Passengership Info has an interesting article on the lengthening of Grimaldi Lines’ two ferries CRUISE ROMA and CRUISE BARCELONA.
It is not only a matter of increasing passenger and vehicle carrying capacity. The ferry operator has also implemented a very environmentally friendly approach and shall add a bank of mega- lithium batteries, to have zero emissions in port.
To complement the mega-lithium battery, the works also include installing a scrubber system.
The President of the Vigo shipyard, Mr José García Costas, told the newspaper Faro De Vigo that the yard has secured work for the next three years.
Photo: Havila Kystlink
Croatian Uljanik Shipyard is in trouble. SIEM cancelled the order for four car carriers.
What happens with the CLdN order for ro-ro ferries is unclear. In 2016, Uljanik signed a contract for the construction of 2 + 2 + 2 vessels for CLDN (5,500 lane meter).
The hunt for new investors is open.
Port Of Calais Less Worried About Brexit Than Six Months Ago
This is in a nutshell what CEO of Port of Calais Jean-Marc Puissesseau said on local TV.
Watch the interview on YouTube (in French)
Dirk Jankowsky photographed the former VILLUM CLAUSEN in the Kiel Canal on Sunday 9 September. The fast craft has been renamed WORLDCHAMPION JET. She’s on her way to Greece for SeaJets.
Captain Apostolos Kaknis was so kind to sent us this photograph of CRUISE OLYMPIA lit by a warm Greek sunshine.
He also provided this view (below) from NISSOS SAMOS in Piraeus (Hellenic Seaways).
This picture was taken last year, in Incheon, South-Korea. It shows a ferry with the long name of NEW GOLDEN BRIDGE 2 (Weidong Ferry).
Some sources say that this ship could come to Europe soon. We don’t do rumours. We do nice pictures. This one was taken onboard cruise ship VOLENDAM, Holland America Line.
Good morning! First grab a nice cup of coffee and then click here below to read our special feature about coffee onboard ferries.
Ro-Pax HAMMERODDE Gets Swedish Flag And New Name
Preparations for the change of the vessel on Gothenburg-Frederikshavn are in full motion on the shipyard Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona. On Tuesday 4 September the flag and name of the former Færgen ferry was changed.
The flag was changed from Danish to Swedish and the name from HAMMERODDE to STENA VINGA. She is scheduled to go into operation mid-September.
HAMMERODDE’s previous Master Jens Andersen hands over to Stena’s Senior Master Anders Broberg. (Photo: Lars Jansson)
MUHUMAA, the double-ended ferry having operated as GRETE between Cuxhaven – Brunsbüttel has reportedly been sold to Labrador Marine Services, a member of the Woodward Group of Companies.
She has been re-registered in the Marshall Islands. Unconfirmed reports say she’s going to be rebuilt by the Fiskerstrand Yard, prior to going to Canada. The vessel and her two sisters were built for operation on the Estonian side of the Baltic Sea, and have her sisters SAAREMAA and HIIUMAA are believed to have been sold to the same company, but this has not been confirmed.
The local Government (Department of transportation) wanted to increase the number of vehicles and passengers that could be accommodated on the run from St. Barbe, Newfoundland to Blanc Sablon, Quebec, just across the boarder from southern Labrador. It was searching for a new, ice-reinforced ferry.
In August AS Tallink Grupp transported more passengers (+1.3%), more cargo units (+2.8%) but less cars (-0.6%).
