On 6 November, CONNEMARA was registered in France, bringing the number of French-flagged vessels in the Brittany Ferries fleet to eleven.
She entered the fleet in May 2018 under Cypriot flag.
The move creates 111 jobs for French seafarers.
Last week, Anek Line’s KRITI I left Civitavecchia and returned to Piraeus as her time charter to the Italian GNV expired. The ship had been chartered by the Italian ferry operator since March 2017 and operated on the Civitavecchia (Lazio) – Termine Immerse (North Sicily) line.
KRITI I may have been accused of being an old ship in previous years, but it turned out to be a very successful ship, due her low operational costs and large garage capacity. She will be replaced by the French ropax GIROLATA.
KRITI I will get a two-month refit in Perama repair. She is expected to serve the Piraeus-Crete run for the season of 2020.
Color Line has established an intermodal transport solution, with ships from Oslo to Kiel and trains to Verona in Italy.
This is done in cooperation with the German company Kombiverkehr.
Color Line can also offer space on Kombiverkehr trains to hubs such as Vienna, Nuremberg, Cologne, Duisburg, Ludwigshafen, Munich and Basel.
The Norwegian ferry company says the solution is more environmentally friendly and cost-effective compared to transport using the European motorway network.
Roro COLOR CARRIER and the two cruise ferries COLOR FANTASY and COLOR MAGIC can carry about 80,000 trailers annually on the route between Oslo and Kiel.
On 9 October 2019, Spanish Gondan shipyard in Castropol, launched a new passenger ferry built for the Croatian shipowner Krilo HR.
KRILO LUX, with a capacity for up to 440 pax, has a length of 36 m and a beam of 10.5 m and can reach a speed of up to 34 knots, being the largest and fastest GRP catamaran built in Spain.
The vessel will operate as a ferry for regular passenger transport lines, covering the route between Split and Dubrovnik.
It is the second ship that GONDAN builds for the Croatian shipowner.
AML’s MOROCCO SUN is expected to remain in the Perama repair zone until February 2020, in order to undergo scheduled engine upgrades for her “emission” problem.
The ship arrived in Greece on 17 October, coming from Malta where she went into drydock.
The ship is chartered to AML for a period of five years and introduced on the Algeciras-Tangier Med run last July.
Corsica Ferries’ vessel MEGA SMERALDA is being used in Genoa as accommodation vessel by Costa Crociere, for hosting the crew of the COSTA neoRIVIERA.
This cruise ship is currently being transformed into AIDAmira (for AIDA Cruises), at the San Giorgio del Porto shipyard.
MEGA EXPRESS has more than 500 cabins.
The one-month charter (€50k/d) is set to expire at the end of November.
Finnlines Is On Track
The Finnlines Group’s results for January–September were:
- +0.6% Revenue = EUR 450.8 (447.9) million
- +6% EBITDA = EUR 136.8 (129.0) million
- +8.6 Result = EUR 81.8 (75.3) million
In spite of the slowdown in the Finnish economic growth, Finnlines still is on track to achieve another excellent result.
Transport and logistics operator, David MacBrayne Ltd, which operates CalMac Ferries has seen an increasing number of passengers visiting the iconic Scottish western isles.
For the first time, CalMac carried more than 5.6 million passengers and more than 1.4 million vehicles as part of yet another year on year increase.
- +2.3% Revenue = GBP 215 million (210)
- +69% Profit before tax GBP 7.1 million (4.2)
Annual Report 2018-2019 TT-Line Company Pty Ltd
Key figures (in $ AUD)
- +6.4% Revenue = $260.3 million ($244.6 million)
- +11.2% EBITDA = $63.4 million ($57.0 million)
- -0,6% Profit after tax = $44.1 million ($44.4 million)
- -0,4% Passengers = 446,869 (448,764)
Freight = record numbers, ships sail at full capacity.
At the time of writing, the Company was in close discussions with Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) regarding contracts for the construction of two new roro ships. While FSG’s financial difficulties were widely reported during the year, the Company has solid contracts in place with the shipbuilder to build the new Spirit of Tasmania vessels.
Povl Anker Gets A Dedicated Berth In Ystad
The Bornholm Line and Port of Ystad have agreed on a redevelopment of ferry berth n°5. It will become the dedicated berth for ropax POVL ANKER. In case of problems with the fast craft (weather..), POVL ANKER will not experience problems because of occupied berths.
