The European innovation project ‘Flagships’ has been awarded five million euro from the EU to support deploying two commercially operated zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vessels in France and Norway.
Westcon in Ølen, Norway, will be the shipyard for this ferry.
Liberty Lines Received Another High-Speed Craft from Liberty Shipyard
A new high-speed craft called CARMINE has just been delivered to the Sicilian ferry company Liberty Lines from Liberty Shipyard (formerly known as HSC Shipyard) based in the port of Trapani.
The unit in question is part of the Admiral 250 series and is a sister ship of the hydrofoils renamed AMMARÌ, CARLO MORACE and CARMEN M.
This high-speed vessel has a capacity for 250 passengers.
The two new LNG vessels for Rederij Doeksen arrived in Harlingen on Wednesday 29 May, all the way from Vietnam. They were carried by heavy lift vessel SUN RISE.
The catamarans will be towed to Harlingen, where the remaining work will be done at Nesta.
From 7 January 2020 the vessels will be structurally deployed on the Terschelling and Vlieland lines
This past spring, Viking Line held a major competition to come up with a name for the line’s new cruise ship. Thousands suggestions were received from Sweden, Finland, Åland and the rest of the world. Of these, ten finalists were chosen, which some 30,000 people have now voted on. Viking Line announced that the new vessel will be named VIKING GLORY.
Color Line’s COLOR HYBRID To Enter Service on 26 July
The World’s largest plug-in hybrid ferry COLOR HYBRID will enter service on 26 July. She’s being built by the Ulstein yard on behalf of Color Line, for the route Sandefjord – Strømstad.
Color Line has put a lot of artist impressions on the website.
LIVEX 2019
On 25 May, Dutch Coast Guard organised a rescue exercise on P&O Ferries’ PRIDE OF HULL.
Watch a short movie (Dutch spoken)
Grimaldi Group Officially Presented The ‘Extended’ CRUISE ROMA
Grimaldi Group officially presented the renovated and lengthened ferry CRUISE ROMA in the port of Barcelona. She re-entered service on the Civitavecchia – Porto Torres – Barcelona route after completing a lengthening work at the Fincantieri shipyard in Palermo.
A new 29m section including 600 additional freight lane meters, together with 80 sleeping accommodations in new passenger cabins and two new public spaces was inserted at the centre of the 2007-built vessel.
A message saying “Zero emission in port” is now visible on both the sides of the vessel since the CRUISE ROMA was also fitted with a scrubber system, as well as a system to power the ship during the turnaround time in ports based on mega-lithium batteries.
The same works are to be done also for the sister ship CRUISE BARCELONA, which is currently dry docked at Fincantieri Palermo’s site.
Incat Will Build The World’s Largest Aluminium Ship For Buquebus
Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd will build the 130m catamaran for long standing customer, Buquebus.
The ferry will join the other Incat ships already serving various ports on the River Plate between Argentina and Uruguay.
The completed vessel will be the largest aluminium ferry ever built and the ninth vessel for Incat’s customer Buquebus.
Some specifications for hull 096
Nostalgic Return Of POVL ANKER Will Charm Bornholmers
Molslinjen A/S has a plan for the renovation of the reserve ferry POVL ANKER. By next year the ferry should be repainted in a new scheme, and the passenger areas will be refurbished.
The idea is to bring back the grandeur of POVL ANKER by painting her in the original colours of 1978, when she was delivered. The funnel will wear the Molslinjen logo though, not the DSB black and red colors.
Today, the veteran works as a reserve ferry for the fast ferries on the Bornholm route between Rønne and Ystad. In summer she also carries passengers between Rønne and Sassnitz
A hydraulic problem with one of PONT-AVEN’s two steering gear systems was reported during manoeuvres in the port of Roscoff, following her overnight crossing from Plymouth which departed on the evening of 16 May 2019.
As a consequence of reduced steering capacity, she had to be taken out of service. She sailed under her own steam to Brest where repairs to the affected steering system are taking place.
Before, on 29 April 2019, the modern ferry experienced an engine room fire occurred while it was sailing from Plymouth to Santander.
Canada’s federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau announced the intention to order two new ferries.
When built, the first ferry will operate the CTMA route between Îles de la Madeleine and Prince Edward Island, as replacement for the MADELEINE.
The second is for the Wood Island (Prince Edward Island) to Caribou (Nova Scotia) service, operated by Northumberland Ferries.
She will replace the HOLIDAY ISLAND.
At this moment the message is mainly a political declaration. The Minister said the vessels would be built locally, at the Davie shipyard. No budget has been released, and no contract has been signed (yet).
Other yards have 14 days to react.
The Minister said it would take another five years before delivery. The vessels will be ordered and owned by the Federal Government, and operated by CTMA and Northumberland Ferries.
CTMA presently operates the CTMA VOYAGEUR, MADELEINE and CTMA VACANCIER.
