Quote from Ragnar Johansson, CEO Wallenius SOL.
What began as an idea in a port in Kotka has now, after ten years, resulted in a completely new Swedish shipping company. The ambition is to secure long-term infrastructure for the industry in the Gulf of Bothnia.
Powercell Sign Development Contract For Maritime Zero Emissions Solution With Havyard Group
PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a contract with Norwegian Havyard Group ASA regarding the development of the design and the technical specifications for a zero-emissions fuel cell system. The system may come to be installed on board a vessel that will service the shipping company Havila Kystruten’s new route from Bergen to Kirkenes.
The one-year contract concerns the development of the design and the technical specifications for a zero emissions system fully classifiable and in conformity with IMO maritime safety requirements. The system solution that PowerCell and Havyard jointly will design, will be based on several marinized 200kW fuel cell system modules connected in parallel with a total power of 3.2 megawatts.
Stena Lines pilot project using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict the most fuel-efficient way to operate a vessel has shown to be successful. The results show a reduced fuel consumption by 2-3 % per trip. The technology will now be launched on more vessels.
Port Tests New Facility For Gibraltar’s ‘No Deal’ Brexit Ferry
A trial was conducted to test new port infrastructure to accommodate a ferry that will run from Algeciras to Gibraltar carrying perishable goods in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
COLOR HYBRID, arriving in Fayard (Denmark) on 28 October 2019.
Brittany Ferries’ ETRETAT, seen in the port of Le Havre from the sundeck of new cruise vessel MSC GRANDIOSA.
Official statement from DFDS:
On 6 September 2019, DFDS entered into an agreement with Moby to acquire two ferries, MOBY WONDER and MOBY AKI, for deployment on the Amsterdam-Newcastle route.
Moby would in turn acquire the two passenger ferries currently operating on Amsterdam-Newcastle, KING SEAWAYS and PRINCESS SEAWAYS.
The agreement was expected to be completed in the second half of October 2019, but Moby has unfortunately not been able to meet the delivery terms of the agreement. The agreement has therefore been cancelled.
DFDS will continue to explore solutions for a renewal of the ferries on the Amsterdam-Newcastle route.
Official statement from Moby:
The reason for the cancellation is that Moby has been unable to deliver to DFDS the two vessels free of the mortgages that have been granted to Unicredit as Security Agent for Moby’s secured financings. Moby believes that Unicredit was contractually obliged to provide consent to the release of the vessel mortgages as security agent, and intends to raise this issue formally with Unicredit as Security Agent and with its lenders.
“Viking Glory Will Be One Of The Most Climate-Smart Passenger Ships In The World”
This is the title of a new website from Viking Line, about their new ferry –VIKING GLORY– under construction in China.
Kudos to Viking Line for the way they present the vessel on their website, and for their investment in advanced green technology.
Some highlights:
A follow-up order to the 109m high-speed catamaran EXPRESS 4, the new Auto Express 115 will be the largest ferry (by volume) ever built by Austal.
Highlights:
Currently operating on the route are MAX (900 pax and 240 cars) and EXPRESS 1 (1,200 pax and 417 cars).
