As from this week, ropax SAGA owned by Stena is back on the market, available for charter. The two-month lasting agreement with the Ancona-based ferry company Adria Ferries has just expired and the ship is now positioned in the southern part of the Adriatic Sea waiting for instructions.
For the last two months SAGA has been deployed on the route linking Italy (Ancona) with the port of Durrës, in Albania.
MSC announced the launch of a new, direct rail service connecting Trieste, Italy and Ludwigshafen, Germany available from 10 September 2021, designed to improve rail capacity and reduce transit time between Turkey and Germany to an estimated 12 days.
This service is directly in competition with the combined (roro and train) transport services offered on the same tradeline by DFDS and Ulusoy.
MSC specified that the service is designed to offer customers transporting automotive parts, chemicals, textiles, packaging, food, pharmaceuticals and many other commodities.. Ludwigshafen’s strategic position on the Rhine, with easy access to Frankfurt and Stuttgart and its importance as a centre for commerce make it an ideal location for both local goods distribution and access to the wider Northern European market.
The EU Commission has approved DFDS’ acquisition of the HSF Logistics Group announced on 26 January 2021.
HSF Logistics Group is one of Europe’s leading cold chain logistics providers to meat producers and other food producers that operate temperature-controlled supply chains.
TT-Line has had a substantial increase in volumes in recent years and is Port of Trelleborg’s largest customer. Currently, TT-Line has seven vessels operating the lines between Trelleborg and Travemünde, Rostock, Swinoujscie and Klaipeda. In 2022, the first of the two LNG 230m Green Ships, is expected to be put into operation.
Unvaccinated people in Greece from next week will need a negative Covid-19 rapid antigen test result in order to travel between regions.
The rule, which will be in force until March 31, 2022, is among the series of measures announced by the Greek government to stop the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) and to protect the public health system.
In August 2021 AS Tallink Grupp transported
-14.1% passengers = 389,715
-3.4% cargo units = 28,790
-18.1% passenger vehicles = 78,193
COVID-19 related travel restrictions were the key operational factor influencing the developments in August 2021.
BC Ferries’ newest hybrid electric ship transited the Panama Canal over the weekend and is now preparing for its trip home to British Columbia. Island 5, as it is temporarily named, departed Romania on July 31 under its own power. BC Ferries expects the ship to be in B.C. by late-September, depending on weather.
Together, Island 5 and Island 6 will allow for two-ship service on the Nanaimo Harbour – Gabriola Island route starting in 2022.
A-Ships Management’s GOLDEN BRIDGE (1990) was introduced on the Bari – Durrës Line on September 3, 2021. The Japanese-built vessel was chartered to GNV for further service on the Italy-Albania line. (3-month charter + purchase option is the rumour)
The Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs and Island Policy approved the tender results for the introduction of the Hellenic Seaways’ HSC HELLENIC HIGHSPEED on the Rhodes-Chalki-Karpathos-Kasos-Sitia line.
The ship will be subsidised for 3 weekly sailings until October 3, 2021.
Ground and sea transportation platform Bookaway has integrated with specialist OTA Direct Ferries.
“As part of the final stages of implementation, we plan to offer car ferry bookings on our platform for the first time – which will appeal to a new wave of group, family and environmentally conscious travellers,” said David Yitzhaki, Bookaway’s chief marketing officer and co-founder.
