The Scottish government has set a deadline for a new delivery schedule for two ferries being built at the now publicly-owned Ferguson shipyard.
It took control of the base in Port Glasgow last week after bosses at the yard served notice of intent to put the business into administration.
Ferguson Marine’s administration is not complete, but nationalisation is assured.
In public ownership, the plan, for now, seems very limited – to completing two CalMac ferries.
The challenge of building effective storage and delivery infrastructure may have dampened the industry’s enthusiasm for fuel cells, but the technology may yet help achieve the GHG mandate
Almost 400 passengers have been evacuated from fast ferry PINAR DEL RIO after the vessel ran aground near the Port of Denia in the late evening hours of August 16.
Matt Davies photographed SeaJets’ AQUA BLUE. She’s operating on the island route out of Rafina, which includes Andros, Tinos, Mykonos
According to the latest XRTC survey about the Hellenic Coastal Lines, the “transformation” of the Greek Ferry Scene is still in progress, since the period when the country entered the economic recession.
The 18th annual survey of the XRTC summarizes the overall picture of the Greek Ferry Scene in 21 points.
Scandlines Installs Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution On Hybrid Ferry
Scandlines has signed an agreement to install Norsepower’s Rotor Sail Solution on board the COPENHAGEN, a hybrid ro-pax sailing between Gedser and Rostock.
Since 2013, Scandlines has invested more than EUR 300 million in building and retrofitting ferries from conventional diesel-driven to hybrid ferries. With the addition of Norsepower’s technology, the vessel will further reduce its emissions.
The route between Gedser to the north and Rostock to the south is almost perpendicular to the prevailing wind from west giving Scandlines favourable conditions for using Rotor Sails on the ferry crossing.
Preparations for the retrofit will take place in November 2019 with the installation scheduled for Q2 2020. The ferry is set to be retrofitted with one large-sized Norsepower Rotor Sail unit that is 30m in height and 5m in diameter.
NABU, the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, is pleased with Scandlines’ decision to further reduce CO2 emission:
The “adventure” of the Sea Speed Ferries’s ro-pax OLYMPUS eventually came to an end on 14 August.
The damaged ferry has been removed from the port of Santorini by the Spanopoulos Group’s tug CHRISTOS XXVIII, which transferred her at Neorion (Syros).
The ship will be thoroughly inspected and repaired but still her future is unknown within the Greek Ferry Scene.
Photo: George Makris
