Shippax News Bulletin – 37

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COLOR MAGIC celebrates ten years!

Today, 15 September, Color Line’s COLOR MAGIC, ‘the world’s largest cruise ship with car decks’, and the ship that will host the 2018 Shippax Ferry Conference, celebrates ten years in service. On this very day in 2007, COLOR MAGIC made her maiden voyage from Oslo to Kiel, and since then she has travelled a distance equal to 60 times around the globe.

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P&O Ferries reached 14-year high in August on Irish Sea route

In August, the ferry company reached the highest number of passengers who travelled on its Larne to Cairnryan route, traditionally the busiest month of the summer season. Compared to July, there was a 7% rise in passenger volumes, totalling to 65,296.

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Godby Shipping sells, extends charter and plans for future purchase

According to the local newspaper Ålands Sjöfart, Åland-based Godby Shipping has made some fleet changes. For the first time in seventeen years the company has sold one if its ships.

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First steel cutting for LNG-powered COSTA SMERALDA

The steel cutting ceremony for the first of two innovative LNG-powered mega cruises ships to be built for Costa Cruises, was held today (13 September) at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.

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Keel laid for Irish Ferries’ newbuild

With steel cutting having started in early April and the hull of the ro-ro freighter FADIQ having been launched from Flensburg Schiffbau-Gesellschaft’s (FSG) covered building hall last week, time has come to lay down the first keel section of Irish Ferries’ newbuilding.

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Fincantieri bags cruise ship order from Silversea Cruises

A contract worth about EUR 310m has been signed between Silversea Cruises and Fincantieri for the construction of a new cruise ship.

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Coral Expeditions of Australia orders cruise vessel from VARD

The Australian cruise operator Coral Expeditions has ordered an expedition cruise vessel to be designed and constructed by VARD. The vessel is specifically designed for expedition cruises to remote and exotic destinations in the Asia-Pacific region and will have a length of 93.5m with a capacity for 120 guests in 60 cabins.

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Steam Packet looks to change Northern Ireland port

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is considering changing Northern Ireland ports for services from Douglas with Larne, already used by P&O Ferries for Irish Sea North Channel sailings to Cairnryan, favoured over the limited existing facilities at Albert Quay, Belfast.

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