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Nov 01
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IN THE MEDIA

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

LNG Ro-Ro Ferry For Kaliningrad Region Included In Development Programme

The construction of an LNG-powered ro-ro ferry for the Ust-Luga Baltijsk Line has been included into the Russian federal programme for the Kaliningrad Region. The ship is a 200m LNG-powered ro-ro ferry of Arc4 class, with an enclosed deck for railcars and open upper deck for trailers and trucks.

The vessel will have a double-screw propulsion plant. It can be bunkered simultaneously from four mobile units or from a coastal LNG bunker base. The ship is of a CNF19M design, by Marine Engineering Bureau.

Nov 01
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SHORT NEWS

By 2018 Newsletter week 44
  • La Méridionale will submit an offer for the Public Service contract for ferry services between mainland France and Corsica. The company will not tender with Corsica Linea but will go solo.
  • Balearia’s VISEMAR ONE has been renamed HEDY LAMARR.
  • During two weeks Hellenic Seaways ro-pax NISSOS CHIOS will be used by Africa Morocco Link on Algeciras-Tanger Med. Then she will be chartered for 3 months by the Baleria for the route Dénia-Ibiza-Palma.
  • Although not a ferry, we would like to inform our readers that Hurtigruten has ordered a third expedition cruise vessel.
Nov 01
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VIDEO

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

Molslinjen’s EXPRESS 4 Soon Going On Sea Trials

Austal has successfully launched the Auto Express 109m high-speed ro-pax ferry EXPRESS 4 for Molslinjen.

This major project milestone involved the vessel being launched into the water for the first time and follows the successful roll-out and joining of the hull and superstructure in August. The vessel is now undergoing final preparations to begin sea trials as part of the acceptance and handover process.

Handover date is planned for January 2019.

Nov 01
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

Last weekend I passed the English Channel on my way from Rouen to Antwerp. This one single picture of P&O’s SPIRIT OF BRITAIN is probably a good illustration for Brexit. Comes rain or comes shine?

Oct 25
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Italian Company Bluferries Receives New Ferry TRINACRIA And Exercises Option For A Second Unit

By 2018 Newsletter week 43

Bluferries, the Italian shipping company controlled by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and active on the two sides of the Strait of Messina, received this week the new ferry TRINACRIA (ex OKEANOS I). She has been acquired from Ocean Freedom Shipping Company and built in Greece by Perama-based Megatechnica shipyard.

As from next December this new vessel will enter into service between the ports of Messina and Villa San Giovanni.

Some particulars: 400 passengers, 150 cars or 23 trucks. Overall length 104m. Price €14.5 million.

TRINACRIA will be followed in 2020 by a sister ship due to be built by the same shipyard in Greece. Blueferries officially revealed to have exercised the option for a second vessel at the same price.

Ferrando & Massone of Genoa acted as broker of the deal.

Oct 25
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Finnish Government’s Amended Budget Is Positive For The Kvarken Ferry Project

By 2018 Newsletter week 43

In 2016, the Finnish Government has committed itself to co-finance the Kvarken transport project (ferry link between the cities of Vaasa and Umeå).

The Government has now amended the budget for 2018, and this includes EUR 10 million for the development and the continuity of the existing ferry services, and another EUR 10 million for the new ferry project.

A decision about the planned biogas / LNG hybrid ferry project is expected to be taken in December.

Oct 25
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Moby And Tirrenia Merger Approved By Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings

By 2018 Newsletter week 43

The announced merger of the two Italian ferry companies Moby and Tirrenia received the green light from the company’s shareholders.

A statement published on the Luxembourg stock exchange’s website, the group controlled by Vincenzo Onorato says:

“Extraordinary Shareholders’ meetings of Moby S.p.A. (Moby) and of its wholly-owned subsidiary Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione S.p.A. (CIN), both held on 17 October 2018, have passed resolutions approving the reverse-merger project which provides for the merger of Moby into CIN. The reverse merger will be effective as from the date in which the last filing pursuant to Article 2504 of the Italian Civil Code will be made or from any other date stated in the deed of merger.”

The headquarters of the group is expected to be moved back from Milan to Cagliari, in Sardinia.

Oct 25
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New Ro-Pax For Tallink To Be Built In Rauma

By 2018 Newsletter week 43

AS Tallink Grupp and Finnish shipbuilding company Rauma Marine Constructions Oy have signed a letter of intent to build a ro-pax shuttle ferry for the Tallinn-Helsinki route.

  • €250 million
  • Planning to start spring 2019
  • Building to start 2020
  • Delivery end 2021
  • Passenger capacity 2,800
  • Dual-fuel, using LNG as main fuel