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Nov 26
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Tirrenia Cin Announced the Close-Down of Five RoPax Lines from December 1st

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione, the company part of Moby group which controls the former public ferry company Tirrenia, announced that five ropax lines will be closed down from December 1st.

The reason behind this decision is the postponement of the expiring date of the public convention for the maritime continuity with the islands which was approved by law last summer but not formalized yet by the Italian government.

The five lines set to be closed are the following:

  • Termoli – Tremiti islands
  • Genoa – Olbia – Arbatax
  • Naples – Cagliari
  • Cagliari – Palermo
  • Civitavecchia – Arbatax – Cagliari.

Tirrenia Cin also said that large part of the workforce aboard and onshore is at risk.

Nov 26
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Danish Defence and DFDS Enter into New Agreement

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

DFDS and the Joint Movement and Transport Organisation (JMTO), which provides strategic transport for Danish military missions, have entered into a new 6-year agreement.

Seven freight ferries will be made available for the transport of military materiel and equipment in connection with NATO preparedness, participation in military exercises and operations, and humanitarian crises.

On a day-to-day basis, the ferries will be deployed on DFDS’ routes, and will be made available to the military when and to the extent requested by the Danish Defence.

The agreement is also linked to the ARK project, a Danish-German cooperation project, which ensures access to and availability of maritime transport capacity for Danish and German defences in accordance with the nations’ own obligations to NATO.

The ships are: ARK DANIA, ARK GERMANIA, SUECIA SEAWAYS, MAGNOLIA SEAWAYS, BRITANNIA SEAWAYS and FINLANDIA SEAWAYS. The last ship in the agreement will be one of several ships from the DFDS fleet, to be selected according to need.

Nov 26
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Godby Shipping Found Charter for Last Inactive RoRo, BALTICA

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

In its own magazine (Flaskposten), Godby Shipping says that the rates reflect the market situation and are low or very low.

  • BALTICA: Sea-Cargo, January – April 2021 + options
  • MISANA and MISIDA: Sea-Cargo, until December 2021 + options
  • LINK STAR: UPM-Kymmene, until December 2020
  • MISTRAL: Smyril, until March 2021 + option until December
  • MIDAS: Accordia Shipping, until December 2021
  • MIMER: CMA CGM, until December 2021
Nov 26
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Passenger-driven Company BC Ferries Suffers from Pandemic

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

BC Ferries released its second quarter results today for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020. COVID-19 continues to have a significant impact on the company’s operations and financial results.

  • Net earnings for Q2 of fiscal 2021 were $37.8 million, $57.2 million lower than the same quarter of the previous year.
  • Year-to-date, since April 1, 2020, net losses were $24.2 million, compared to net earnings of $107.2 million in the same period in the prior year, a decline of $131.4 million.
  • Revenue for Q2, at $247.6 million, was down $81.7 million year-over-year.
  • Revenue for the six months ended September 30, 2020 was $385.0 million, down $190.7 million over the same period in the prior year.

During the quarter, BC Ferries carried:

  • 5.5 million passengers (-29%)
  • 2.5 million vehicles (-14%)

Year-to-date, the company has carried:

  • 7.7 million passengers (-43%)
  • 3.8 million vehicles, (-28.7%)
Nov 26
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FERRY PORTS

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

Port of Gothenburg: Recovery in RoRo and Vehicle Segments

The number of ro-ro units handled through to September was down 11% on the same period in 2019. Even though the year started off with a slump, the Q3 figure (-6%) is a tentative sign that the negative curve is levelling off.

New vehicle handling at the Port of Gothenburg fell by 19% during the first nine months. The fall in the wake of Covid-19 was mainly during Q2, with handling volumes down by almost half. Despite the recovery during Q3, year-on-year figures reveal a decline of eight per cent.

Nov 26
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Grendi Adds a Fourth Call in the Port of Golfo Aranci for its RoRo Link

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

Grendi Trasporti Marittimi asked the local port authority of the Sardinian ports to call at Golfo Aranci. This port will be added as the fourth call in the line linking also Marina di Carrara, with Cagliari and Porto Torres.

The green light from the authority is expected to arrive next week. Golfo Aranci is not far from Olbia.

Grendi asked for a 6,000 sq metres concession in the port where semi-trailers and containers will be handled and stored.

As of today, on the roro line between Sardinia island and Italy mainland are deployed the ship ROSA DEI VENTI and SEVERINE.

Nov 26
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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

ESPO Says Higher Ambitions are Needed for Reducing GHG Emissions from Shipping

On 17 November, the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC75) gave preliminary approval to the compromise agreement for the package of technical and operational measures to address greenhouse gas emissions from ships in the short run.

The agreed package combines the introduction of:

  • EEXI, Energy Efficiency Existing Ships Index
  • CII, Carbon Intensity Indicators operational measure
  • Carbon Intensity rating mechanism
  • the strengthening of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) framework.

ESPO, the European Sea Ports Organisation, sees the agreement as a first step.

ESPO however believes that the 2018 IMO CO2 target is possibly not ambitious enough in light of the European Green Deal objective of no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050, and the higher EU targets for 2030.

Read more on Interferry.com
Nov 26
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Interferry GHG Data Survey Bids for Fair Application of IMO Proposals

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

Interferry is conducting a major energy efficiency data survey among members to ensure that existing ferries can comply with short-term greenhouse gas emissions measures agreed in principle at last week’s meeting of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee.

Subject to final approval at next June’s MEPC meeting, by 2023 existing ships must achieve new pre-defined energy efficiency values in an initial step towards the 2030 target of a 40% improvement compared with 2008 values – or lose their licence to operate.

Interferry’s survey aims to reconcile the diversity of ferry operations within sector-specific adaptations to the regulatory instrument, the Energy Efficiency Existing Ships Index (EEXI).  In this regard, one of Interferry’s main objectives is that true CO2 reductions through historic and future measures carried out by ferry operators are fully credited in the regulation.

Read more on Interferry.com
Nov 26
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IN THE MEDIA

By 2020 Newsletter week 48

How Jadrolinija is Looking to the Future

Jadrolinija’s David Sopta tells Justin Merrigan how Croatia’s national ferry line is steering a steady course.

Buquebus Looks at Hydrogen

The company TCI Gecomp will develop the strategy of incorporating hydrogen as a fuel in the operation of the Argentinian-Uruguayan shipping company.

Millions to Compensate for the Cancelled Order

The companies Ansgar / Finferries are suing the provincial government of Åland for just over €10.5 million after the province cancelled the order for the electric hybrid ferry.

Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited has completed planned operational improvement works at Oban Ferry Terminal which were designed to improve passenger safety at the harbour. (Source: CMAL)

The Government of Finland approved a state guarantee of up to EUR 90 million for a EUR 100 million loan to Tallink Silja Oy, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp.

Brittany Ferries has ended the charter of KERRY (part of the Stena RoRo fleet). On 24/11 the vessel started a new charter for DFDS on the Kiel – Klaipeda route.

SAOS Ferries’ small ropax SAONISOS will eventually be introduced in the Inter-Cycladic service, according to the recent published results (Ministry of Shipping) for the public service lines. Currently, the ship is undergoing repairs while she will be dry-docked from 23 to 29 November. Then she will enter service on the following lines:

  • Syros-Tinos-Andros-Karystos
  • Syros-Kythnos-Kea-Lavrion
  • Syros-Paros-Naxos-Donousa-Aigiali-Katapola-Koufonissi-Schoinoussa-Iraklia-Naxos-Paros-Syros
  • Syros-Paros-Naxos-Folegandros-Sikinos-Ios-Thirassia-Thira-Anafi

SCANDIA SEAWAYS, the sixth Jinling newbuilding for DFDS is going on sea trial on 15 December 2020. Delivery early January.

Corsica Linea concludes this difficult year 2020 with some brighter colours, by hiring 40 extra seafarers as from 1 December 2020: 15 fifteen officers, crew, mechanics and electricians. The ships fly the French flag (first register).

The former Minoan Lines’ floating palace N. KAZANTZAKIS (now METROPOLIS) was sold for scrap in India (Alang). The 48-year-old vessel was laid up in Hong Kong for the past five years and was in a very poor condition. She has been renamed ROPOLIS and re-registered at Saint Kitts and Nevis.

A technical malfunction was the immediate cause of the grounding of Viking Line’s ropax ferry AMORELLA – investigation by Safety Investigation Authority, Finland, is ongoing. (intermediate report)

The Sylt ferries RÖMÖEXPRESS and SYLTEXPRESS appear in a new, modern design: the classic blue and white livery became a dynamic red and white. With the new color design and a change of name to “FRS Syltfähre GmbH & Co. KG”, the Sylt ferries proudly show that they belong to the FRS family.

Molslinjen’s Fanølinjen is planning a major upgrade of the ferry terminal in Esbjerg. The port will be prepared in anticipation of the arrival of the electric ferry in autumn 2020.

Molslinjen puts four high-speed ferries between Jutland and Zealand in the Christmas traffic. All four fast ferries will be equipped with brand new corona shielding between the seats. “UV-canons” will help to purify the air from the A/C. According to the manufacturer, the powerful UV rays remove at least 80% of all bacteria and viruses in the air.