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Interferry main event heading back to Australia

feb 01 2018

PressreleaseGlobal trade association Interferry has chosen Hobart, Tasmania, as the venue for its 45th annual conference in October 2020 – the third tim...

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Viking Line does not exercise the option for a second cruise ferry from Xiamen

feb 01 2018

FerryIn July last year, Viking Line confirmed the order for a EUR 194 million cruise ferry to be built by the Chinese Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. ...

Render of AIDAnova © Aida Cruises

AIDA Cruises announces AIDnova pre-inaugural cruises

feb 01 2018

CruiseAida Cruises has announced that its latest newbuilding, AIDAnova, will carry out a number of pre-inaugural mini-cruises before embarking on her maiden ...

NORWEGIAN ENCORE © NCL

First steel-cutting for NORWEGIAN ENCORE

feb 01 2018

CruiseDuring the ceremony of the first steel-cutting for NCL’s latest newbuilding at Meyer Werft Papenburg, it was revealed that the vessel will be named NOR...

DEUTSCHLAND © Kai Ortel

Phoenix Reisen extends DEUTSCHLAND charter

feb 01 2018

CruiseThe 1998-built cruise ship DEUTSCHLAND will remain part of the Phoenix Reisen fleet until at least 2025. The vessel which has been sold to Delos Cruise...

Port of Ystad © EHRENBERG SØRENSEN

Continued strong growth for Port of Ystad

jan 31 2018

PortThe Port of Ystad – which offers dialy connections to Swinoujscie and Bornholm – can look back on another strong year with a record number of goods, p...

PAULINE RUSS has been taken on charter by Tirrenia-CIN © Frank Lose

Tirrenia strengthens Sardinian ro-ro offer

jan 31 2018

Ro-roTirrenia has further strengthened its ro-ro services to and from Sardinia by introducing the chartered 1,625-lanemetre freight ro-ro PAULINE RUSS to pr...

The initial rendering of the ‘Diamond-Class’ © Crystal Cruises

Crystal Cruises downsizes the upcoming ‘Diamond-Class’ cruise ships

jan 30 2018

CruiseIn an interview with Travel Weekly, Thomas Wolber, the newly-appointed CEO of Crystal Cruises, announced that the three not-yet built Crystal ‘Diamond-...

EUROPALINK was first introduced for Minoan Grimaldi Lines when transferred to the Med in late 2012 © Frank Lose

Nordö-Link buys back EUROPALINK – Finnlines halfway its lengthening programme

jan 30 2018

FerryAs Shippax earlier reported, the Star-Class EUROPALINK will return to the Baltic after an absence of more than five years and her Italian registry was t...

The hull of VILLA DE TEROR was initially built for Viking Line © Factorías Vulcano

Trasmediterranea’s newbuild to be completed earlier than planned

jan 30 2018

FerryTrasmediterranea has announced that its new vessel, being completed at Factorías Vulcano in Northern Spain, will be named VILLA DE TEROR. Teror is a mun...

The return of ALMARYIA proved to be short-lived © Mike Barker

Troubled ALMARIYA taken out of service again

jan 30 2018

FerryThe return of Trasmediterranea’s ALMARIYA did not last very long. Two round trips between Almeria and Nador was enough for the company to decide that th...

GRAND PEACE II © AVIC Weihai

Assembly of AVIC Weihai's yard number W0229 completed

jan 30 2018

FerryAVIC Weihai Shipyard, China, has completed the hull assembly of its yard number W0229 – a 2,160-lanemetre ro-pax under construction for Jiaodong Interna...

ICG has entered into an MOA to sell JONATHAN SWIFT to Baleària © Maritime Photographic

Irish Continental to replace JONATHAN SWIFT by WESTPAC EXPRESS

jan 30 2018

High-speedIrish Ferries’ parent, the Irish Continental Group (ICG), has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to sell the Austal Auto Express 86m 19...

The iconic ST. HELENA will no longer carry passengers © Russell Plummer

ST. HELENA on final passenger carrying voyage

jan 30 2018

Ferry A little piece of maritime history will be made on 15 February when the cargo/passenger ship ST. HELENA arrives in Cape Town at the end of Voyage No. 2...

MEGASTAR carried over 2,000,000 passengers and 375,000 during her first full year in service. © Frank Lose

Over 2 million passengers for MEGASTAR during her first full year of operation

jan 29 2018

FerryThe LNG-powered MEGASTAR, operating on Tallink’s Tallinn-Helsinki ‘Shuttle’, carried more than 2 million passengers during her first year of operation.

Tirrenia’s ATHARA at Palumbo Messina Shipyard © Paolo Galletta

Palumbo refurbishes part of the Tirrenia fleet

jan 29 2018

YardItalian Palumbo Group has signed a contract to refurbish and restyle a number of ro-paxes in the Tirrenia fleet. This includes the adoption of eye-catc...

The 1984-built DAGISTAN underwent a life extension programme © Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping

Caspian Sea train ferry DAGISTAN set to return to service after major life extension project

jan 29 2018

Ro-roThe Caspian Sea-based ro-ro/train ferry DAGISTAN is set to return to service after a major life extension project at the Zigh Ship repair Yard in Baku,...

The 2014-built BRAC served as the reference ship in Jadrolinija's bid © Philippe Holthof

Jadrolinija wins six-year concession for the Zadar-Brbinj route

jan 29 2018

FerryThe Croatian Coastal Shipping Agency has appointed Jadrolinija to operate the year-round service between Zadar and Brbinj, Dugi otok.

PASCAL LOTA will serve GNV's Genoa-Palermo link in February © Jean-Pierre Fabre

GNV charters the PASCAL LOTA for the Genoa-Palermo link

jan 29 2018

FerryCorsica Sardinia Ferries’ flagship PASCAL LOTA will see a charter stint with GNV during February.

BONARIA has been renamed CRUISE BONARIA © George Giannakis

Grimaldi has introduced the former AMSICORA and BONARIA in its own network

jan 29 2018

FerryEarlier this month Onorato Armatori handed the chartered AMSICORA and BONARIA – the one-time Fincantieri-built EUROPA PALACE and OLYMPIA PALACE of Minoa...

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