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SPIRIT OF RATHLIN set to take over Ballycastle-Rathlin Island service. © Arklow Marine Services

Rathlin Island ferry ready to go!

jan 20 2017

FerryNew ferry SPIRIT OF RATHLIN is set to take-over the Northern Ireland passenger and vehicle service between Ballycastle, County Antrim, and Rathlin Islan...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VENTURE

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic reveals name of second ship

jan 20 2017

CruiseNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC VENTURE will be the name of the second ship Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic have on order at Nichols Brothers Boat Builder...

KONINGSDAM

MOA for two more ships Fincantieri will build for Carnival Corporation

jan 20 2017

CruiseCarnival Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build two new cruise ships for its Princess Cru...

NISSOS CHIOS Balearia © Photo Mike Barker

Baleària satisfied with new routes from Melilla

jan 20 2017

FerryBaleària report that they have carried over 11,000 passengers and 2,000 cars on the new routes connecting Melilla with Almería and Málaga, which started...

EUROPEAN HIGHLANDER © P&O Ferries

Freight record for P&O Ferries’ Cairnryan-Larne route

jan 19 2017

FerryP&O Ferries carried over 200,000 freight units – 206,700 units to be precise – on the domestic Cairnryan-Larne route in 2016, a first since 2012.

© Viking Line

Extensively refurbished CINDERELLA back in service for Viking Line

jan 19 2017

FerryFollowing an 18-day docking at the Landskrona yard, Viking Line’s CINDERELLA is now back in service between Stockholm and Mariehamn.

Icelandic Westman Islands ferry © Crist Shipyard

Finally a new ferry for the Westman Islands

jan 19 2017

FerryThe Crist Shipyard (Gdansk, Poland) has been selected to build the long-awaited ferry for the Icelandic Westman Islands.

IONAS © Martin Lochte-Holtgreven

IONAS is going home

jan 19 2017

FerryAs Estonian ferry operator Praamid has put the Turkish-built LEIGER into service, the chartered IONAS became obsolete and is now underway to Piraeus.

© Port of Ystad

Traffic volumes reached record levels at Port of Ystad in 2016

jan 18 2017

PortPort of Ystad, which is the third largest passenger port in Sweden, had a record number of 2,086,877 passengers in 2016, an increase of 5 per cent com...

© Port of Kiel

Record throughput for port of Kiel

jan 17 2017

PortToday, 17 January, the port of Kiel released its 2016 traffic figures. The German port recorded a sharp growth in both ferry and cruise passengers. Ro...

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION © National Geographic Expeditions

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION cancels five voyages

jan 17 2017

CruiseNational Geographic Expeditions’ NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ORION has to cancel five expedition cruises following a major engine failure that occurred in Anta...

AIDABELLA © Kai Ortel

Aida Cruises announces AIDABELLA summer deployment

jan 17 2017

CruiseAfter announcing in late December last year that the newbuilding AIDAPERLA will be delivered early, taking over the Western Mediterranean routes of AID...

AIDAPRIMA hits bad weather

jan 17 2017

CruiseWhile returning from a winter cruise to destinations in the English Channel, Aida Cruises’ flagship AIDAPRIMA encountered bad weather with north-wester...

South Orkney © Mike Louagie

One more expedition cruise vessel to be ordered

jan 16 2017

CruiseThe niche market of expedition cruise vessels is growing. At this time, some 16 highly specialised ships have been ordered, and some options are likely...

PRIDE OF YORK © Russell Plummer

Four ships from P&O Ferries to receive major upgrades and re-fit work at Remontowa

jan 16 2017

FerryThis season P&O Ferries will send a total of four ships from its North Sea and Short Sea fleets to the Remontowa Shipyard in Gdansk for major upgrad...

CalMac Ferries CEO Martin Dorchester leaves the company at the end of March. © CalMac

CalMac's Dorchester seeks 'new challenge'

jan 16 2017

ProfileMartin Dorchester, managing director of CalMac Ferries and chief executive of parent company David MacBrayne Ltd. has decided to step down at the ...

BORE BANK leaving Lübeck for the first time on January 14 © Dirk Jankowsky

Converted car carrier returns as ro-ro freighter

jan 16 2017

Ro-roAfter some rebuilding works the former AUTO BANK is now back in service, on charter to Transfennica.

VIKINGLAND © Swedish Orient Line

Grimaldi Lines charters VIKINGLAND

jan 16 2017

Ro-roAfter the closure of Swedish Orient Lines’ Rostock-Hanko service on December 31, the VIKINGLAND has now been chartered by Grimaldi Lines. The vessel wi...

FINNCLIPPER in Rostock © Kai Ortel

FINNCLIPPER stands in for MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN

jan 16 2017

Ro-roWith the current shipyard overhaul of MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN taking a few days longer than anticipated, Stena Line has chartered FINNCLIPPER on short n...

SASSNITZ © Mukran Port

Stena Line suspends winter sailings on the Sassnitz-Trelleborg route

jan 16 2017

FerryDue to a scheduled shipyard overhaul of SASSNITZ and the fact that Stena Line does not have a suitable replacement ferry at hand, winter sailings on the...

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