The Norwegian company already had 3 ferries on order at Sedef in Turkey. One more unit has now been confirmed.
The design is from Multi Maritime.
One MM 75 FE EL will be delivered in April 2021.
Three MM 105 FE EL are expected respectively in December 2020, February 2021 and June 2021.
As planned, ropax KERRY set sail for the first time from Rosslare to Bilbao on 28 February.
There will be 2 weekly roundtrips between Rosslare-Bilbao throughout the year, and an additional crossing between Rosslare-Roscoff during high season.
Rosslare-Bilbao replaces Cork-Santander as key freight route to Europe. The change is in response to demand from Irish and continental hauliers.
Brittany Ferries will still use Cork for its passenger service to Roscoff, France. Cruise-ferry PONT-AVEN will serve this route.
Last week Ferry Shipping News was just in time to publish the news about the Memorandum of Understanding between Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and Australian TT-Line Company. Two ropax ferries are going to be built in Finland instead of Flensburg, Germany.
This has now been confirmed by Flensburger, RMC and TT Line Tasmania.
TT Line’s Chairman Michael Grainger said the decision was mutually agreed by TT-Line and FSG.
Alex Gregg-Smith, Managing Director of FSG said, “This decision has been taken with the mutual consent of all parties concerned and is part of our reorientation of FSG as we focus on building high-quality products on time and on budget.”
The vessels will be built at Rauma shipyard and delivered at the end of 2022 and 2023. The vessels set to operate under the brand Spirit of Tasmania will replace the existing vessels, SPIRIT OF TASMANIA I and SPIRIT OF TASMANIA II (ex. SUPERFAST III and SUPERFAST IV), built in Finland in 1998.
The new ferries will accommodate 1,800 passengers and will have an approximate gross tonnage of 48,000. The ferries are set to operate in challenging conditions on the Melbourne, Australia – Devonport, Tasmania route.
A company belonging to Mediterranean Shipping Company bought the 1999-built roro VICTORIAN RELIANCE. The ship is already flying the Portuguese flag (Madeira) and will be renamed JOLLY BLUE.
The name indicates she will be chartered by Ignazio Messina who already operates the sister vessel JOLLY EXPRESS on the Rades (Tunis) – Gioia Tauro (Italy) – Naples (Italy) route.
The roro vessel is on her way to Singapore.
Irish Continental Group plc: Preliminary Statement of Full Year Results
ICG reports a solid financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2019.
Irish Continental Group
+8.2% Revenue
+26.9% EBITDA (pre non-trading items)
+8.2% EBIT (including non-trading items)
Ferries Division
In February 2020 AS Tallink Grupp transported :
Last year, 3.5 million passengers chose to travel across Denmark with the fast ferries from Molslinjen.
Fast ferries between Jutland and Zealand in 2019:
For 2020, Molslinjen has planned to increase the number of sailings with 4.2%.
Climate and Environmental Investment in the Maritime Bridge between Kapellskär and Naantali
Ports of Stockholm has applied for an EU investment grant for a project that will meet customer demands and the needs of the future. It is also an environmental investment that would result in significantly lower emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollutants at the Port of Kapellskär.
are the three group of companies which participated at the tender launched by the Municipality of Venice for a part of the maritime transport services in the lagoon.
This tender was launched some years ago and has been pending until now. A final decision is expected for April. The 9-year public contract is worth €178m and regards a 10% of the local public maritime transport services not managed by the Municipality-controlled ferry company Actv.
Submit Your Project for the ESPO Award 2020
The ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports is entering its 12th edition. The theme of this year is “Enhancing the port-city relationship by encouraging innovators and local start-ups to be part of the port ecosystem”.
Project submissions have to reach the ESPO Secretariat by Friday 26 June 2020 at the latest. The application form and the terms of reference are available on the ESPO Website.
