgrade programme, which began in 2011, will take place in Cadiz, Spain between 18 March ...

AURELIA to leave the Adriatic? © Marc Ottini

AURELIA put up for sale

okt 17 2018

FerryAccording to Italian brokers’ sources, Tirrenia has decided to dispose of its 1980-built AURELIA.

Higher freight volumes but lower profit for P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd.

okt 17 2018

FinanceP&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd, the group controlling P&O Ferries and P&O Ferrymasters, has released its full-year (financial) figures...

The Seajets-owned AQUA JEWEL was chartered by Atlânticoline © Kai Ortel

Atlânticoline ends summer season with positive figures

okt 17 2018

FerryAtlânticoline, the publicly-owned Azores ferry operator, ended the 2018 summer season on 29 September, reporting encouraging figures.

The heavily converted LITE FERRY 18 was originally built as BAO DAO 8 © Lite Ferries

Lite Ferries further increases capacity

okt 17 2018

FerryLite Ferries is about to increase its capacity with the introduction of LITE FERRY 18. Earlier this year, the Philippine-based ferry operator added the ...

Anders Straumsheim, CEO of Fosen at the Nordseewerke © Fosen

Fosen Yard becomes majority shareholder of Nordseewerke

okt 17 2018

YardFosen Yard, together with the investment group around Deutsche Industrieanlagen and Patrick Hennings-Huep, the previous owner of Nordseewerke Emden Shi...

TT-Line Tasmania has been doing brisk business © Dale Crisp

Spirits flying high

okt 16 2018

FerryTasmania’s TT-Line is continuing its upward trajectory as planning and preparations ramp up for two new Flensburger ro-paxes for Bass Strait in 2021.

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ANALYSIS: Color Line is currently the larger operator in their shared market – both companies serve the same long corridor

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