Work to allow Port of Felixstowe (part of Hutchison Ports) to accommodate larger roro vessels and improve the efficiency of vessel operations has been completed.
The upgrade to facilities at the port includes the lengthening of No.3 RoRo berth and the replacement of the previous hydraulic ramp at No.4 RoRo berth with a larger floating linkspan.
Uniper (photo) and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are investigating the possibilities of large-scale production of green hydrogen at the Maasvlakte area in Rotterdam.
The parties have the ambition to realise a hydrogen plant on the site of Uniper by 2025 with a capacity of 100MW and to expand this capacity to 500MW. The feasibility study will be completed this summer.
After the last meeting with the top management of the company, labour unions announced that Tirrenia will definitely close down its historical head quarter in Naples where some 40 administrative employees work. They will be asked to move to Livorno.
The decision is part of Moby’s debt restructuring and cost saving plan currently under discussion with the creditors (banks, bond holders and the bad company Tirrenia in Amministrazione Straordinaria).
Palazzo Sirignano, this is the name of the historical building, is bound to become a luxury hotel.
Fury At Minister Gove As Exports To EU Slashed By 68% Since Brexit
The volume of exports going through British ports to the EU fell by a staggering 68% last month compared with January last year, mostly as a result of problems caused by Brexit, the Observer can reveal.
Whitehall rejects reports of 68% drop in goods exported and says freight flows at normal levels on some days.
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…the lack of bookings over the summer leaves tour operators and travel companies in a perilous position. Brittany Ferries head of communications, Nigel Wanncott, said new bookings for summer 2021 are already 50% down on pre-Covid years, and those who have booked in advance are starting to cancel. “We’ve already written off spring. Now people who have booked for summer are beginning to wobble – it’s not an exodus yet but we are worried. A disastrous summer where people are discouraged from travelling would put us in a serious situation.
From February 9 to February 28, SeaJet’s HSC POWER JET will operate in the Cyclades, performing 6 subsidised sailings per week.
3x Piraeus-Syros-Mykonos-Naxos-Santorini line.
3x Piraeus-Serifos-Sifnos-Milos line.
Godby Shipping’s MISTRAL time-charter contract with Smyril has been extended and is now valid until end June 2021. In addition to this, Smyril has further options to extend the contract until end 2022.
Fosen Yard and Elpro have signed the contract which makes Elpro responsible for the installation of electrical equipment for the Siem Group passenger ferry, provisionally called Newbuild 93 (ex HONFLEUR, Flensburg, Brittany Ferries)
On 10 February 2021 the Port Authority of Elefsina declared a new open tender (01/2021) for the sale and removal of the ship THEOFILOS (1974), which is laid up at Elefsis bay since 2018.
The deadline for offers is March 2, while the starting price is EUR 778,619.92 plus VAT.
In October 2019, a previous open tender for her removal was suspended – by the Port Authority of Elefsina – and she was awarded to ANEN LINES for EUR 380,000.
More ships are being added to the direct connections between Ireland and the Continent.
More in our Logbook.
Two New Turkish RoRo Connections in One Week
This week (5) sees the start of two new roro freight routes from Turkey.
Route 1: Karasu – Constanta
Joakim Lindblom, the CEO of Sea Lines confirmed last week’s news about the start of a new roro route between Karasu (Turkey) and Constanta (Romania).
Route 2: Izmir – Tarragona
EKOL and Inditex started the route Tarragona (Spain) – Izmir (Turkey) with DFDS operating it as of today, 2 February.
A weekly roundtrip is planned and the first sailing from Izmir, on Sunday 7 February at 12:00, has been advertised in DFDS’s latest sailing schedule.
Vessel: SF BALEARES (chartered from Trasmediterranea)
From the second half of February the cruise ferries CRUISE SARDEGNA and CRUISE EUROPA will be deployed on Livorno – Olbia.
Result: In a single journey between the two ports, the company will be able to carry over 1,000 passengers, 120 cars and 65 trailers more than what it has guaranteed so far.
How is it now?
How will the Grimaldi fleet be reshuffled?
Competitor on Livorno – Olbia: Moby Lines / Tirrenia
