Shippax Newsletter– week 16
Good to know for Shippax Ferry Conference attendees
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MOBY FANTASY delivered
MOBY FANTASY, the first of two 69,500gt next-generation ro-pax ferries for Moby, has been delivered from the GSI shipyard in Guangzhou. It is expected to arrive in the Mediterranean in mid-May and will enter service between Livorno-Olbia.
MOBY FANTASY, to be followed by MOBY LEGACY (initially MOBY MAGIC), have a length of 237m, a 32m beam and a capacity for 3,850 freight lanemetres and 2,500 passengers for whom 534 cabins is provided.
Grimaldi takes delivery of first G5 vessel GREAT ANTWERP
GREAT ANTWERP © Grimaldi Group
Grimaldi Group took delivery of the vessel GREAT ANTWERP from the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Ulsan (South Korea). This is the first of the six multipurpose ro-ro units commissioned from the Korean company just over two years ago.
The vessel inaugurates a new class called "G5", which is the evolution of the "G4" ro-ro multipurpose vessels built by the same shipyard and delivered to the Grimaldi Group in 2014 and 2015.
Singapore’s first fully electric ferry fleet unveiled
Designed by Incat Crowther and built by Penguin International, each Electric Dream ferry will transport 200-passengers at speeds of up to 21-knots between the Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal and Pulau Bukom, home to Shell's Energy and Chemicals Park.
SAOS Ferries bought high-speed catamaran ALCANTARA DOS from Trasmediterranea
ALCANTARA DOS © Trasmediterranea
The 1995-built Austal catamaran ALCANTARA DOS has been bought by SAOS Ferries from Trasmediterranea, thereby becoming the fourth ship in the Greek operators fleet.
SAOS Ferries will rename the ship NISSOS.
Ferry REGULA additional trips in summer 2023
REGULA © Uwe Jakob
The subsidiary of AS Tallinna Sadam, OÜ TS Laevad, signed an additional agreement with the Estonian Transport Administration based on the public passenger transport service Transport Administration will order additionally up to 536 trips with the ferry REGULA on Virtsu-Kuivastu line from 1 June to 31 August 2023.
For the summer period additional trips, TS Laevad will earn fixed fee of EUR 910,800, plus a voyage fee of EUR 455 per each trip. The maximum total amount for additional trips is EUR 1,154,680.
Visentini launched hull 237 for Polferries charter
© Polferries
At the Cantiere Navale Visentini Srl shipyard in Porto Viro near Chioggia in Northern Italy, a ferry being built for a subsidiary of the shipyard for charter to the Polish Baltic Shipping Company (Polferries) was launched and floated out.
The new Swinoujscie-Ystad ferry for Polferries, which will be delivered at the end of this year, will have a gross tonnage of about 41,000 and a deadweight of about 8,000 tonnes. It will have a capacity for 1,000 passengers and 3,000 lm, allowing it to carry about 100 trucks and about 200 cars at a time.
LNG-powered SUNFLOWER MURASAKI has entered service
SUNFLOWER MURASAKI © Mitsubishi Shipbuilding
Oita-based Ferry Sunflower's second LNG-powered ferry, SUNFLOWER MURASAKI entered service on the Osaka-Beppu route on 14 April 2023. She is a sister ship to SUNFLOWER KURENAI, which entered service in January 2023 on the same route.
SUNFLOWER MURASAKI/SUNFLOWER KURENAI can carry up to 716 passengers and 137 trucks at a service speed of 22.5 kn.
Uber Boat’s EARTH CLIPPER launched
EARTH CLIPPER © Wight Shipyard
The first of two hybrid catamarans Uber Boat by Thames Clippers are building at Wight Shipyard has been launched and named EARTH CLIPPER.
The hybrid design will allow the new vessels to operate solely on battery power while transporting commuters and sightseers through the Capital – throughout the Central Zone, between Tower and Battersea Power Station piers – and recharge while using biofuelled power outside of central London. The technology is not reliant on shore-based charging; the new boats will use excess power from the biofuelled engines to re-charge their batteries for the central London stretch.
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