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Apr 18
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Biggest European Shipbuilders Collaborate On Vessel Connectivity

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

The biggest European shipbuilders have announced a new cooperative initiative to develop and demonstrate a connected vessel platform. This project is named Code Kilo.

Chantiers de l’Atlantique, Damen Shipyards Group, Fincantieri, Lürssen, Meyer Werft, Naval Group and Navantia joined forces to harmonise data management solutions and standards. This new, ambitious project will seek for the full cooperation and engagement of all maritime stakeholders, including shipowners, shipbuilders, suppliers and classification societies, and it is supported by SEA Europe, the Shipyards’ and Maritime Equipment Association.

More information and updates will soon be available

www.codekilo.eu

Apr 18
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Stena Line’s Second E-Flexer Floated Out In China

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

The second vessel under construction at the Avic Weihai Shipyard has been floated out.

She will be named STENA EDDA, after an old Norse term that refers to a central medieval collection of poems and divine mythology.

STENA EDDA is scheduled to enter service on the Belfast-Liverpool route in spring 2020.

This is the second of three new E-Flexer vessels bound for the Irish Sea during 2020 and 2021.

In addition to the three Irish Sea vessels, Stena Line has also ordered a further two E-Flexer ro-pax vessels with a larger design (3,600 lane metre), to be deployed within Stena Line’s network in 2022.

Apr 18
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Irish Continental Group Sells OSCAR WILDE To MSC Group

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

Irish Continental Group plc has entered into a bareboat hire purchase agreement for the sale of the 1987-built ferry OSCAR WILDE to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA.

The total gross consideration for the sale is €28.9 million, payable in instalments over 6 years, up to 2025.

Delivery is expected to take place this month.

Recently MSC’s ferry subsidiary SNAV acquired AURELIA for the Adriatic Sea route Ancona-Split.

Apr 18
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FERRY PORTS

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

Dublin Port Announces New Dwell Time Initiative To Increase Port Capacity Post-Brexit

Problem: Containers and freight trailers must move through Dublin Port lands at faster pace as growth continues with volumes up 7.0% in Q1 2019

Solution: Dublin Port Company has announced an initiative to decrease the dwell time(*) of containers and trailers at Dublin Port so as to increase the Port’s throughput capacity for future growth.

(*) Dwell time: time spent in the same position, waiting to be picked up.

Phase 1:

  • Reduce the free time period allowed for containers and trailers (from 7 to 4 days)
  • Double the daily quay charges applied after this free period.

Phase 2 etc.:

  • Objective of achieving an average dwell time of 2.0 days in container terminals in Dublin within three years.
  • Target is to achieve an average dwell times of 16 hours, before end 2021. This will require many trailers to be removed from the port to inland locations, particularly during off peak hours.
Apr 18
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INTERESTING READS

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

Zeebrugge Port Sees Growth In Ro-Ro Traffic

Q1 shows considerable growth in ro-ro traffics: + 10,6 %.

Larger volumes were shipped between Port of Zeebrugge and the UK in the run up to 12 April, the date given for the Brexit.

Apr 18
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INTERESTING READS

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

Safety Warning About Drivers Remaining In Vehicle Cabs While Ferries Are At Sea

What is this about? Drivers who remain on the vehicle deck of ferries pose a danger to themselves and can cause delay in emergency response. The UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published a report.

Apr 18
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IN THE MEDIA

By 2019 Newsletter week 16

Five Parliamentarians Write Open Letter To Find Solutions For Moss

Five members of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Transport, Environment and Energy have written an open letter to Bastø Fosen. The letter was published on 17 April in Moss-Avis.

The aim is to improve the viability for the city of Moss, by applying some changes to ferries, terminal and roads.

Moss suffers from congestion due to ferry traffic.

They announced several policy goals, the most important being:

  • The ferries have to be full electric and thus emission-free.
  • On some given departures heavy traffic on the ferries must be avoided.
  • The Moss ferry terminal has to be moved closer to the train station.
  • Highway 19, going through Moss, must be tunnelled.

Bastø-Fosen’s State contract expires end of 2026. The politicians ask to speed up the tender process, in order to give the ferry operator enough time to make the proper investments. “By clarifying who has a license in 2027 as early as possible, it will be easier to plan in a longer perspective. We hope for a dialogue on this issue,” say the MP’s.

Bastø Fosen has hybrid ferries on order.