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Oct 06
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One of the world’s largest fast ferries has been launched at Austal’s fast ferry yard in the Philippines

By 2022 Newsletter week 40

EXPRESS 5, the new Molslinjen ferry, is the world’s largest in terms of the number of cars and passengers.

The ferry can accommodate up to 1,610 passengers and 451 cars on two car decks.

The interest in Bornholm has increased so much that the capacity on the ferry route (to Ystad) was quickly challenged, and therefore Molslinjen together with the Ministry of Transport decided already in 2019 to place an order for the construction of EXPRESS 5.

EXPRESS 5 is to be handed over to Molslinjen around the turn of the year 2022/2023.

First trip with passengers on 20 March 2023.

Oct 06
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Ropax OLYMPUS: for sale again

By 2022 Newsletter week 40

The tender for the sale of the Sea Speed Lines RoPax OLYMPUS is expected on October 12, 2022.

The tender is directed against the ship’s owner, which had also acquired her through auction in 2018.

OLYMPUS was supposed to replace Anek Lines’ PREVELIS on the Piraeus-Sitia-Kasos-Karpathos-Diafani-Chalki-Rodos and Piraeus-Santorini-Anafi subsidized lines as from 22 July2022. She never sailed, which led to the reactivation of PREVELIS and the layup of OLYMPUS.

Oct 06
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Gotlandsbolaget launches second zero-fossil-fuel project

By 2022 Newsletter week 40

Gotlandsbolaget is launching its Gotland Hydrocat ferry concept, the world’s first large-scale, high-speed catamaran powered by fossil-free hydrogen.

This is the second vessel in the Horizon Series – Gotland Company’s concept for next-generation vessels.

The vessels are designed to be powered by fossil-free hydrogen. However, both vessels have a multi-fuel solution which allows them to be run on other fossil-free fuels with a relatively simple adjustment.

The work on developing all the necessary technology continues, and the ambition is to order Gotland Hydrocat by 2025 and have it in service by 2030.

Gotland Company has developed the model and the design of Gotland Hydrocat in partnership with Austal.

Oct 06
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Baltic cruise ferry AMORELLA arrived in Italy

By 2022 Newsletter week 40
  • Corsica Ferries’ newest acquisition —the 1988-built AMORELLA from Viking Line— has arrived in Genoa.
  • Reported sales price is EUR 19.1 million.
  • Book value as of 30 June 2022 EUR 3.2 million.
  • Length 170m, pax 2,480 and lane metres 970
  • The vessel, soon to be renamed MEGA VICTORIA, will be repainted by Zincaf Ship Repair Yard in Genoa. She follows the former MARIELLA (renamed MEGA REGINA) bought last year from Viking Line too.
Oct 06
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GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI to Cotunav

By 2022 Newsletter week 40

The charter of Moby Group’s roro GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI has begun. Cotunav started to operate her between Rades and Italy (12+12 months).

Moby Group, with only one roro left after all others have been successfully chartered out, is in the meanwhile looking forward to the delivery of the new ropaxes. The first is soon to be delivered by GSI SHIPYARD in China, adding freight capacity.

Oct 06
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First major build milestone for Islay Ferries

By 2022 Newsletter week 40

The construction of two new ferries for Islay is officially underway after the first piece of steel was cut on 3 October 2022).

The steel-cutting ceremony took place at Cemre Marin Endustri shipyard in Turkey, where the two vessels are being built for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL).

94.8m | 450 passengers | 100 cars or 14 commercial vehicles

The Islay vessels form part of a 10-year programme of investment by CMAL, backed by £580 million from the Scottish Government for five years from 2021 to 2026.  Plans will deliver 21 new vessels for the fleet and multi-million-pound upgrade of harbour infrastructure over the next decade.  Further multi-million-pound investment will be needed to fund plans from 2026 onwards.

Oct 06
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CargoBeamer operates test train between Marseille and Calais

By 2022 Newsletter week 40

CargoBeamer wrote history by successfully running the first ever train with trailers between Marseille and Calais. The train serves as the first successful railway line for unaccompanied transport of craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers on rail, a field CargoBeamer is specialized in. Travelling from the Port of Marseille Fos to the CargoBeamer-Terminal in Calais, the service enabled 28 units to be transported on sustainable rail instead of the road.

Oct 06
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Finnlines invests heavily in passenger traffic with two new RoPax vessels for Finland-Sweden route

By 2022 Newsletter week 40
  • The first of two new RoPaxes will start operating on the Naantali–Långnäs–Kapellskär route in autumn 2023.
  • The vessels are part of a EUR 500 million investment programme.
  • FINNSIRIUS and FINNCANOPUS will significantly enhance the company’s passenger experience. Both vessels will have a capacity of 1,100 passengers, which is about twice the capacity of existing vessels on the route. The cargo capacity will increase from just over 4,000 lane metres in the current vessels to 5,200 lane metres.
  • The new vessels will feature high-quality restaurants, a sauna and spa section, business and lounge facilities, extensive shopping areas and a variety of other services. A lot of the processes will be digitalised, and self-service kiosks will make it easy to handle things on board the paperless ships.

“Superstar RoPaxes will be larger than the existing Star class and they will be Finnlines’ flagships both in terms of size and technology,” says Antonio Raimo, Line Manager at Finnlines.