As from 20 October 2022, La Méridionale will connect Tanger Med with Barcelona and Marseille.
- GIROLATA on Tanger Med – Marseille every 5 days
- PELAGOS on Tanger Med – Barcelona twice a week (previously assigned on Tanger Med – Alicante – Marseille).
In this year’s second edition of FlaskPosten (PDF), Godby Shipping reports the fleet deployment.
MIDAS was redelivered from the charter to Caribbean Linked Shipping in March, traded for a month as docking replacement for MIMER in the CMA CGM system, came ”home” to Landskrona for docking and started a 6+6+6 month time charter for Scandic Line. The traffic is similar to what Midas were doing for Wagenborg 2020, ie Riga-Södertälje.
Cargo volumes have been weak so it remains to be seen what happens in the future.
- MIDAS Scandic Line November 2022 + options
- MISTRAL Smyril December 2022 + options
- BALTIC BRIGHT Holmen December 2023
- MIMER CMA CGM December 2023 + option
- LYSVIK and LYSBRIS DFDS December 2023 + options
- MISANA and MISIDA Sea-Cargo December 2026 + option
Viking Line’s AMORELLA was handed over to Corsica Ferries SAS on 13 October 2022.
The name of the vessel will be MEGA VICTORIA after reflagging.
UK Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan announced that the Port of Dover has been successful in its bid to fund the Green Corridor Short Straits (GCSS) consortium’s feasibility study to establish a zero-carbon trade route, a partnership which also includes French sister ports, Calais and Dunkirk.
The Green Corridor Short Straits study focuses on the route between the Port of Dover and the Ports of Calais and Dunkirk will support the transition to green crossings to and from the UK, making way for zero-emission vessels, leisure crafts and workboats in the future.
Green Shipping Corridor (2): Gent – Göteborg
The services between the Port of Gothenburg and North Sea Port (Ghent) have been a key route for Swedish and Belgian industry and food supplies. The route will become a green corridor, as the port authorities have come together, aiming toward using alternative fuels for seagoing vessels by 2025.
Green Shipping Corridor (3)
According to the Clydebank Declaration established at the COP26 climate summit a “Green Corridor” means that a shipping route between two ports is served by green marine transport operations. The Clydebank Declaration was signed by Sweden, Belgium and 30 other countries during COP26, and states that the countries in question shall promote the climate transition of the shipping industry by supporting and encouraging green shipping corridors.
Since September two new intermodal opportunities will speed up the transfer from road to rail and sea: 9 weekly additional train roundtrips connecting Duisburg as well as the hub Kaldenkirchen with Rostock.
The combination of trains and ferry schedules provides a fast and sustainable transport connecting southern, western with northern Europe.
Both train connections are tailormade to fit Hansa Destinations schedule to connect to/from middle and north of Sweden with Rostock.
Hansa Destinations are also expanding its services with cargo transport departures directly from Rostock to Visby on the island of Gotland.
Ferrando & Massone brokered the Maltese ferry I SEE ONE (built 2020).
The unit will depart from Malta in few days to reach its new destination in the Red Sea.
- After nine months, the total throughput of Port of Antwerp-Bruges was 217.4 million tonnes, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to the same period last year.
- Despite the negative impact of the geopolitical and macroeconomic context, all cargo flows are recording growth, with the exception of the container segment, which remains under pressure.
- RoRo traffic saw an increase of 8.1%.
- Throughput of new cars increased 8.5%, mainly due to strong arrivals from China.
- Unaccompanied roro cargo (excluding containers) grew by 13%.
Ferry electrification:
- Standardized designs are available to the market, providing good results on various routes.
- Difficulties arise when sailing distances increase and berthing times are shorter.
- In these demanding situations, the standard green ferry designs do not provide a feasible solution.
Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam has recently taken the challenge and designed two green ferries.
- The routes of both vessels required non-standard solutions to match the operational requirements, meaning long distance and severe weather conditions.
- Design 1: an electric ferry with a state-of-art battery system and optimized hull shape for
- Design 2: a double-ended ferry, outfitted with a hydrogen-powered electrical propulsion system.
On October 13, 2022, it was announced that the SBS LINES CYPRUS introduced two roro vessels on the new commercial line Thessaloniki-Lavrio-Limassol since October 1, 2022.
The two ships (CENK T and CENK G) will approach the port of Lavrio every Thursday (from Limassol) and every Saturday (from Thessaloniki).
Port Authority Managing Director Mr. Georgios Vakondios said that: “the growth of the international Ro-Ro sector is a priority for the port of Lavrio and that more agreements are in the works”.
According to the headlines on the Turkish press, warm was the reception of the Levante Ferries’ RoPax SMYRNA DI LEVANTE at the port of Smyrna.
The press underlined that SMYRNA DI LEVANTE is “the ship of friendship” and added that “this is what the Aegean Sea deserves”.
Levante Ferries’ executives appeared fully satisfied by their ship’s first results, while the General Directorate of Maritime Affairs, of the Turkish Ministry of Transport said, “that the new line is the new gateway to Europe for our exports through Thessaloniki”.
SMYRNA DI LEVANTE connected the port of Thessaloniki with Smyrna -for the first time- on October 10, 2022, and will offer three weekly evening sailings from each port.