Shippax Weekly News Bulletin – 27
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Record freight carryings for P&O Ferries’ Calais-Dover route
P&O Ferries’ six ferries on the Calais-Dover route carried more freight in the first six months of 2017 than in any first half of the year in its modern history.
Viking Line confirms Xiamen order
It’s official: Viking Line has confirmed the order for an EUR 194m cruise ferry to be built by the Chinese Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd.
Red Funnel sold for undisclosed sum
A consortium of British and Canadian pension schemes led by the West Midland Pensions Fund and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of the Province of Ontario, emerge as the buyers of Isle of Wight specialist Red Funnel.
BC Ferries to reinvest earnings in new ships, terminal upgrades and IT
BC Ferries has released its year-end results for fiscal 2017 with consolidated net earnings being CAD 77.4m.
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