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The never-delivered DONA MERCEDES has found a new owner © Gran Cacique Express

Trinidad and Tobago to acquire the never-delivered DONA MERCEDES

jan 19 2018

FerryAfter several ‘fake reports’ about a new inter-island ferry for Trinidad and Tobago, the country’s Ministry of Finance has released more information abo...

MSC CRISTIANA © Shippax archive

MSC opens ro-ro service from Antwerp and Le Havre to West Africa

jan 19 2018

Ro-roMediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will add a North West Continent-West Africa ro-ro service to its offering aimed at rolling, project and break bulk...

A record number of trucks transited through Calais in 2017 © Philippe Holthof

The Port of Calais wins traffic back in 2017 and posts record freight volumes

jan 19 2018

PortThe French Channel ports of Calais and nearby Dunkerque have both released their throughput statistics for 2017. It appears that Calais has gained fre...

Cooperation is the key to ferry industry's future

jan 19 2018

PressreleaseInterferry CEO Mike Corrigan explains how the trade association’s “stronger together” mission is helping to shape outcomes on the pressing i...

Onorato Armatori has clinched a deal with the Siem Group to bareboat charter two 4,100-lanemetre ro-ros © Frank Behling

Onorato seals charter deal with the Siem Group

jan 18 2018

Ro-roWhat has been rumoured for some time, has now been confirmed: Onorato Armatori has positively negotiated a five-year charter contract for two 4,100-lan...

Carsten Ortloff will join OSK-ShipTech A/S on 1 February.

OSK-ShipTech A/S expands team with experienced ‘ferry naval architect’

jan 17 2018

Naval ArchitectWith a series of important ro-ro and ro-pax projects in the pipeline, Danish naval architects OSK-ShipTech A/S are ramping up the naval arc...

EHRENBERG Kommunikation becomes EHRENBERG SØRENSEN Kommunikation

jan 17 2018

PressreleaseMagnus Ehrenberg established the agency EHRENBERG Kommunikation in 1993. Since then the agency has grown into an international agency with o...

More than 12 million passengers transited through the port of Helsinki in 2017 © Port of Helsinki

Port of Helsinki became Europe’s biggest passenger port in 2017

jan 17 2018

PortWith 2.4% growth over the previous year, the Port of Helsinki reached a record 12.3 million passengers in 2017. With almost 600,000 passengers more th...

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Havila Kystruten AS bids for Kystruten with four newbuildings

jan 17 2018

FerryPer Sævik’s Havila Kystruten AS has announced that it has also made a bid for the Norwegian ‘Kystruten’ tender (the coastal seaway tender). With four lo...

LE RIF sailing on the Gibraltar Strait in her IMTC livery © Frank Lose

LE RIF – abandoned?

jan 16 2018

FerryLE RIF, ex- IMTC, was acquired by a new Moroccan operator – Detroit World Logistic Maritime (DWLM) – in 2016 with a view to upgrading her and putting he...

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Tender out for the world’s first hydrogen high-speed ferry route in Norway

jan 16 2018

FerryThe municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, has sent out tender for what will become the world’s first hydrogen high-speed ferry route.

ASTERION will be renamed CONNEMARA for her new role under the Brittany Ferries 'économie' banner © Frank Lose

Brittany Ferries to charter a Visentini-Class ro-pax for new direct Cork-Santander connection

jan 16 2018

FerryThe direct routes linking the Irish Republic with continental Europe are gaining importance as Brexit uncertainty continues with freight carriers wantin...

NORDLYS © Shippax

Hurtigruten buys back two ships and submits a bid for the Kystruten tender

jan 16 2018

CruiseAt the end of November last year Hurtigruten bought back RICHARD WITH and now they have done the same with NORDLYS. A formal bid for the Kystruten tend...

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Modernised CARNIVAL VICTORY to re-enter service soon

jan 16 2018

CruiseCarnival Cruise Line’s 2000-built CARNIVAL VICTORY currently is in the midst of an extensive, multi-million-dollar drydocking that is adding a wide var...

FTI Cruises is poised to further expand its business © Neven Jerkovic

FTI Cruises seeks second vessel, returns to Cuba

jan 16 2018

CruiseAccording to the German travel trade magazine ‘Touristik aktuell’, German cruise operator FTI Cruises is looking for a second ship to complement the 19...

HORNOPIREN and three more ferries will join the Somarco fleet early next year © Somarco

(UPDATED) Chinese connection for Chilean operators

jan 15 2018

Ferry(Article first published 12 Dec 2017) The semi-submersible heavy-lift carrier SUN SHINE left Asia on 11 December with a load of four small ferries that ...

Port of Kiel © Tom Koerber

Record numbers for the Port of Kiel

jan 15 2018

PortThe Port of Kiel in Germany handled 7,407,376 tonnes of cargo in 2017 – a record that was 14.3% higher than the previous year. Much of this growth was...

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First steel cut for CRYSTAL ENDEAVOR at MV Werften

jan 15 2018

CruiseToday, 15 January, the first steel cut was made for Crystal Cruises’ CRYSTAL ENDEAVOR at MV Werften in Stralsund, Germany.

During the next two months cheaper ferry rates will apply to travel to the Croatian islands © Philippe Holthof

Croatia tests reduced ferry rates during off-season weekends

jan 15 2018

FerryFollowing a suggestion made by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, both Jadrolinija and Rapska Plovidba have agreed to test reduced weekend ferry fares (F...

From military to civil role for WESTPAC EXPRESS © Austal

Belfast’s Harland & Wolff to return WESTPAC EXPRESS to commercial passenger role

jan 13 2018

High-speedFollowing 16 years of sterling service for the US Marine Corp in the Pacific, the 2001, Austal-built 101m WESTPAC EXPRESS (HSV 676) is scheduled ...

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