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Keel laying of the second E-Flexer at AVIC Weihai © Stena Line

Keel laid of second Stena E-Flexer

jun 19 2018

FerryOn Friday 15 June the keel of Stena’s second E-Flexer was laid at the AVIC Weihai shipyard. The yet unnamed yard number W0264 is due to be introduced be...

PELEE ISLANDER II will replace PELEE ISLANDER after the summer © Ontario Ministry of Transportation

PELEE ISLANDER II arrived home

jun 19 2018

FerryThe 3,147-gross-ton PELEE ISLANDER II was delivered by the Valdivia, Chili-based Asenav shipyard to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation last month an...

Enter LE LAPEROUSE © Philip Plisson

Ponant’s luxury expedition vessel LE LAPEROUSE enters service

jun 18 2018

CruiseThe first of six 131m, 180-passenger luxury expedition cruise vessels built by VARD for Ponant Cruises, LE LAPEROUSE, was handed over on 15 June and wi...

ASTERION II should be ready in time for the summer season © George Giannakis

ASTERION II is ready for Adriatic service

jun 18 2018

FerryASTERION II, Anek Lines’ latest acquisition and the largest Japanese-built ro-pax that came to Greece in over a decade, underwent her first sea trials y...

ELISABETH RUSS remains in Spanish waters © Kai Ortel

Trasmediterranea strengthens its service to the Canary Islands

jun 15 2018

Ro-roTrasmediterranea, the new Armas subsidiary, has taken ELISABETH RUSS on charter to supplement sailings between Cadiz and the Canary Islands.

Steel cutting ceremony of MSC VIRTUOSA, the second Meraviglia-Plus ship © MSC Cruises

MSC Cruises orders third Meraviglia-Plus Class ship

jun 14 2018

CruiseMSC Cruises and STX France – the Saint-Nazaire-based shipbuilder that will adopt the Chantiers de l’Atlantique brand name again – signed an EUR 900 mil...

SILVER MUSE is the latest addition to the Silversea fleet © Neven Jerkovic

RCL moves into the ultra-luxury cruise and expedition sector by taking a 66.7% stake in Silversea

jun 14 2018

FinanceIn a major development for the cruise market, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) is to move into the luxury segment of the business, for both cruise ...

SEVERINE © Shippax

GNV and Tirrenia to share capacity on the Genoa-Malta route

jun 14 2018

Ro-roTo guarantee continuity during the busy summer season, GNV and Tirrenia will share freight capacity on the direct sailing that connects Genoa with Malt...

VICTORIA OF WIGHT successfully completed her first sea trials © Wightlink

Wightlink’s VICTORIA OF WIGHT to be handed over at the end of June

jun 14 2018

FerryWightlink’s new flagship VICTORIA OF WIGHT, under construction at Cemre Shipyard in Yalova, Turkey, successfully completed her first sea trials and will...

Twelve GG5G Class ro-ros will be built for the Grimaldi Group, three of which will go to Finnlines © Grimaldi Group

Grimaldi Group confirms six more GG5Gs have been ordered at Jinling

jun 13 2018

Ro-roEver since the contract for the first six 7,800-lanemetre ro-ros was signed with Jinling Shipyard in late April, rumours had it that the Grimaldi Group...

Tallink might order a sister to the 2017-built MEGASTAR © Frank Lose

Tallink considers a second MEGASTAR

jun 13 2018

FerryFollowing the success of the 2017, Meyer Turku-built MEGASTAR – the LNG-powered Tallinn-Helsinki ro-pax ferry with a capacity of 2,800 passengers, 1,970...

GALICIA and SALAMANCA are the names chosen for the long-term chartered (with purchase option) E-Flexers © Brittany Ferries

Spanish geographical names for Brittany Ferries’ E-Flexers

jun 13 2018

FerryFollowing a competition among Brittany Ferries’ staff, the Breton ferry operator has selected GALICIA and SALAMANCA as the names for the E-Flexers that ...

The lead-ship in the 6,700-lanemetre series - yard number 408 - taking shape at Jinling © DFDS

DFDS adds a fifth 6,700-lanemetre ro-ro at Jinling Shipyard

jun 13 2018

Ro-roDanish ro-ro specialist DFDS has ordered a fifth 6,700-lanemetre or 450-trailer capacity freight ro-ro from China’s Jinling Shipyard for delivery in th...

STENA NORDICA returns to the Karlskrona-Gdynia route replacing the much smaller GUTE © Sebastian Ziehl

Stena Line reshuffles Baltic fleet to optimise capacity – Polish route will see capacity boost

jun 13 2018

FerryAfter the summer season Stena Line will further adapt capacity to demand on three of its Baltic routes: the HAMMERODDE – which Stena RoRo acquired from ...

W.B. YEATS will miss the summer season © Søren Lund Hviid

Delivery of Irish Ferries W.B. YEATS delayed further – not expected now until September

jun 12 2018

FerryThe delivery of Irish Ferries’ new EUR 144 million ro-pax W.B. YEATS from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has been further d...

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Cemre launched the first in a line of five Fjord1 electric ferries

jun 12 2018

FerryThe 111-metre long and 3,000-gross-ton double-ender HADAROY will have a capacity for 120 cars when entering service in early 2019 on the Norwegian domes...

CALDERA VISTA will be introduced between Rethymnon and Santorini © George Koutsoukis

Seajets introduces CALDERA VISTA between Crete and Santorini

jun 12 2018

High-speedSeajets is proving one more time very opportunistic and is in the process of launching a new summer route between the Cretan port of Rethymnon an...

© Brodosplit

Quark Expeditions signs newbuild contract with Brodosplit

jun 12 2018

CruiseA contract has been signed between Quark Expeditions and Brodosplit for a new polar expedition ship specifically built for the high latitudes of the Ar...

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Hurtigruten takes over Kleven Verft

jun 11 2018

YardThe Norwegian shipyard Kleven Verft has announced that it has found a new long-term solution with the Hurtigruten-owned company KVE Holding AS to take ...

SUPERSPEED and the somewhat smaller SUPERCAT will connect Thessaloniki with Volos via the Sporades © George Giannakis

Golden Star Ferries launches new Thessaloniki-Volos route via the Sporades archipelago

jun 11 2018

High-speedGreek ferry operator Golden Star Ferries is further expanding its domestic network. After launching a Rafina to Heraklion route (via the Cyclades...

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