BC Ferries announced the vessel serving the Swartz Bay – Salt Spring Island route, the SKEENA QUEEN, will be undergoing a mid-life upgrade from Oct. 28, 2019 to mid-March, 2020. This mid-life upgrade is necessary to provide required maintenance on the vessel and enhance the customer experience.
Rederie Gotland’s Results 1 January – 31 August
Parent company of Destination Gotland AB and others have performed well during the first 8 months of the year.
In December 2018, the shipping company took delivery of VISBORG, the first of two newbuilding projects at the GSI shipyard in China for LNG-powered ropax ferries.
Moby SPL’s PRINCESS ANASTASIA To Change To New Terminal In Helsinki
PRINCESS ANASTASIA will switch to using South Harbour in Helsinki from the start of the new cruise season 2020. On March 22, 2020, the ferry will make its first call to the Makasiini terminal.
Makasiini terminal is located much closer to the city centre which makes easier for passengers to find their way to Old Helsinki. It is only five-minute walk from the Market square and Helsinki Cathedral. The new location is also convenient for the embarking passengers, as the terminal is located within walking distance from the railway station and other ferry terminals. Tram and bus stops are located in front of the terminal.
For convenience of passengers, the terminal will be equipped with luggage storage, spacious check-in and waiting areas. MOBY SPL sales office will be opened at the terminal as well.
Interferry Innovation Conference Highlights Zero-Emissions Quest
The drive towards zero-emission ferries captured major attention among a record 420 delegates drawn to London earlier this month by a wide-ranging technical, operational and commercial agenda. With climate change an issue shared by every ferry operator, the movement away from fossil fuels-powered ferry vessels was a featured topic alongside sessions including manned and autonomous vessel management systems, shipyard innovations, satellite network advances, a real-time solution for insurance risk analysis and data-based personalisation of the passenger experience.
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Packet Made A £9m Profit In Year It Was Nationalised
The Steam Packet made a profit of £9.3m in the year that it was acquired by the Manx government.
But operating profits have fallen slightly.
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Remontowa Shiprepair Yard S.A. constructed an additional, new cargo deck, from the superstructure towards the bow, and the installation of a hydraulic entry ramp on roro ferry MAZARINE.
ALFRED To Replace PENTALINA
Stena Estrid Successfully Completes Sea Trials
STENA ESTRID, the first of Stena Line’s three new ferries destined for the Irish Sea, has successfully completed her sea trials in China’s Yellow Sea.
She is now on schedule to start operating on the Dublin to Holyhead route in early 2020.
STENA ESTRID is the first of five new Stena Line next generation RoPax vessels that are being constructed at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China, three of which will be introduced on the company’s Irish Sea routes from Dublin to Holyhead and Belfast to Liverpool.
Sister ship STENA EDDA is due to commence operations from Belfast to Liverpool in spring 2020, with the third vessel STENA EMBLA expected to be introduced on the same route in early 2021.
Polferries Acquire NOVA STAR
ST Engineering’s marine arm has sold its ropax ferry NOVA STAR to Polferries.
The vessel has been on a bareboat charter to Polferries since September 2018 and is deployed in the Gdańsk-Nynäshamn route. The charterer has since exercised a purchase option.
NOVA STAR was designed and built by ST Engineering, originally for LD Lines.
