Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council is to assume control of Dún Laoghaire Harbour, amid growing concern over how it will finance a potential repair bill of €33.1 million and annual maintenance costs of €800,000.
REGINA SEAWAYS had an engine fire, as reported last week. Its cause is still being investigated. The company is getting ready for the ferry’s repair work and is looking for a substitution to compensate the drop in freight capacity.
Several leaders of big maritime companies and ports have submitted an article regarding the Brexit. Familiar name is Jean-Marc Roué, big boss of Brittany Ferries.Other co-authors are representing the Port of Cherborg, Port of Caen, Port of Le Havre, Chamber of Commerce of Normandie, etc.
“France, stop dreaming!” is the urgent request from the industry leaders. “Don’t see Brexit as an opportunity!” Indeed it seems that Paris is looking with envy at London’s position as financial heart, and the hope is that after Brexit Paris can get a piece of this cake.
The leaders write that a hard, no-deal Brexit, would hit the regions facing the Channel.
Until now, freedom of movement of goods and people have created a healthy regional economy. The Brexit is a threat to everything that has been acquired.
The leaders ask that the French State helps them to put as fast as possible the necessary infrastructure in place, without the usual substantial administrative procedures. There is no time to lose. Ferry operators and ports need to be able to adapt the ports for making a smooth transportation flux possible, since the UNited Kingdom will become a non-EU country.
- EU offers to grant a 20% subsidy of the project to convert 5 ro-pax ferries for LNG-power and to start a MoS between Gijón and Nantes-Saint Nazaire.
- Funds to come from Connect Europe (CEF).
- Balearia’s budget = €75 million.
- The EC has reduced the amount eligible to subsidize at €59 million, which means a subsidy of 11,7 million.
Cotunav’s Ro-Ro ULYSSES collided with container vessel CLS VIRGINIA off Corsica on 7 October. Reason unknown so far and Ferry Shipping News wants to leave to the experts to find out what has happened.
No deaths or injuries were reported and measures to deal with the oil spill were being undertaken.
Last week I started to show my ferry pictures taken during my cruise on KONINGSDAM ( Holland America Line ). Let’s continue with photos from Piraeus, Santorini, Napoli and, finally, Civitavecchia.
MYKONOS PALACE
KNOSSOS PALACE, BLUE HORIZON and BLUE GALAXY
DIAGORAS operates on the Mytilini – Chios – Piraeus route
SANTORINI PALACE operates on Minoan Lines’ new service between Heraklion and Santorini. The fast craft is the former HIGHSPEED 7 from Hellenic Seaways, part of the deal between Attica and the Grimaldi Group.
SUPERFERRY II is being dwarfed by the mighty volcanic landscape of Santorini. This ex Ostend-Dover ferry is still going strong for Golden Star Ferries
Naples: the city, the port, the Vesuvius.
The fast ferries from Naples are very important, not only as lifeline for the islanders, but also for the numerous tourists. Capri is still a favorite, deserved by SNAV’s ISOLA DI CAPRI (and others).
Tourism never stops in Naples.
Several ferries getting ready in Naples, for the night crossing to Sicily and Malta.
The final view of the cruise: CRUISE ROMA and BITHIA, fraternally laying side by side in Civitavecchia, at the start of another sunny Mediterranean day.
REGINA SEAWAYS Suffers Engine Breakdown In The Baltic Sea
On Tuesday 2 October at 13:00, DFDS ferry REGINA SEAWAYS suffered a breakdown to the main engine en route from Kiel to Klaipeda. The breakdown caused smoke, which triggered the ship’s extinguishing system in the engine room.
No passengers or crewmembers were injured. Shortly after 22:00, the ro-pax arrived safely in Klaipeda.
The Puerto Rico Government has started a Public-Private Partnership project that seeks viable and efficient alternatives to provide the transportation services to the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra and between Cataño and San Juan.
Five proponents were interested in taking part in the procurement process.
- Balearia Caribbean Inc.
- HMS Ferries, Inc.
- Priority Roro Services, Inc.
- Puerto Rico Fast Ferries, LLC
- Seastreak, LLC
The Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure has launched a survey which has been designed to allow both individuals and businesses to share their views on the future ferry service.
in May 2018 it was agreed that the Isle of Man Government should buy the shares in the Steam Packet and that a new User Agreement should be signed within a year.
The User Agreement exists to make sure that the Island has secure and reliable ferry services.
A contract between parent company of Eesti Gaas (Estonia’s leading energy company), and Damen Shipyards Group has been signed for the construction of the first of a series of short-sea LNG bunker vessels to operate in the Baltic Sea.
„We are pleased that Tallink Grupp’s pioneering step of selecting LNG as the fuel for its newest vessel MEGASTAR a few years ago, has now led to Eesti Gaas taking this important step and ordering a new bunker vessel, which will benefit all future vessels operating on LNG in this region,“ Tarvi-Carlos Tuulik, Head of Ship Management, Tallink Grupp AS said.
