Corsica Ferries has created an incentive to improve booking levels.
When booking a trip between August 24 and September 27, 2020, it is possible to change the route and/or the date afterwards, until the end of 2021, at no additional cost (but increased with an eventual price difference)
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.
Color Line have amended their services to take account of the Norwegian entry restrictions.
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.
Arriving December 2020, GALICIA will sail two round trips a week connecting Portsmouth and Santander.
Galicia will be Brittany Ferries’ first ship to present a uniquely Spanish theme and experience.
In a another first for Brittany Ferries, one dinner and continental breakfast will be included in ticket price
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.
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
Stena Line was forced to remove one freight ship from its Belfast hub because of COVID related drop in freight volumes.
Stena Line has now announced that it will charter SEATRUCK PANORAMA to help boost freight capacity on its Belfast to Liverpool and Belfast to Heysham routes.
Reason: increase in freight demand during summer and anticipated busy autumn.
SEATRUCK PANORAMA is expected to start service on September 2, and will make 10 sailings weekly between Belfast and Liverpool/Heysham.
The addition of Panorama on the Northern Ireland to England corridor will increase freight capacity by 28% and frequency will rise from 46 to 56 crossings weekly compared to the present
In January 2021, Stena Line will further boost freight capacity when it adds the newly built STENA EMBLA to its Belfast – Liverpool service.
Unity Line and Polska Żegluga Bałtycka (PŻB – Polferries brand) submitted an application to the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) to create a joint venture.
The aim is to obtain financing for new ro-pax ferries.
