Ferry Services To Start Between Turkey’s Izmir And Greece’s Athens This Summer
Ferry services between the Çeşme district of western Turkey’s Izmir province and Greece’s coastal town of Lavrion near Athens will commence as of 2 June, connecting the Turkish and Greek mainlands for the first time, officials from the company that will arrange the services said.
The article doesn’t give the company’s or the ship’s name
SPIRIT OF VANCOUVER ISLAND owned by BC Ferries, has been converted at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard SA. On 27 February 2019, the ferry departed from the yard following the completion of a mid-life upgrade.
A maritime consortium, including ABS and Sandia National Laboratories, recently proved the viability of a hydrogen fuel cell ferry designed for operations in the environmentally sensitive San Francisco Bay area.
Ferries On Rio De La Plata
Last week I was with a media friend in Buenos Aires, which was of course an opportunity to test the ferry service to Uruguay. With the much-appreciated help of Direct Ferries we booked a one-day ticket to Colonia.
Before, I hadn’t realised the size of the operations. Seeing the sheer size of the terminal and the number of ferries changed my mind.
Also, something which surprised me was the immigration procedures. After all, in the European Union we are so spoiled with easy border access.
We sailed on SILVIA ANA L, the Spanish, 1996-built monohull fast ferry which had a part of her life on the Color Line route between Hirtshals and Kristiansand.
HARTMUT PUSCHMANN
Moby Fleet Changes: MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO In And HARTMUT PUSCHMANN Out
In the near future some further changes are expected to take place in Moby and Tirrenia’s ro-pax fleet.
The Milan-based group controlled by the Onorato family is rumoured to have just closed the sale of the aged ro-ro unit HARTMUT PUSCHMANN for a price of € 13 million. Some sources report the Cyprus-based Ntiolio Shipping Company Ltd as buyer while some others suggest it should be the Egyptian ferry company El Salam. Moby declined to comment on the deal, but broker sources reveal that the ship will be bare boat chartered back for six months.
MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO launching ceremony at Flensburg shipyard
The 1,820 lane metre HARTMUT PUSCHMANN was built in 1993 by Fincantieri in Palermo and has been recently deployed on the Livorno – Olbia route by Tirrenia.
For one vessel leaving the company’s fleet there will be soon another one replacing it. The cargo sales director, Pierre Canu, said in the occasion of the Transport Logistic exhibition just held in Verona that “a new 4,600 lane metres ro-ro ship is soon to be delivered by the shipyard and therefore will enter into service before next spring on the route covered by Moby Group to and from the port of Catania, in Sicily”. The vessel in question which just left Flensburger shipyard for the sea trials is the MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO, sister ship of the ALF POLLACK bare boat chartered by Onorato Armatori few months ago and then chartered-out to DFDS.
Niels Smedegaard has decided to step down as CEO of DFDS at the end of April.
Torben Carlsen (photo), who joined DFDS as a member of the Executive Board and CFO in 2009, is appointed new CEO.
At the end of February, Norled revealed the first visuals of the hydrogen-powered ferry, designed by LMG Marin, and with contributions from fellow cluster partners Westcon Power & Automation and Prototech.
The Ionian Group consortium officially announced that it will be renamed into Levante Ferries Group. This comes after the change in its composition.
The Group’s fleet will include FIOR DI LEVANTE, MARE DI LEVANTE, ANDREAS KALVOS and NISSOS KEFALONIA. They will continue offering ferry crossings to Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca.
Strategic Marine launched ALFRED, the new vessel for Pentland Ferries. This happened in Vung Tao, Vietnam. Designed by BMT SSD, the 85m catamaran is due to enter service later this year, transporting up to 430 passengers, 98 cars and 12 lorries between the Orkney Islands and mainland Scotland.
