Shippax Newsletter– week 11
Attica Group likely to sign newbuild agreement with Elefsis Shipyard at the end of May
© George Giannakis
The managing director of the ONEX group, Panos Xenokostas, revealed in a meeting with Greek journalists that a newbuild agreement will likely be signed with the Attica Group by the end of May for a 100-metre long passenger ferry.
The ship will be built by the Elefsis Shipyard for the Blue Star Ferries brand to a dual fuel design, capable of running on methanol.
Construction started on Grimaldi Group’s first of ten Ammonia Ready car carriers
On 14 March, a steel cutting ceremony was held in Haimen at the CMI Shipyard for the Grimaldi Group’s first of ten Ammonia Ready 9,000 CEU capacity car carriers.
Due to be named GRANDE SHANGHAI, this state-of-the-art vessel is part of the Grimaldi Group’s USD 2.5 billion newbuilding programme, resulting in the delivery of twenty-five new ultra-modern vessels in the period 2023-2027.
Stena Line launches newly refurbished ships on North Sea corridor
STENA BRITANNICA © Marc Ottini
In response to the changing needs of its customers, Stena Line has carried out a major renewal of two of its ships, STENA BRITANNICA and STENA HOLLANDICA. The transformation, which took just 18 days per ship, offers new restaurant and bar options, modern and refreshed seating areas, and increased passenger capacity. In addition, the renovation of the ships is another step forward in Stena Line’s ambition to reduce its CO2 emissions by 2030 (based on our 2019 emission levels).
Norwest Ship Management AS signed an agreement to buy HVITANES and EYSTNES
Norwest Ship Management announced that they have signed an agreement with Smyril Line for the purchase of the two sister vessels HVITANES and EYSTNES with delivery in April 2024.
Both HVITANES and EYSTNES will be included in the existing fleet of Norwest Ship Management, which after the said purchases will consist of 11 vessels. HVITANES will sail under her new name LINK POLARIS while EYSTNES will be renamed LINK AURORA.
The Oceanbird concept getting closer to the final design
The fully sailing vessels from the Oceanbird concept have taken several forms since its creation but are now getting closer to the final design. The recently finished tender design shows a ship equipped with six wing sails that runs in parallel across the deck.
The Oceanbird concept was developed in a Swedish research cluster consisting of Wallenius Marine, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and SSPA Maritime center at Rise. In 2020, the cluster presented a vessel with telescopic 80-metre-high wing sails and studies that showed a possibility of a 90% reduction of emissions.
DFDS February 2024 volumes
DFDS' total volumes in February 2024 were 15.7% above 2023 and up 11.1% adjusted for the addition of Strait of Gibraltar routes in 2024 and closure of the Calais-Tilbury route in 2023. The month’s high organic growth reflects to some extent a relatively low activity level in February 2023. The number of passengers in February 2024 were 69.9% above 2023 and up 16.0% adjusted for the addition of Strait of Gibraltar routes. The adjusted increase was driven by more Channel passengers while the number of passengers on other routes were below 2023. The number of cars were 51.3% above 2023 and up 7.2% adjusted for Strait of Gibraltar.
Stena Rederi A/S closes deal to sell the vessel URD to Sea Lines
URD © Stena Line
The 1981-built vessel URD will be sold by Stena Rederi A/S to the Black Sea ferry operator Sea Lines. Sea Lines will take delivery of the vessel in May 2024.
URD transported freight and travel customers on the Stena Line route between Nynäshamn in Sweden and Hanko in Finland up until the discontinuation of the route in October 2023. Since then, she has been chartered by TT-Line.
Lloyd’s Register report: Total cost of ownership a potential barrier for methanol propulsion on passenger ships
STENA GERMANICA was converted to operate on methanol in 2015 © Gothenburg Port Authority
A new report from Lloyd’s Register (LR) has found that the total cost of ownership (TCO) for passenger ships retrofitted with methanol dual-fuel engines to be more than double the cost of blended fuel (Blend B30), heavy fuel oil (HFO) and HFO with Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (oCCS).
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