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Aug 27
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Pandemic Affects BC Ferries’ Q1 Results of Fiscal 2021

By 2020 Newsletter week 35

COVID-19 had a significant impact on first quarter results (April-May-June)

  • Net losses CAD 62 million (net earnings CAD 12.2 million)
  • Revenue CAD 137.4 million (CAD 246.4 million)

At the outset of the pandemic, ferry traffic dropped dramatically and was down 75 to 80% across the system in a matter of days. With the easing of travel restrictions, traffic at the end of June partially recovered and was down approximately 35% compared to this period last year.

  • -11.4% round trips 18,249.5
  • -61.5% passengers 2.2 million
  • -46.7% vehicles 1.3 million

BC Ferries is one of the entities included in the federal government’s transit funding of $540 million in response to the impact of COVID-19. This transit funding is to be matched equally by the Province for a total funding envelope of CAD 1.08 billion.

Aug 27
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IN THE MEDIA

By 2020 Newsletter week 35

Tallink CEO: Finland Quarantine on Estonians Would Knock Out Tourist Sector

The coronavirus infection rate in Estonia increasing to a point where Finland would impose a quarantine requirement would be the worst possible scenario for Estonian tourism, CEO of Tallink Grupp Paavo Nõgene told ERR on Monday.

Aug 27
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SHORT NEWS

By 2020 Newsletter week 35

Damen Shiprepair Harlingen Completes Repair Project on Rederij Doeksen VLIELAND ferry

The VLIELAND required repair following a recent incident that took place as she was departing the harbour in Harlingen. As a result of the accident, the vessel’s SB engine room became flooded. DSHL carried out an emergency operation, closing the hole, before moving the vessel on to the yard for full repairs.

At the yard, DSHL carried out a series of works on the vessel, including the removal of the main- and auxiliary engines, the gearboxes and all electrical equipment and 4km wiring. Following this, the yard undertook the rebuilding of the engine room. This included re-installing the main and auxiliary engines.

Aug 27
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

By 2020 Newsletter week 35

Grimaldi’s ECO SAVONA Launched at Nanjing Jinling Shipyard

Nanjing Jinling Shipyard has just successfully launched the fourth of G5GG (Grimaldi Green 5th Generation) ro-ro vessels ordered by Grimaldi Group.

ECO SAVONA is the name of the last newbuilding which touched the sea, while the previous three units were called ECO BARCELONA, ECO VALENCIA and ECO LIVORNO.

The first unit, ECO VALENCIA, part of a series of 12 newbuildings (of which 3 are for Finnlines), is expected to be delivered in the coming weeks and will start operating on the motorways of the seas between Italy and Spain linking Livorno, Savona, Barcelona and Valencia ports.

The new vessels have a length of 238m, a beam of 34m and a gross tonnage of 64,000.

They will be able to transport over 7,800 lane meters of roro freight. The design of the newbuilds was developed by the Technical and Energy Saving Department of the Grimaldi Group together with Knud E. Hansen in close cooperation with the shipyard.

Aug 20
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FERRY SHIPPING

By 2020 Newsletter week 34

UK Quarantaine Measures Force Brittany Ferries to Lay Up Ships

Following the imposition of quarantine on travellers returning from France and the effect this has had on reservations, Brittany Ferries has been forced to change its schedules.

The following ships and route amendments have now been confirmed:

ARMORIQUE will be laid up from 31 August. She currently serves the Plymouth to Roscoff route.

PONT-AVEN will replace her Plymouth – Roscoff from 10 September with three return trips per week. PONT-AVEN will also continue to operate one return sailing from Plymouth to Santander and from Roscoff to Cork during the week.

BRETAGNE will be laid up from 7 September. She currently serves the Portsmouth to St Malo route.

ETRETAT will not resume crossings as planned. CONNEMARA will continue to operate the Cherbourg and Le Havre rotations from Portsmouth, but will no longer serve Spain.

Aug 20
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New Company: Anarres Shipping Launches Ro-Ro Service Between Italy And Tunisia

By 2020 Newsletter week 34

This week, a brand-new Cyprus-based shipping company called Anarres Shipping is launching a regular ro-ro service between the port of Marina di Carrara, in Italy (between La Spezia and Livorno), and Sousse, in Tunisia.

The general manager of the company, Nikkos J Frangos, explains to Ferry Shipping News that the chartered VASALAND will be deployed. “Our project is to serve an expected increasing cargo volume. Many factories are relocating from Bangladesh and China to North Africa. That’s why we shall see in the near future many new plants to be built in Tunisia.”

The service will be regular, with a weekly frequency. The ship’s capacity exceeds 2,000 lane metres.

“Our target is to reach between 10,000 and 12,000 trailers per year,” says Frangos, adding that, “a second step will be to add a call in France. In this case a faster vessel will be necessary.”

The website specifies that, “Anarres Shipping is an initiative by Nicholas J Frangos & Partners. Nicholas has a long family history in shipping, since 1946 (Victoria Steamship – London), and is now establishing a new liner service with one goal:  to securely transfer your goods between Italy, France and Tunisia with a timely, reliable and regular shipping service.”

General agent of the company in Italy is Bucchioni Shipping Agency.

From left to right: Harry Papadimitriou, Aris Vasilopoulos, Nikkos J Frangos, Sandro Bucchioni, Luca Sterpini