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Aug 26
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CMAL Appoints Design Consultant for Small Vessel Replacement Programme

By 2021 Newsletter week 34

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited has appointed German ferry design consultancy Navalue to lead the concept design of its Small Vessel Replacement Programme.

Navalue will provide consultancy services for the concept design stage of the programme, which will see several small vehicle and passenger vessels replaced on the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services network.

CMAL and Navalue will investigate and evaluate the feasibility of designing low emission ferries to be in line with the Scottish Government climate change commitments.

Aug 26
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Second of Two Trimarans For Fred. Olsen Express Completes Sea Trials in the Philippines

By 2021 Newsletter week 34
  • BAÑADEROS EXPRESS (Austal Hull 395), the 2nd of two Austal Auto Express 118m trimarans constructed for Fred. Olsen Express has completed a sea trials in Cebu, Philippines.
  • Delivery planned in September 2021.
  • She has easily achieved contract speed of 37.5 knots during multiple trials.
  • The new BAÑADEROS EXPRESS is the sister ship to the BAJAMAR EXPRESS, constructed in Australia and delivered in 2020.
Aug 26
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Summer Holiday Record on the Kattegat

By 2021 Newsletter week 34

The summer of 2021 meant new records for Molslinjen’s fast ferries on the routes across the Kattegat. Never before did the ferries transport so many cars and passengers between the regions as during this summer holiday.

During weeks 25 to 31:

237,819 cars = +14.5%

698,344 passengers = +7%

“What the numbers show us, is that the passengers are back. They also show that our floating bridge plays an increasingly important role in connecting Denmark,” says CEO Carsten Jensen.

Molslinjen’s ferries now have a market share of just over 13% of car traffic across the country.

Aug 26
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Stena Moves Tonnage

By 2021 Newsletter week 34
  • STENA VINGA will return to the Rosslare to Cherbourg ropax service during the autumn, replacing STENA FORETELLER, operating alongside the STENA HORIZON.
  • STENA FORETELLER will replace SEATRUCK PANORAMA on the Belfast to Liverpool (Birkenhead) route, adding 10% capacity.
  • SEATRUCK PANORAMA will probably return to Rosslare-Cherbourg route mid-December 2021, to replace STENA VINGA.
  • STENA VINGA will then end up… somewhere. (rumours: Condor)
Aug 26
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Godby Shipping Extends Charters

By 2021 Newsletter week 34
  • Smyril has declared the option and extended the contract for roro MISTRAL until end December 2021. Smyril additionally have options for extensions until December 2022.

MISTRAL is running on a tough line Denmark-Faroe Island-Iceland.

  • LINK STAR has been extended by UPM until end September 2021.
Aug 26
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BC Ferries Revealed the Names of its Third and Fourth Island Class Ferries

By 2021 Newsletter week 34

ISLAND NAGALIS and ISLAND K’ULUT’A are the newest vessels to enter the fleet, allowing two-ship service to begin on the Campbell River – Quadra Island route in 2022.

The names celebrate the important connection to some of the coastal communities the ferries will serve. In both Kwak̓wala and Lik̓wala, two of the Kwakwaka’wakw dialects, Nagalis means “dawn on the land” and K’ulut’a is the name for Porpoise.

Island Class ferries have the capacity to carry 47 vehicles and up to 400 passengers and crew. They are battery equipped ships designed for future full electric operation. The ships are fitted with hybrid technology that bridges the gap until shore charging infrastructure and funding becomes available in B.C.

Aug 26
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Viking Line, Another Six Months with the Pandemic

By 2021 Newsletter week 34

Half-year Financial Report January–June 2021 (compared to January–June 2020)

  • Sales EUR 71.5 million (97.5)
  • Passenger-related revenue decreased 34.1% to EUR 50.1 million (76.0), while cargo revenue was EUR 20.4 million (20.7)
  • Other operating revenue EUR 33.6 million (16.1)
  • Operating income EUR 4.5 million (-27.4)
  • Net financial items EUR -2.4 million (-2.1)
  • Income before taxes EUR 2.2 million (-29.5)
  • Income after taxes EUR 2.7 million (-23.7)

Key Figures H1

Passengers 538,348 (998,483)

Market share pax 32.1% (27.0%)

Cargo units 65,214 (62,409)

Market share cargo 16.8% (17.1%)

Market share pax cars 31.4% (24.1%)

Outlook

  • The outlook for the financial year 2021 is better than the outcome for 2020.
  • Improved demand starting late in Q2, 2021 together with one-off items in the form of the sale of MARIELLA and the anticipated redemption of Viking Line’s terminal buildings including fixtures and fittings with the City of Turku will boost income.
  • Uncertainty about how authority requirements, State aid, the impact of vaccination programmes and related restrictions on passenger traffic as well as market demand will affect Viking Line’s operations, results and financial position for the full-year 2021, but on the whole the Board of Directors believes operating income will be positive.

Second quarter 2021 (compared to second quarter 2020)

  • Sales amounted to EUR 46.9 million (22.6)
  • Operating income EUR 12.2 million (-5.9)
  • Covid-19 continues to dominate the company’s operations and results, but at the end of Q2 Viking Line saw increased demand for services between Åland, Finland and Sweden.
  • Traffic between Finland and Estonia has been greatly affected by restrictions.
  • Results for the second quarter were dominated by Viking Line’s public service obligations (*) and cargo transports, but an increase in demand in the passenger sector was also discernible at the end of the period.

(*) During H1, the Group received aid for its public service obligations from Traficom for the Group’s vessels on the Turku–Mariehamn/Långnäs–Stockholm, Mariehamn-Kapellskär and Helsinki–Tallinn routes. It also received aid from the Development and Management Centre of Finland’s Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (known as ELY centres) and from Finland’s Local Employment and Economic Development Offices. The aid is recognized as State aid under other operating revenue.