Ferguson Shipyard Could Be Nationalised Amid Ferry Row
The Scottish government is drawing up plans to nationalise Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde.
That option is the increasingly likely outcome of a dispute over the building of two west coast ferries for CalMac.
Liverpool Terminal Has Been Approved Despite Increasing Costs
Manx government funding has been approved for a £38m passenger ferry terminal in Liverpool despite costs spiralling by more than a fifth. The project, which received planning permission in April, will cost £6.5m more than originally estimated.
The ferry terminal will be able to accommodate up to 1,000 passengers and 200 vehicles. The facility, which is due to open in March 2021, will be built at Princes Half Tide Dock, about 670m from the existing terminal at the city’s Pier Head.
When complete, the terminal will be leased to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company.
£38m Isle Of Man Ferry Terminal Funding Approved Despite Rising Costs
Manx government funding has been approved for a £38m passenger ferry terminal in Liverpool despite costs spiralling by more than a fifth.
The project, which received planning permission in April, will cost £6.5m more than originally estimated.
The need for “additional structural and construction work” on the site and the quay walls have been blamed for putting up costs.
Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione S.p.A., fully owned by Moby S.p.A., confirmed the sale of BARBARA
KRAHULIK to a foreign purchaser, which is TT Line.
Fred Olsen Express and Baleària have introduced on July 28 ro-pax ABEL MATUTES, on the route that connects Huelva with the Canarian ports of La Luz (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Also LNG-powered, she replaces NAPOLES.
DFDS Presents The Smart Gate In Port Of Ghent
The new modern gating system enables a far more efficient terminal entry process aligned with the rest of the DFDS-owned terminals. This will in turn support the further expansion of the Ghent Terminal as well as the growth of future volumes going through the gate.
Grandi Navi Veloci Puts Order For New GSI Ships On Hold
MSC-controlled Grandi Navi Veloci will currently not proceed with the order for two ro-pax ferries, which were previously announced. They were going to be built at the GSI Shipyard in China.
At the annual general meeting of the Italian shipowners association (Assarmatori), Gianluigi Aponte, chairman of MSC Group, stated: “I can say that we are still considering the investment. However, the main issue with the shipyard is the price”.
The four ro-pax vessels (plus a further four units in options) jointly ordered in China by GNV and Onorato Armatori in 2017, have a capacity for 2,500 passengers and crew and offer 3,765 lane metres. The first and third ships should have been delivered to Grandi Navi Veloci, while Onorato (which instead recently confirmed the order) will take delivery of the other two. The first vessel for Onorato will come into service late 2021.
Hyundai Mipo To Build Two Ro-Ro Ferries For CLdN
Last week South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard informed the stock exchange that it had secured an order for two “car carriers” for an “undisclosed European shipowner”.
In fact, the order is presumably for two ro-ro vessels for CLdN. This has not been officially confirmed by CLdN, yet, but all arrows point in the same direction. Some sources say there is an option for a further two units.
CLdN recently had to cancel its twin order at the ill-fated Uljanik shipyard in Croatia.
The contract with Hyundai Mipo is worth KRW 163.2 billion (EUR 123.2 million). CLdN is a good customer of the yard, with LAURELINE and YSALINE recently delivered, and SIXTINE and HERMINE to be delivered later this year.
Seatruck Ferries ro-ro CLIPPER RANGER is on her way from Birkenhead to Cap-aux-Meules, Canada.
She has been chartered for one year (with a purchase option) by CTMA. The vessel is due to replace the 47-year-old CTMA VOYAGEUR. She will transport freight between Montréal and Souris. The vessel is expected to arrive in Canada on 24 July.
As already written last week, TT Line’s PETER PAN had an engine room fire on 9 July. Two tugs helped her to berth in Travemünde. No one was hurt. Presently the ship is still out of action.
TT Line is now chartering small ro-ro freighter GUTE.
Seajets’ HSC SIFNOS JET will be introduced on July 18 on the Piraeus – Western Cyclades line.
The small high-speed craft arrived in Elefsina on December 9, 2016 – onboard the general cargo ship EIT PALMINA.
In the past she served the islands of New Caledonia – as the BETICO – on behalf of Compagnie Maritime des Iles. She is fully repaired and upgraded and she has also changed her main engines.
SIFNOS JET was built in Australia (Austal) in 1999. She has a GT of 908. With a length of 52.4m her carrying capacity is 500 passengers.
She is equipped with 4 x MTU 4000 M05 main engines and her speed is 35 knots.
