Shippax News Bulletin – 45
- In association with Interferry
Dear Subscriber,
We are sending you the headlines of the news added to the Shippax website during week 45.
21 news have been added on our website since last friday, check them out:
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Enjoy your weekend!
Brødrene Aa to build two high-speed ferries for Nordland county municipality
Norwegian Brødrene Aa has just landed two more orders. The Nordland county municipality today, 9 November, placed an order for two ‘NEX’ high-speed carbon ferries, one to be used at Svolvær, and the other at Sandnessjøen, replacing the Torghatten-operated STEIGTIND and SALTEN.
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Lindblad Expeditions signs agreement with Ulstein for new polar vessel
Lindblad Expeditions has announced that they have signed an agreement with Norwegian Ulstein Verft for the construction of a new polar vessel.
Damen inks contract for two Lake Ontario ferries
The Government of Ontario and Damen Shipyards Group have signed a contract for the design, construction and delivery for two ‘road’ ferries that will operate in Lake Ontario. The two-ship contract is valued at over CAD 61m.
Q3 results are starting to come in. Below are the most recent ones:
Scandlines Helsingborg-Helsingör (HH Ferries AB)
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
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Martin Dorchester to take up a new challenge outside the ferry business
David MacBrayne Ltd (DML) announced that their CEO, Martin Dorchester, also Managing Director of CalMac Ferries Ltd, is stepping down and will leave the company.
ABB to deliver first fuel cell system for Royal Caribbean
The system is aimed to be piloted on board a Royal Caribbean International vessel and will be the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a luxury cruise ship.
Baleària takes delivery in December of the first of four eco ferries
The first of four eco ferries for Baleària was launched on 3 November, and is scheduled for delivery in December. The four eco ferries are being constructed by the Asturian Gondán shipyard.
GNV opens new Livorno-Trapani MoS
GNV is further expanding its MoS network and will start a new twice weekly freight connection between Livorno and Trapani, Sicily, on 9 November.
Grimaldi Group takes delivery of GRANDE NEW YORK
GRANDE NEW YORK, the second in a series of three 12-deck PCTCs built by Jinling, was handed over to the Grimaldi Group on 31 October and left Nanjing for Antwerp on 3 November.
Keel laying ceremony for SPECTRUM OF THE SEAS
The keel laying ceremony was held for Royal Caribbean’s SPECTRUM OF THE SEAS at the Neptun Werft – a subsidiary of Meyer Werft – with the lucky coin placed under the first block when lowered into position.
HALUNDER JET ready for Atlantic positioning voyage
The passenger-only high-speed catamaran HALUNDER JET has left Hamburg for good today, 3 November.
NORTHERN SEA WOLF on her way to Canada
NORTHERN SEA WOLF, which BC Ferries took over in Piraeus on 30 August, has now left Greece for British Columbia – a journey of 10,097 nautical miles.
UPDATED: TT-Line to open seasonal Swinoujscie-Rønne route
TT-Line has announced that they will continue the service with NILS DACKE between Swinoujscie-Rønne also for next year, operating every Saturday from 16 June to 9 September 2018.
UPDATED: Port of Madeira reducing port fees to make Funchal-Portimão ro-pax service viable
Deadline for the tender has been extended from 6 November to 18 December at the request of Mutalista Açoreana.
So far, the following 13 companies have today submitted their interest:
A Empresa de Navegação Madeirense, a Transinsular Madeira, Tecnovia Madeira, Mutalista Açoreana de Transportes Marítimos, Transdev Douro, Seventh Wave, Navegar, Hellenic Shipping, Mavale e Mota, Vieira e Silveira, Tallink Grupp AS, FRS Europe Holding KG.
High VAT rates on ferry tickets in Greece are detrimental to competitiveness
The total contribution of coastal shipping to Greece’s GDP in 2016 amounted to EUR 16.1bn (USD 18bn) or 9.2%, and employed 349,000 people or 9.7% of the total.