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Sep 21
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P&O Ferries introduces VIP service for freight drivers

By 2017 Newsletter week 38

P&O Ferries has launched a new Commercial Drivers Club, which guarantees VIP service for freight drivers using its overnight routes on the North Sea (Hull-Zeebrugge, Hull-Europoort) Members using P&O Ferries’ terminals can enjoy a TV lounge, free refreshments and dedicated lavatory facilities.

They are also allocated a cabin with bathroom, which is solely for their own use, subject to availability during peak season. Menus have been improved, and by introducing a new restaurant layout, drivers are able to sit wherever they want. The terminal layout has also been improved, for a faster exit.

Photo: Mike Louagie

Sep 21
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CRACOVIA makes its debut on Ystad-Świnoujście

By 2017 Newsletter week 38

Polferries have finally introduced the recently acquired ro-pax ferry CRACOVIA on the ever-growing Ystad-Świnoujście line.

The ro-pax ship was built in 2002 in Spain for Merchant Ferries, as a vessel in a series of five. She mainly served Trasmediterranea routes to the Balearic and Canary IslandS. After a stint in the Black Sea, she was sold to Polferries in May 2017. She has space for 64 cars, 124 trucks and 650 passengers.

Ystad Harbor is Sweden’s largest port for ferry services to and from Poland and this traffic has grown sharply in recent years. In 2016, truck traffic between Ystad and Świnoujście increased by 13%.

Photo: Jakub Bogucki

Sep 21
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DRUJBA replaced by another ro-pax

By 2017 Newsletter week 38

Since DRUJBA was sold to Polferries as CRACOVIA (see above), a replacement had to be found for Drujba Line, the Bulgaria-based ferry company that operates a one-vessel Black Sea service from Burgas, Bulgaria to Batumi (Georgia) and Novorossiysk (Russia). The company now operates the former Tirrenia ferry LAZIO (1994), which was acquired by the Burgas-based company PB Shipping EOOD earlier this year.

Sep 21
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New access ramps for the Calais Port 2015 project

By 2017 Newsletter week 38

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with French civil engineering construction company Bouygues Travaux Publics, to design, fabricate and install three linkspan facilities in the port of Calais.
In August, the pending decision was already criticized by local politicians from extreme right party Front national. They condemned the fact that the ramps would be built in Poland, and not in the Nord Pas-de-Calais region. They also tried to prove that the floating type of linkspan is less reliable than the actual fixed links. The port authorities argued that the nearby port of Dunkerque successfully uses floating linkspans since 15 years, and with the same berthing frequency as in Calais

Photo: MacGregor
Source: MacGregor

Sep 21
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Discover the CMAL newbuildings

By 2017 Newsletter week 38

Ferguson Marine, who has been awarded the construction of two dual-fuel ferries for CMAL, has created a very interesting visual presentation of the vessels, including VR (Virtual Reality) options.
The first ferry will be delivered in early 2018, with the second vessel following a few months later.

The ships are designed to carry 127 cars or 16 trucks, or a combination of and up to 1,000 passengers. The new ferries are earmarked for the Ardrossan-Brodick and the Uig Triangle routes, operated by CalMac Ferries Ltd.

Photo: Ferguson Marine

Sep 14
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Keel section for new Irish Ferries cruise ferry laid at ceremony in Flensburg

By 2017 Newsletter week 37

The laying of the keel section of the new €144 million cruise ferry being built for Irish Ferries, has taken place at Flensburg Schiffbau Gesellschaft.

The 55,000 tonnes vessel will be delivered next July. She will enter year-round service on the Dublin-Holyhead and Ireland-France routes.

It will be the largest ferry built by the FSG shipyard to date.

A name is currently being chosen by public competition, via the website.

Sep 14
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DFDS investigates the possibilities for issuing a new corporate bond

By 2017 Newsletter week 37

DFDS A/S announced to the Oslo stock exchange its intention to issue new DKK and/or NOK denominated senior unsecured bonds with an expected maturity of 5 years in the near future.

The Issuer has mandated Danske Bank A/S, Nordea Bank AB (publ) and Nykredit Bank A/S to arrange fixed income investor meetings starting on 15 September 2017. There is no certainty that the issue of the New Bonds will be initiated or consummated.

Sep 14
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CMA CGM to start a new ro-ro service to Morocco

By 2017 Newsletter week 37

French company CMA CGM has the intention to start a Marseille-Tanger ro-ro freight service, as from November.

Two –still unknown– ro-ro ships are going to be chartered. The service would be weekly, with a Saturday departure on each side.

Goal is to take some of the freight away from the Tanger to Algeciras and Barcelona routes, in what is known as the ‘citrus’ season.

Although being a container company, CMA CGM already has a ro-ro service to Tunisia, with a vessel chartered from Stena RoRo, the MONT VENTOUX (see photo).

Two small ro-ro sister ships are laid up in the port of Marseille, MAESTRO SEA and MAESTRO UNIVERSE. Could these be the ships? To be confirmed.

Source: Actu Transport Logistique Photo: Mike Louagie