The RoRo terminal at Stockholm Norvik Port has two new berths for the largest ferries and roro ships.
One of the quay-berths has a length of 280 metres and a depth of 10.5 metres. The other quay-berth has a length of 230 metres and a depth of 10 metres.
These are the final two of a total of nine ramps that have been delivered to Ports of Stockholm in recent years.
Stena Line will start to operate from Norvik as from 9 November. (route Nynashamn – Ventspils)
Eventually, nine investors have expressed interest for the acquisition of the 67% of the Igoumenitsa Port Authority (OLIG). The specific port has high profitability and respectable infrastructure and the future candidate will also take over pitches, buildings and facilities that are within the port zone and managed by OLIG as well as the fishing shelters of Sagiada and Plataria, and the yacht marina at Sivota. The 9 candidates that expressed interest in the port of Igoumenitsa are the following:
Methanol Can Be the Climate-Neutral Marine Fuel of the Future
The Fastwater project is about the use of methanol as fuel for existing ships and newbuildings.
The problems that Fastwater wants to solve are:
The project has received five million euros from the EU to develop the new technology.
Fastwater is a project which unites universities (Lund, Ghent), engine manufacturer Anglo Belgian Corporation, shipyard Meyer Werft, Lloyds Register etc… A list with all Fastwater partners can be found here.
STENA GERMANICA was converted to be capable of running on methanol fuel in 2015.
Fastwater says a methanol-powered pilot boat will be launched in 2022.
Lack of Expertise, Poor Negotiating at Root of Quebec Ferry Fiasco, Auditor General Finds
“STQ (Société des traversiers du Québec)’s procurement of ropax F.-A.-GAUTHIER was doomed from the start because of a lack of in-house expertise and the lack of experience at the negotiating table,” says a “Report of the Auditor General of Québec to the National Assembly for 2020-2021, October 2020”
Report of the Auditor General of Québec to the National Assembly: Full Report in French
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Report of the Auditor General of Québec to the National Assembly: Summary in English
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A third attempt to award a tender for a €115 million ferry service between Malta and Gozo was killed in its tracks on Tuesday after the Public Contracts Review Board ordered its cancellation.
Second Rail-RoPax Ferry for Russian Far East Launched
On October 30, United Shipbuilding Corporation’s Amursky Shipyard (Russian press release) launched the second of two Rail RoPax ferries.
The two ferries will be used on the Vahini-Kholmsk line (Russian Far East, between mainland and Sakhalin Island).
ALEKSANDR DEYEV and VASILY OSHCHEPKOV have been designed by MEB (Marine Enginering Bureau) for the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK).
The Port Authority of Elefsina announced that on December 10, 2020 will take place one more scheduled public open tender –following a Greek law about potential shipwrecks- for the removal of the old THEOFILOS of Anen Lines. The former NILS HOLGERSSON is rusting away at Karavostasi B’ (Elefsis bay) since 2018 and considered dangerous for the navigation and safety in the area. The starting price for the tender was set to around EUR 1.5 million.
November 4, 2020. Blue Star Ferries’ ropax BLUE STAR DELOS was transferred to the Perama repair zone (Dock 1) in order to undergo her scheduled scrubber conversion. The popular “blue” ship is expected to return in service in February 2021, while she will be replaced by her fleetmate BLUE STAR CHIOS.
The sisters BLUE STAR CHIOS and BLUE STAR MYCONOS will follow, undergoing a similar conversion.
On October 28, Damen Shipyards Galati successfully launched the third Island Class Vessel for BC Ferries. The vessel is part of an order of six such vessels for the ferry operator and will perform an environmentally efficient inter-island ferry service between Vancouver and Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
A New Life for Ex Baltic Ferry
Unity Line’s former KOPERNIK is getting a serious makeover in Greece.
The ship has been acquired by Levante Ferries, and renamed SMYRNA.
Photo courtesy Christos Armenistis Chatzaras
