A study by Julia Hansson and Erik Fridell, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, and Selma Brynolf, Chalmers University of Technology
French Government Vows to Save Brittany Ferries
The French Government is looking at possibilities to help Brittany Ferries: exemptions from social contributions, increased support for training, the revival of tourism, possible additional authorized Covid-19 aid and eventually adjustment of the terms of the loan guaranteed by the State.
Port of Piraeus Among the First 100 Ports
According to Lloyd’s List data report, the Port of Piraeus gets the seventh place among the first hundred ports that achieved significant increases in their volumes %.
Furthermore, in 2019 the Port of Piraeus overshadowed the other Mediterranean ports, recording the highest increase (15.1%) and became the largest port in TEU terms in the region.
The Greek port ranked first on the Mediterranean top five ports for 2019, followed by Valencia, Algeciras, Tanger-Med and Barcelona.
FLANDRIA SEAWAYS, fifth DFDS mega freight ferry from Jinling Shipyard, was delivered on September 1st.
She will set sail on Friday 4 September and reach Vlaardingen (via Singapore and Suez) in late September. She is expected to begin operating between Vlaardingen and Immingham on October 5.
The French Government is looking at possibilities to help Brittany Ferries: exemptions from social contributions, increased support for training, the revival of tourism, possible additional authorized Covid-19 aid and eventually adjustment of the terms of the loan guaranteed by the State.
“We want to become climate neutral by 2050 and are aiming for a relative reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by close to 45% from 2008 to 2030.”
DFDS CEO Torben Carlsen
The first of two 4,500 lane metre DFDS ropax ferries was launched at Guangzhou Shipbuilding International in China. They are both set to operate on the Baltic routes.
On August 29, HSW’s HELLENIC HIGHSPEED replaced the damaged EXPRESS PEGASUS on the Sitia-Kassos-Karpathos-Rhodes line.
The Italy-built vessel suffered a serious damage off the port of Kassos on August 24.
She had been introduced on the route on August 5. However, this unfortunate incident interrupted her service and her future is considered rather uncertain.
On August 28, 2020 Chios-based Ainaftis Shipping roro vessel ARMENISTIS (1972) was introduced on the Piraeus-Chios-Mytilene-Lemnos-Thessaloniki line. She joined her larger fleetmate PELAGITIS (1978).
Both are former Stena veterans.
Small Norwegian double ender car ferry GOMA (1968) has been sold after more than half a century of fjord crossings.
New name: POLAR LADY
New owner POLAR ATLANTIC AS, Sentrum 2, 8150 Ornes, Norway.
Grandi Navi Veloci obtained the RINA “biosafe ship” notation for two vessels of its fleet: RHAPSODY and GNV ALLEGRA.
Biosafe Ship is a new goal-based notation, based on many different systems, components and operative procedures to control and prevent possible onboard infection outbreak. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, RINA has further strengthened its commitment towards a biosafe shipping by developing dedicated services for the infection prevention and control that is the first additional class notation devoted to this particular matter.