Corsica Linea needs more capacity

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Pascal Trojani, leading Corsica Linea, said to Corse-Matin that he is a happy man after a successful year. The summer season has been good, not only for passengers but especially for freight. He says the company has a market share of 60% for the freight coming from and going to Corsica.
The challenge is now the saturation of the vessels. “We need to think about enlarging our capacity. We would like to have a new vessel in two years. We might first need to go on the secondhand market but the ultimate goal is a newbuilt ro-pax with LNG as fuel.”
Corsica Linea has been created by 130 local transport companies, from which 14 companies own 95% of the shares.

Photo: ©Mike Louagie

SHORT NEWS

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  • After a very successful six-month charter for SOL Continent Line, ro-ro ferry ML FREYJA will start to sail for Mann Lines as from December 27 and will replace STENA FORETELLER. SOL has used her on the Zeebrugge-Göteborg route. Her place will be taken by TAVASTLAND.

Photo: ML FREYJA in Zeebrugge ©Mike Louagie

  • Africa Morocco Link has decided to put a ‘pause’ on the highly seasonal Nador-Almeria route from December 25 onwards. Route vessel DIAGORAS will return to Greece.
  • Condor has chartered the ro-ro vessel ARROW to provide cover and additional capacity over Christmas and New Year.