STEF-owned ferry company La Mériodionale has decided to thank CEO Benoit Dehaye for his services (source: Mr Dehaye’s Linkedin).
After 12 years of service, he’s being replaced by Guillaume de Feydeau, former crisis and restructuration manager at SNCM. (Who is Guillaume de Feydeau? Linkedin)
French maritime journal Le Marin expects the route between Marseille and Morocco to be in jeopardy.
The number of guests who travelled in 2022 between Eckerö and Grisslehamn is much higher than the year before, and is about 82% of the passenger volume in pre-covid year 2019.
From 1 July 2022, all entry restrictions from Sweden to Åland were also removed, which meant that many Swedes again booked Åland as their holiday destination via the Eckerö Line in 2022.
Photographer: Niclas Nordl
AURORA BOTNIA carried 267,757 passengers between Vaasa and Umeå in 2022.
The year was a success in many ways:
+149% increase in passenger volume
+11.5% increase in transported tonnes
+4.4% cargo units
+126% increase in transported passenger vehicles
+14% departures of AURORA BOTNIA
+78.6% turnover
-19.6% reduction in CO2 emissions
+25% passengers compared to 2021 (3 million+)
+15% passenger and cargo vehicles (1 million in total)
+30% trips (in total 19,500)
17% of the passengers (500,000+) were non-residents, which reflects the recovery of foreign tourism on trips between islands.
During the latter part of Q4, the company’s passenger operations have
performed better than expected, which has improved the company’s results.
In the previous outlook, uncertainty factors such as the geopolitical situation and its impact on energy prices, inflation, interest rates and currencies have been cited as having a negative impact on the result.
These have not had as strong an impact as previously feared.
Viking Line Abp assesses that the operating result for 2022 will be slightly better than 2021
and that the result before taxes is expected to be on par with 2021.
The previous view was that operating income was expected to be somewhat worse than for 2021.
Sembcorp Marine delivered LEIKANGER, the last of three fully battery-operated ferries for Norled. The vessel is on its way to Europe onboard a Rolldock heavy lift vessel.
Sisters HELLA and DRAGSVIK were delivered in March and July 2022.
The ferries run on lithium-ion batteries charged by hydro-electric energy power. The vessels can also operate in hybrid mode using combined battery-diesel power as an alternative.
The zero-emission vessels are based on a proprietary design developed by Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary, LMG Marin AS.
After acquiring GEFCO in 2022, CMA CGM decided that the brand name GEFCO would disappear in favour of CEVA Logistics.
GEFCO, originally belonging to Peugeot, is a European leader in automotive logistics.
P&O Ferries moves to Terminal 5
Seatruck to Terminal 4
Effective January 23rd 2023
Reason: CLdN-owned Seatruck moves to the terminal where the CLdN ships are.
More details: https://www.dublinport.ie/po-ferries-and-seatruck-switch-terminal-locations-within-dublin-port/
2022 was a year of challenges for Port of Antwerp-Bruges. Geopolitical tensions, the energy crisis and ongoing disruptions in supply chains made their presence felt.
The challenges were most palpable in container traffic. Container throughput fell 8.6% in tons and 5.2% in TEUs in 2022, compared with a strong 2021, back to pre-pandemic levels.
Total roro traffic (including PCTC traffic) saw an increase of 6.5%.
More than 3.26 million new cars were handled in 2022, an annualised growth of 10.5%. Throughput of ‘high & heavy’ rolling stock increased by 9.6%, while throughput of used cars and trucks decreased by 13.2% and 17% respectively.
Unaccompanied cargo (excluding containers) grew 10.0%, a significant portion of which was related to the United Kingdom (+4.9%) and Ireland (+35%).
The all-new STENA EBBA was in the spotlight during a well-attended naming ceremony on 11 January 2023 in Karlskrona, marking the launch of Stena Line’s second E-Flexer ferry on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route.
The event follows the introduction of sister vessel STENE ESTELLE in September 2022.
