AS Tallink Grupp’s subsidiary, Tallinn–Helsinki Line Limited, has sold the RoRo ferry REGAL STAR to the Turkish company Ams Line Shipping Co.
The vessel was officially handed over to its new owner, 6 August.
“The sale supports efforts to align the size of our operational fleet with current market conditions. The decision to sell will not significantly impact our financial results for 2025,” said Paavo Nõgene, CEO of AS Tallink Grupp.
On 4 August 2025, the A-Ships Management ferry GALAXY left Perama for the Faroe Islands. She has been chartered to Strandfaraskip Landsins for a 10-week period starting on 30 August 2025. Arrival is expected on 17 August.
The ship will temporarily replace SMYRIL on the Tórshavn–Tvøroyri route. GALAXY was also chartered by the same company in 2017 for a shorter period.
Built in Poland in 1979, she can carry 900 passengers (limited to 350 during the charter) and 520 lane metres. Service speed is 19 knots.
Photo: A-Ships Management
On 1 August, RoRo THALASSITIS (ex-JAN ŚNIADECKI) of Ainaftis Shipping began Greek domestic service. She will operate until 13 August on the Piraeus–Chania and Piraeus–Chios–Mytilene–Lemnos–Thessaloniki routes.
Purchased in February 2024 from Unity Line, she was converted into a RoRo vessel. Capacity is 1,116 lane metres (95 trucks). Service speed is 18 knots.
Photo: Matt Davies
Fleet Deployment (subject to seasonal rotation):
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Sources: yle.fi and Omni Ekonomi / Nya Åland
The Port of Dover is spearheading the creation of the world’s first high‑volume Green Shipping Corridor on the UK–EU Short Straits route. (120 ferry movements per day and handling 33 % of UK–EU trade)
Green corridors were introduced at COP26, and now Dover offers a rare opportunity to scale them economically and practically due to its frequency, short distance, and key role in just‑in‑time logistics
Dover’s current grid capacity is just 4.5 MW. I is insufficient even for partial electrification. To support hybrid or electric ferries fully, the port would need upwards of 160 MW, transforming this into a major infrastructure project
Electrifying this corridor could not only help decarbonise a critical trade artery but also offer economic uplift. Dover already saves the UK economy an estimated £3 billion annually, and with upgrades, trade volume could stretch to £173 billion per year
The initiative could position the UK at the forefront of green maritime logistics, showcasing how clean shipping at scale can work—and prompting policy support and long-term investment.
Source: Politics Home
VARSOVIA, operated by Polish Baltic Shipping Company (Polferries), carried 109,329 passengers, 48,124 passenger cars, and 44,205 heavy goods vehicles during its first year on the Świnoujście–Ystad route. The ferry entered service on 27 July 2024, carrying nearly 500 passengers on its maiden voyage. Polferries took delivery of the vessel on 11 July 2024 from the Cantiere Navale Visentini shipyard near Venice. The ferry is on a 10-year charter, with a right of first refusal after six years.
Source: Portalmorski.pl
Source: Guernsey Press