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Sep 15
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More progress on the Greek Ports Privatization Process

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

On September 8, 2022 the board of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund was about to approve the documents of the candidates in the tender for the sale of the 67% of the Igoumenitsa Port Authority, while on September 22 will be the final deadline for the submission of binding financial offers for the port of Alexandroupolis.

So far, three are the submitted binding offers for the Port of Igoumenitsa (ATTICA S.A – AKTOR CONCESSIONS S.A., GRIMALDI EUROMED S.p.A. – MINOAN LINES and Thessaloniki Port Authority), while further development we will probably see after September 15.

As far as the Port of Alexandroupolis is concerned, within the framework of the Greek-American defense cooperation (Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement – MDCA) the port is used by the American armed forces for the transfer of war material to Europe. In this tender, two investment partners are participating. On the one hand is Quintana Infrastructure & Development and on the other hand the consortium of Black Summit Financial Group, Euroports, EFA Group and GEK TERNA, as well as the consortium Cameron S.A., Goldair Cargo S.A. and Bollore Africa Logistics.

Sep 15
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Guernsey will not buy a new passenger ferry for the island

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

In January 2022, the Policy & Resource Committee of Guernsey announced its intention to buy a ferry to lease to Condor Ferries.

“The idea was that a conventional ferry would add support to Condor’s current cluster of ships, which would give more security and an enhanced service to the island,” said the President of the Committee, Deputy Peter Ferbrache

Last week, the Policy & Resources Committee said it has abandoned plans to buy the island a new passenger ferry.

Sep 15
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Tallink Grupp: Extension of vessel charter agreement

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

A subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp, Baltic SF IX Limited and Marine Atlantic Inc, have concluded to extend the current charter agreement of ATLANTIC VISION (ex. SUPERFAST IX) for 18 months, until May 2024, with an option to extend the agreement for an additional 12 months.

The vessel has been on the long-term bareboat charter since November 14, 2008.

Sep 15
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Interislander confirms purchase of roro VALENTINE

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

Interislander has confirmed it will buy the former CLdN roro VALENTINE to provide resilience and secure freight capacity heading into the busy summer and Christmas period.

Interislander leased the roro in November 2021 to provide freight capacity across Te Moana-o-Raukawa Cook Strait while repairs were undertaken on the KAIARAHI gearbox.

KiwiRail has exercised the purchase option, buying the ship from Gotland Shipping (see our news from 2 December 2021).

Sep 15
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Cin-Moby roro GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI chartered by Cotunav for 1+1 years

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

Cotunav is rumoured to have chartered the roro ship GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI owned by Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione, company part of Moby Group (12m+12m)

The 3,660 lane meter unit, is at the time of writing still deployed on the Italian cabotage linking the port of Cagliari and Olbia with Livorno.

The charter rate should be around EUR 20,000 per day according to broker sources.

Cotunav will deploy the vessel on the maritime links from Tunisia to Italy (Livorno and Genova) and France (Marseille), the same route where is already active the roro LEEVSTEN for which the charter from Siem Group has been extended for three years starting from next January. Daily rate should exceed EUR 22,000 per day.

Sep 15
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Naming ceremony for the world’s biggest ice-rated ConRo vessel

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

8 September 2022, Wallenius SOL’s new record-breaking vessel BOTNIA ENABLER was christened in the Port of Skellefteå.

BOTNIA ENABLER is not only the world’s biggest ice-rated ConRo vessel with multi-fuel operation, but also the biggest ship that has ever called at the Port of Skellefteå. It was with much due pomp and ceremony that invited guests, politicians and representatives of trade and industry bore witness to the ship’s godmother Ulla Löfven when she according to tradition broke a bottle of champagne against the ship’s 242 metre long hull.

BOTNIA ENABLER will share the Zeebrugge-Antwerp-Kokkola-Oulu-Kemi-Skellefteå-Travemünde route with her sister ship, BALTIC ENABLER. This means weekly calls with a total capacity of 6,442 lane metres (962 TEU).

Sep 15
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Color Line improves the energy efficiency of its vessels with Elogrid

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

Color Line has ordered the Elogrid solution from Elomatic for two of its passenger car ferries to improve their energy efficiency. The Elogrid grid design for thruster openings reduces the additional resistance of vessels. This reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Elogrid also enhances the performance of thruster tunnels, which leads to better maneuverability.

Sep 15
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Grimaldi and the European Space Agency Sponsors in a project for automated berthing

By 2022 Newsletter week 37

The European Space Agency (ESA) is joining the effort to deploy new technologies that will contribute to the automation of shipping.

Through its Navigation Innovation and Support Program (NAVISP), the agency is participating in a program to use satellite location technology to assist and ultimately automate the mooring of ships.

The new project will involve Italy’s Grimaldi Group working with Kongsberg and the Radiolabs Consortium and the involvement of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The project’s goal is to design, execute and validate the berthing assistance system in operating conditions.

The first phase of the project, which is expected to last 18 months, will focus on the design of the equipment along with laboratory testing and pre-installation for the system to be tested on an in-service vessel.

The second phase, which has also been agreed with ESA and which is targeted to start in March 2024, plans to execute tests aboard the vessel.

The Grimaldi Satellite Assisted Berthing project foresees a system for assisted guidance during mooring using new satellite location technologies. The goal is to tie the satellite information into the ship’s automation systems.

The automation navigation testing will be carried out using one of the large ro-ro PCTC ships operated by Grimaldi and the test will take place at the Antwerp Euroterminal in Belgium.

During the first phase of the testing, the system will provide information to the ship’s command to assist in making decisions to facilitate mooring. The goal is to demonstrate a system that can fully automate berthing.