By the year 2030, the Danish port is expected to have insufficient capacity to match the increasing demand from its customers. Therefore, Esbjerg has initiated a process to clarify the possibilities for expanding the port. The project is in public consultation until 18 April 2018.
Photo: Port of Esbjerg
The Government of Ontario has accepted Damen Shipyard’s proposal to build two ferries with full electric propulsion, automatic mooring and automatic charging.
Damen is building a Road Ferry 6819 and a Road Ferry 9819 (68 metres and 98 metres respectively) to operate in the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes.
Finding environmental solutions was part of the tender process.
Photo: Damen Shipyard
Mark Gerretsen (MP for Kingston and the Islands), Leo Postma, (Sales Manager, Damen Shipyards Gorinchem), Sophie Kiwala (Member of Provincial Parliament), Mike Bossio (MP of Hastings-Lennox and Addington)
Finnlines’ EUR 70 million Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction Investment Programme was launched with the lengthening of four vessels in 2017, with an option of additional two. Finnlines has now decided to exercise the option for the lengthening of the two additional vessels: FINNBREEZE and FINNSEA. This will be done in 2018, Q4.
Italian Anti-trust authority says two ferry companies hindered competition
Italian Anti-Trust Authority has fined two Onorato Group companies, Moby and Tirrenia, for abusing their dominant position in Sardinia, writes Infomarine.net.
The investigation followed a complaint filed by Trans-Isole, Grimaldi, Grendi and Lucianu.
Interferry Voices Fire Safety Concerns At Imo
Work to improve ro-pax fire safety has become a major area of activity for Interferry following several high-profile incidents in recent years, and this was again underlined by some key interventions at the fifth annual session of the IMO’s Ship Systems and Equipment (SSE) Sub-Committee, which took place from March 12-16.
Interferry has written to the French administration regarding their plans for the on-board security screening of ferry passengers between vehicle decks and the accommodation areas.
In Interferry’s view, vehicle decks are not a safe environment to harbour large number of passengers in transition to the stairways – such an accumulation would increase the risk of accidents, inhibit effective evacuation and limit the scope for protection from an armed attack.
Balearia will operate FINNCLIPPER in May, when the ro-pax vessel is being replaced by FINNSWANN. FINNCLIPPER currently operates on Naantali – Kappelskär.
High-speed catamaran LEONORA CHRISTINA will be renamed BUGANVILLA EXPRESS when taken over by Fred.Olsen from Færgen.
BORE BAY will replace ELISABETH RUSS on Stena’s route between Gdynia and Nynäshamn, as from April.
Jadrolinija has decided to order a smaller ferry than originally planned. The new design foresees 900 pax instead of 1500, and 200 cars. This will reduce the price considerably.
A Fascinating Year For Finnlines, Says Mr Grimaldi
As written in Week 9, Finnlines has performed very well last year. The official figures are now available in the Annual Report, downloadable via below link.
• Revenue increased by 13.2%
• EBITDA improved by 9.5%
• Cargo units: 709,000
• Passengers: 619,000 (including freight drivers)
Torghatten, the Norwegian group with ferry, bus and air transport (Widerœ) has published the 2017 report.
January 2017 was the start of a new 10-year licensing period for the Horten – Moss route. Traffic development has been good, and all three new ferries have worked without major operational interruptions.
In Helgeland, a new plug-in hybrid ferry was delivered for the Tjøtta – Forvik route.
The group has won two major contracts, which start on 1 January 2019.
These are the ferry connections Halhjem – Sandvikvåg (E39, Hordaland) and Flakk – Rørvik (Trøndelag). Torhatten has 7 ferries under construction for these connections.
Torghatten also signed a contract for the continuation of the operations on Bognes -Scarberget and Drag – Kjøpsvik for the period 2018 to 2021. Here the ferries are upgraded to plug-in hybrid systems.
Key figures for the 2017 (2016) results, including air, ferry and buses:
Revenue NOK 9,740 million (9,386)
EBITDA NOK 1,314 million (1,345)
EBIT NOK 625 million (733)
Result before tax (EBT) 558 million (590)
Result after tax 468 million (448)
Five ferries are built in Turkey, with a gas-electric propulsion plant including a battery pack, and two are being built in Norway, also with gas-electric proplusion.
ICG, parent company of Irish Ferries, reports a solid financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2017.
Highlights:
Revenue up 3.0% to €335.1 million (€325.4 million)
EBITDA down 3.0% to €81.0 million (€83.5 million)
Ro-ro freight volumes up 0.5% to 287,500 units (286,100 units)
Cars up 2.4% to 424,000 units (414,100 units)
