The port extension issue in Ystad (Sweden) has been settled. The City Council gave the green light, after some politicians expressed their opposition before.
Social Democrats have proposed a billion investment in the city’s port area, while the Moderate Party said the possibilities for external funding should be examined first.
The EU already granted support.
ALF POLLAK has kindly been photographed by our Danish friend Peter Therkildsen. The ship is still at anchor near Fayard, awaiting to start her (sub)charter with CLdN.
VISBORG Has Been Delivered
Rederi AB Gotland’s new ro-pax, VISBORG, has been christened last Saturday in China.
The video shows the new ferry during her sea trials
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Earlier this year a truly unique event occurred. Dublin Port welcomed two of the world’s largest short-sea ro-ro vessels on the same day. That’s is almost 16,000 lane-meters, with only two ships.
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Onorato Armatori Announced That Newbuilt Ro-Ro ALF POLLACK Will Be Chartered By Cobelfret
Onorato Armatori of Italy, controlled by Vincenzo Onorato, head of Moby group, publicly announced that the new ro-ro ship ALF POLLAK will be chartered out to a company based in Northern Europe, instead of being deployed in the Med as previously anticipated.
The charterer will be Cobelfret’s Cldn, which offers regular connections from the European continent to the British Isles, Scandinavia and Spain.
The contract is for one year.
ALF POLLAK (capacity for 310 semi-trailers on 4,076 lane meter of garage deck) has just been delivered in bare boat charter to Onorato Armatori by the German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft trough SIEM Group and is currently installing the scrubbers at Fayard shiprepair.
Onorato Armatori said in a statement that “the ro-ro market in the Mediterranean is not mature enough to receive such a big ro-ro vessel with a capacity of over 4,000 lane metres”.
What will happen with the sister vessel still under construction (photo) remains to be seen.
Norled won the competition to operate a hydrogen ferry that will serve the route Hjelmeland-Nesvik-Skipavik in Rogaland, Norway.
As with the battery-operated AMPERE, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration has designed the tender as a ‘development contract’.
At least 50% of the propulsion power must be from hydrogen. The remaining energy must come from batteries. Today, no comparable hydrogen powered vessels are in operation.
The contract period lasts for 10 years and runs from 15 April 2021 to 28 February 2031.
LMG Marin is Norled’s partner in designing this ferry.
FosenNamsos Sjø has taken delivery of the two new plug-in hybrid ferries LAGATUN and MUNKEN. They will be used on the Flakk – Rørvik route as from 1 January.
The hulls have been built at the Montex Shipyard in Gdansk, and equipped at the Myklebust Verft in Norway, after a Multi Maritime design.
The Irish Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) examined an incident involving the Irish Ferries ro-pax EPSILON, which happened in February 2016. The report has been published and can be downloaded via the link below.
What happened: after sailing from Cherbourg to Dublin the Italian-flagged vessel experienced adverse weather conditions (Force 10, waves 6-9m), causing cargo shifts, damage and injuries to people.
Some issues: Senior Master versus Duty Master, cargo securing, weather forecasting.
Conclusions in paragraph 5, and safety recommendations in paragraph 6.
Austal has entered into a contract with the National Infrastructure Development Company (NIDCO) which is owned by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago’s (GORTT).
The contract is to design and build a 94m high-speed vehicle and passenger catamaran to be delivered in mid-2020.
The vessel is a derivative of the two 109m AutoExpress ships designed in the last two years by Austal.
The ship will be built in Austal’s new shipyard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. This new facility commenced operations on 1 November this year and has already successfully delivered large aluminium modules for a 109m catamaran being built in the Philippines.
The 94m AutoExpress is designed to carry 926 passengers and 250 cars at speeds of 37.5 knots and will operate a daily service between the islands of Trinidad and Tobago.
Scandlines’ KRONPRINS FREDERIK visited Rostock on Friday 30 November for berthing trials. A berth has been modified to allow her to be used again on the route, if required.
Scandlines currently uses this Gedser – Rostock veteran as an additional cargo ferry on Puttgarden – Rødby route. In 2017 she has slightly been rebuilt to fit the dock in Puttgarden. The test was to make sure she can be used on the Rostock route, if needed.
