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Polish Shipping Association joins ECSA membership

jan 12 2024

ECSA welcomed the Polish Shipping Association as a full member as of 1 January 2024. The Polish Shipping Association brings together the Polish Shipowners’ Association (ZAP) and the Polis...

VARSOVIA © Polferries

Polferries' Visentini newbuild to be named VARSOVIA

jan 11 2024

FerryPolferries has chosen a name for its new Swinoujscie-Ystad ro-pax. It will be VARSOVIA. Construction is proceeding on schedule at the Visentini Shipyard...

SICILIA © Baleària

Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express increase frequency on the Huelva-Canary route

jan 11 2024

FerryBaleària and Fred. Olsen Express incorporate a new ferry to the route that links Huelva with the Canary Islands, which will allow from January 13, to ha...

© Peter Mild

Construction begins on Stena Line’s hybrid ro-ro’s for Belfast – Heysham route

jan 11 2024

Ro-roStena Line held a steel cutting ceremony for the first of its ‘NewMax’ hybrid ro-ro’s in Weihai, China. The two new hybrid freight ro-ro’s are ordered fr...

Managing director of Fjord1, Dagfinn Neteland and director of ferries in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Dag Hole

Fjord1 signed contract for the world's first ferry connection with autonomous ferries

jan 10 2024

FerryFjord1 and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration have signed a contract for the operation of the national road ferry connection E39 Lavik-Oppedal. F...

PONIENTE JET and PATRIA SEAWAYS

DFDS’ acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc completed

jan 10 2024

DFDS has completed the acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc, thereby entering the Strait of Gibraltar short-sea ferry market connecting Spain and Morocco. The acquisition expands DFDS’ network...

Early look at DFDS’ refurbished Newhaven-Dieppe ferries

jan 10 2024

FerryDFDS' two ferries, COTE D'ALBATRE and SEVEN SISTERS, on the Newhaven-Dieppe route, are undergoing refurbishments, and some early renderings have now bee...

Deltamarin to design new wind-assisted ro-ro vessels for LDA

jan 10 2024

Ro-roDeltamarin announced its collaboration with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Co Ltd. (WSIG) in designing three moder...

CAP DE BARBARIA © Balearia

Baleària's hybrid electric H2 Ready ferry CAP DE BARBARIA reduces CO2 emissions by 33%

jan 10 2024

FerryBaleària 's hybrid electric H2 Ready ferry CAP DE BARBARIA, which has been operating since last May between Ibiza and Formentera, has reduced CO2 emissi...

AURORA BOTNIA © Wasaline

Record-breaking passenger volumes for Wasaline in 2023

jan 09 2024

FerryWasaline’s passenger volumes continue to grow. In 2023 the company transported 279,590 passengers between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden, up 4.4 percen...

NORBANK © Frank Lose

P&O Ferries strengthens North Sea presence with new London – Rotterdam freight route

jan 09 2024

Ro-roP&O Ferries announced the opening of a new ro-ro freight route in the North Sea, between London (Tilbury 2) and Rotterdam (Europoort), starting in Ma...

© Peter Mild

Corsica Linea signs a contract with Stena RoRo for E-Flexer

jan 08 2024

FerryA contract has been signed between Corsica Linea and Stena RoRo for a new LNG-powered E-Flexer. This 13th E-Flexer will enter service in March 2026 for ...

BIRKA STOCKHOLM has been renamed BIRKA GOTLAND © Jukka Huotari

Trident BMC to equip BIRKA GOTLAND with shore power

jan 05 2024

Trident BMC will equip Gotlandsbolaget’s and Viking Line’s BIRKA GOTLAND with Shore Power. The High Voltage Shore Connection HVSC on BIRKA GOTLAND is designed for 3,700kVA of power and ad...

GNV POLARIS © GSI

GSI Shipyard launched GNV POLARIS

jan 05 2024

FerryGSI Shipyard launched the first of GNV’s new ro-paxes. Named GNV POLARIS, it will become 218-metres long and have a capacity for 1,500 passengers and 3,...

MOBY VINCI © Frank Lose

MSC Group bought MOBY SHARDEN and MOBY VINCI

jan 05 2024

FerryShipping Italy reports that the two sisters MOBY SHARDEN and MOBY VINCI have been bought by the MSC Group, for service by GNV. The price for the pair is...

PRIDE OF CANTERBURY © Frank Lose

PRIDE OF CANTERBURY sold for recycling

jan 05 2024

FerryP&O’s 1991-built PRIDE OF CANTERBURY has been sold for recycling in Aliaga, Turkey.

VIKING GLORY © George Giannakis

4.9 million passengers travelled with Viking Line in 2023

jan 04 2024

FerryA total of 4,897,494 (4,945,564) passengers sailed on Viking Line’s vessels in 2023. During the period June-August, there were nearly 1.8 million passen...

Karin Orsel and Mikki Koskinen

Karin Orsel takes the helm as ECSA President, with Mikki Koskinen appointed Vice-President

jan 04 2024

Karin Orsel has been appointed the first female President ever in the history of ECSA, starting on 1 January 2024 for a two-year term, with Mikki Koskinen joining as the new Vice-Presiden...

SUPERSPEED 1 © Anders Martinsen

Bunker One and Color Line collaborate on switch to biofuel

jan 04 2024

FerryFor almost one month, Bunker One has supplied B100 biofuel to Color Line’s SUPERSPEED 1 and 2 ferries travelling between Hirtshals in Denmark and Larvik...

CADENA 4 © Frank Lose

CADENA 4 sold to the Spanish MoD

jan 04 2024

Ro-roCLdN has sold its CADENA 4 to the Spanish MoD, who have renamed it EL CAMINO ESPANOL. CADENA 4 was chartered to Baleària & Fred. Olsen Express for se...

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