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National Audit Office says the British Government was warned last year about no-deal Brexit ferry pay-outs

Online Member Access May 10 2019

FerryIn the latest episode of the ongoing no-deal Brexit ferry contracts soap opera, the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that the British Government was warned last year that it would face a bill of up to GBP 20 million if sued over the procurement of no-deal Brexit ferry services.

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VICTORIA I is no stranger to the Helsinki-Tallinn route, having covered for SILJA EUROPA’s recent docking last winter. © Marko Stampehl

Tallink increases capacity between Helsinki and Tallinn, brings in fourth ship

Online Member Access Jun 03 2020

FerryIn view of the high demand for non-landing and day cruises from Helsinki to Tallinn, Tallink is bringing in its ...

CIUDAD DE IBIZA still displaying the old Trasmediterránea livery. © Kai Ortel

Trasmediterránea resumes passenger service between Valencia and Ibiza

Online Member Access Jun 03 2020

FerryTrasmediterránea has announced that with immediate effect, it is resuming passenger sailings between Valencia an...

CIUDAD DE IBIZA still displaying the old Trasmediterránea livery. © Kai Ortel

Trasmediterránea resumes passenger service between Valencia and Ibiza

Online Member Access Jun 03 2020

FerryTrasmediterránea has announced that with immediate effect, it is resuming passenger sailings between Valencia an...

GSI has started with the construction of MOBY FANTASY, reviving the name of a ferry that operated for Moby for almost 20 years. © Moby

GSI cuts first steel for next-generation Moby ro-pax

Online Member Access Jun 02 2020

CROWN SEAWAYS and PEARL SEAWAYS have been laid up since mid-March. © DFDS

DFDS to re-start Copenhagen-Oslo route after 70-day suspension

Jun 02 2020

Stena Line pulled the plug on the 'Köngislinie' with SASSNITZ, the route's single ship, laid up in Uddevalla. © Marc Ottini

Hope for a revival of Sassnitz ferry line?

Online Member Access Jun 02 2020

FERRY RITSURIN and her three sister ships have continued to operate in freight-only mode. © Ocean Trans Co.

Ocean Tokyu Ferry to resume passenger services

Online Member Access Jun 02 2020

Unlike displayed on the red banner, the eighth E-Flexer will have a 3,600-lanemetre rather than a 3,100-lanemetre intake. © CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard

Construction starts on eighth E-Flexer

Online Member Access Jun 02 2020

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CROWN SEAWAYS and PEARL SEAWAYS have been laid up since mid-March. © DFDS

DFDS to re-start Copenhagen-Oslo route after 70-day suspension

Jun 02 2020

Sherwood addressing the press conference following the announcement that Sealink UK Ltd. had been sold to British Ferries Ltd., a Sea containers Ltd. subsidiary. The year was 1984. © Sea Containers - Philippe Holthof collection

Former ferry tycoon dies at age 86

Online Member Access May 21 2020

COVID-19 is also affecting the lengthening project of STENA LAGAN and STENA MERSEY. © Frank Lose

Lengthening of Stena pair delayed due to COVID-19 – temporary layup of STENA LAGAN

Online Member Access May 25 2020

OSK-ShipTech's concept design of Interislander's new 50,000gt pair. © OSK-ShipTech

KiwiRail issues RFP for two 50,000gt hybrid rail ferries

Online Member Access May 27 2020

STENA LAGAN is one of two Visentini Class vessels to be lengthened by Sedef Shipyard. © Frank Lose

STENA LAGAN makes surprise call in Piraeus

Online Member Access May 24 2020

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ISABELLE will join REGAL STAR on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route. © Jukka Huotari

Tallink to temporarily increase capacity on Paldiski-Kapellskär route

Online Member Access Jun 01 2020

A regular morning sight at Kieler Förde is to return when Color Line re-starts (initially non-landing) cruises from Oslo. © Marko Stampehl

Gradual re-opening of ferry traffic for the summer season

Online Member Access May 29 2020

STENA VISION will not be laid up and replaced by STENA NORDICA this summer. © Christian Costa

STENA VISION to remain in service on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route

Online Member Access May 28 2020

CLdN/Cobelfret operates a short-sea ro-ro fleet of about 20 ships from its Zeebrugge and Rotterdam hubs. © Frank Lose

CLdN seeks judicial review of UK government’s GBP 35 million subsidy

Online Member Access May 27 2020

P&O Ferries' chartered NORSTREAM officially inaugurated the two-berth Tilbury2 river terminal. © Forth Ports

Tilbury2 opens for business

Online Member Access May 27 2020

OSK-ShipTech's concept design of Interislander's new 50,000gt pair. © OSK-ShipTech

KiwiRail issues RFP for two 50,000gt hybrid rail ferries

Online Member Access May 27 2020

Boreal Sjø's newbuilds of separate designs ordered at Holland Shipyards Group © Wärtsilä Ship Design

Boreal orders two hybrid double-enders from Holland Shipyards Group

Online Member Access May 27 2020

Baleària has resumed passenger services from the Spanish mainland to the Balearics. © Frank Heine

Baleària resumes passenger services to the Balearic Islands

Online Member Access May 26 2020

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