Moby’s Vincenzo Onorato published on Facebook a picture of the first ro-pax newbuilding (to be named MOBY FANTASY) under construction at GSI shipyard in China and which will be launched next month. (designed by OSK Group).
The photo shows world’s largest ice-rated multi-fuel roro ships at the Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd., China.
The ice-classed vessels have a length of 242m and a deadweight capacity of abt. 27,000 t making them largest in the class.
The Knud E. Hansen designed vessels will be the first Mega RoRo vessels in the world powered by LNG-fuelled engines.
First vessel scheduled for delivery mid-December. Second vessel was launched week 40.
Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne has inaugurated a new Irish terminal at the French ferry port of Dunkirk, with Ireland-France sea routes rising from 12 before Brexit to 44 now. (date: 11 October)
End of September, it has already handled nearly 40,000 freight units (trucks and unaccompanied containers) moving from Rosslare and back, as exporters side step the UK landbridge since Brexit took effect on 1 January.
Positive trend for September
Pax: +27.6% • 310,265
Pax Cars: +4% • 64,610
Cargo Units: +4% • 33,982
Negative trend for Q3
Pax: -13% • 1,144,092
Pax Cars: -16.8% • 229,468
Cargo Units: -1.1% • 90,538
Numbers are still far off from what Tallink is used to in Q3 in the pre-COVID times.
The company does not foresee great increases in passenger numbers before next spring or summer. Difficult low autumn-winter season ahead.
In light of the need to optimise the company’s activities for the low season ahead and with bookings for the autumn-winter season increasing at a slower pace than expected, the company made the decision to temporarily suspend the operation of its vessels BALTIC QUEEN, SILJA EUROPA and SILJA SERENADE after the end of the Christmas school holidays in January.
SILJA EUROPA will operate some special cruises and charter cruises during the suspension period.
The company will start operating its shuttle vessels Star and Megastar according to the traditional winter schedule from 16 October 2021.
DFDS and CLdN are adding more roro tonnage. The ships come from the Moby fleet.
Our colleague from Shipping Italy revealed that both ELIANA MARINO and MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO ship have been sub-chartered from Moby for at least six months.
ELIANA MARINO (2,500 lane metre) will be operated on the Mersin (Turkey) – Trieste (Italy) line by DFDS
Daily charter rate should be around EUR 14,000.
MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO (4,076 lane metre) is expected to be deployed by CLdN in Northern Europe and the ‘charter price’ should exceed EUR 20,000 per day. Both charters start from October.
Both roro’s have been operating up to date by Moby (in bare boat charter) on the Motorways of the Seas, linking Italy mainland with Sicily and Sardinia islands.
Grandi Navi Veloci has extended for 12 months the charter of two roro vessels already operated and deployed on the Genoa – Palermo – Malta route.
The units in question are the sister ships ELISABETH RUSS and CAROLINE RUSS, both controlled by the German company Ernst Russ AG and with a lane metre capacity of roughly 1,600 each.
A deal to purchase a ferry for deployment on the Clyde and Hebrides network has been agreed, bringing additional resilience to the fleet, says a release from Transport Scotland.
Norled’s UTNE has been earmarked for the Oban-Craignure route, and communities in Skye and the Western Isles will also benefit as a result of the cascade of vessels elsewhere on the network.
UTNE was designed by LMG Marin (LMG 40-DE type) and delivered in 2015.
Molslinjen’s brand new electric ferry GROTTE was put into operation on October 1st on the route between Esbjerg and Fanø. ‘
GROTTE was design by OSK Group and built at Hvide Sande Shipyard.
It was built according to exactly the same design as the two current ferries, FENJA and MENJA, which for many years have shown their efficiency in the short Danish domestic route between Esbjerg and Nordby on the island of Fanø.
The ferries FENJA and MENJA have just switched to fossil-free biofuel. The three ferries together will reduce emissions by up to 96 percent.
Molslinjen’s brand new electric ferry GROTTE was put into operation on October 1st on the route between Esbjerg and Fanø. ‘
GROTTE was design by OSK Group and built at Hvide Sande Shipyard.
It was built according to exactly the same design as the two current ferries, FENJA and MENJA, which for many years have shown their efficiency in the short Danish domestic route between Esbjerg and Nordby on the island of Fanø.
The ferries FENJA and MENJA have just switched to fossil-free biofuel. The three ferries together will reduce emissions by up to 96 percent.
End of an era for the Belgian-built SUPERFERRY II of Golden Star ferries, which will be delivered to SEAJETS on October 12, following the agreement that was made between the two ferry operators last April.
The 46-years-old ship will leave the port of Rafina after 28 years of service on the Andros-Tinos-Mykonos line.
The former PRINCE LAURENT of RMT served the route initially on behalf of Strintzis Lines and then for Blue Star Ferries and Golden Star Ferries. She will be remembered as the “Legend” of that line.