Port of Trelleborg reached new record levels in 2019.
- +7.7% units (1,230,850)
- +4.9% freight units
- +13.2% passenger cars
- +24.8% rail (4,000 wagons)
Port of Trelleborg is now also the market leader in traffic to and from Poland.
- The P&O ro-ro service between Calais and Tilbury is no more.
- Croatian DIV Group is set to buy Norwegian shipyard Kleven, the builder of Hurtigruten’s two expedition ships. DIV owns the Brodosplit shipyard in Split. Deal is expected to be executed in the next few weeks.
Welcome On Board STENA ESTRID
Thank you, Steven Tarbox, for sharing with Ferry Shipping News your pictures of STENA ESTRID. This selection of pictures should help to give an impression.
PRIDE OF BRUGES in Rotterdam for Maintenance
January is the period when ferry companies send their ships for maintenance to the Damen shipyard in Rotterdam.
PRIDE OF BRUGES is seen passing Maassluis, heading for Damen Verolme on 20 January 2020.
PRIDE OF BRUGES is normally operating for P&O on the Zeebrugge – Hull route.
New Ferry ÆrøXpressen in Service between Rudkøbing – Marstal
Stena Line’s CEO Niclas Mårtensson on Sky News
What’s the State of the Ferry Industry in Face of More Stringent Emission Regulations and Brexit?
Just after sunrise on 18 January, two new BC Ferries hybrid-electric Island Class ships arrived in BC & docked at Ogden Point. The arrival of these vessels, built in Romania by Damen, marks the dawn of a new era of clean, quiet and efficient ferry transportation on BC’s coast.
Boreal is Awarded the Contract for the ‘Inner Oslofjord 2021’
A new operator for the island ferries in the Inner Oslofjord will be Boreal Sjø, as from from November 1, 2021. This is the first time Boreal Sjø has entered into a contract with public transport company Ruter, following a tender competition with a total of five contenders..
The contract runs until 2034.
Five electric ferries will be built. They have been designed by Multi Maritime. The first will be ready in the winter of 2021-2022. In the summer of 2022, all five ships will be operational.
The new ferries all have a capacity for 350 passengers (compared to 236 passengers now). Although running fully electric, they will have a backup with diesel.
The HSW’s sisters NISSOS MYKONOS [link: Fakta om Fartyg] and NISSOS CHIOS [link: Fakta om Fartyg] will soon sport the Blue Star Ferries livery following the recent decision of the Atiica Group, as they operate mainly on Blue Star Ferries routes and share the Blue Star Ferries’ fleet design.
The two popular ferries will be renamed BLUE STAR MYKONOS and BLUE STAR CHIOS, while their refurbishment will start soon in Perama.
Both ships will be fitted with scrubber units while their interior public areas will change in order to follow the Blue Star Ferries philosophy.
The Hellenic Seaways fleet will be confined only to the large ferries of the North Aegean as well as the high-speed crafts.
On 12 January, Kerkyra Lines’ EVDOKIA arrived in Amaliapolis (Volos) from Japan and anchored at Kouris Shipyard for conversion.
The small ferry (ex- FERRY MISHIMA) was purchased last September by the Japanese Sakido Kisen Co and began her long voyage – from Nagasaki to Greece – on 7 December 2019.
According to her company, she is not destined for the main Corfu – Igoumenitsa line. She will probably serve the Corfu – Othonoi line.
[Link: MarineTraffic]
Due to continuously increasing demand on the Virtsu – Kuivastu ferry line, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications authorized the Estonian Road Administration to negotiate with OÜ TS Laevad, a subsidiary of AS Tallinna Sadam, to acquire an additional new-built ferry.
Subject to the results of further analyses and negotiations, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has set the goal for the Road Administration to conclude an agreement with TS Laevad by 31.03.2020 on the terms and conditions for acquiring and operating the new vessel.
