Almost 10% Increase of RoRo Traffic Between Algeciras and Tangier Med in 2019
Ferries in the ‘Strait’ have been doing well last year.
Irish Ferries Choose Hogia Ferry Systems
Irish Ferries have been looking to replace their current passenger and freight reservation systems and have signed an agreement with Hogia Ferry Systems to deliver their standard booking system BOOKIT.
The new system has a fully comprehensive API, which will allow Irish Ferries to integrate any hardware or third-party software.
Irish Ferries currently have two separate systems for their passenger and freight operations, which will now be replaced with one complete solution.
PowerCell has delivered a MS-30 fuel cell system to the Italian ship building company Fincantieri. The MS-30 will be used for tests of electrification of drive and power generating systems using fuel cells.
Cyprus-Greece Passenger Ferry Still a Long Way to Go
The government’s proposal to re-establish a long-defunct car and passenger ferry service to Greece from Cyprus by the summer of 2020 is being implemented step by step, but there is still a long way to go, Phileleftheros reports citing insiders.
Several Russian media report that the basis for a new ferry company has been laid. Baltic Passenger Lines LLC (BPL) was registered with a registered capital of 97 million rubles. The intention is to search for a secondhand vessel, which will be operated while waiting for a newbuilding.
A State subsidy allowed former SNCM to operate two ropax ferries on Marseille – Ajaccio in the high season. This created an unfair competition with Corsica Ferries.
The ‘Collectivité territoriale de Corse (CTC)’ should have reclaimed €220 million from SNCM, which were paid as a subsidy for a service which was not supposed to be subsidised. CTC did not recover this money.
Decision expected in March.
Residents of Saaremaa and the Laaneranna municipality on Estonia’s mainland are in favor of a road link, such as a bridge or a tunnel between the mainland and the island of Muhu, while Muhu residents are opposed, a survey commissioned by the Estonian Road Administration shows.
Ten of Alaska’s 11 ferries are currently in layup or unable to sail. Hundreds of people attended protests across Alaska calling for the state’s ferry service to be restored.
