2018 Newsletter Week 24

Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH (W.D.R.), has christened its latest newbuilding, the double-ended ferry NORDERAUE (June 8).

The ship operates on the Föhr-Amrum route, connecting the island ports of Wyk (Föhr) and Wittdün (Amrum) to the Schleswig-Holstein mainland.

The ferry was delivered by Neptun-Werft GmbH on April 19. She is a modified successor of W.D.R.’s two other ferries, UTHLANDE (2010) and SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (2011).

The growth of freight has required some adjustments to the basic design:

• Re-designed car deck with four instead of three lanes.
• Increased deadweight

The new ship has been designed in accordance with the RAL-UZ 141 standards for the renowned German “Blauer Engel” ecolabel.

W.D.R. is also having a low-speed passenger catamaran ferry under construction in The Netherlands, for delivery next year.

Photo: W.D.R.

Nor Lines Is A New Customer For Titan LNG On The Rotterdam City Terminal

 KVITNOS and KVITBJORN are the two LNG-powered ro-ro’s used by Nor Lines on the new service from Norway to the SCA Terminal in Rotterdam. The ships bunker at Titan LNG (City Terminal, Prins Willem Alexanderhaven ). The LNG comes with trucks, since there are not enough bunker ships yet. Rotterdam is very active in promoting LNG as fuel.

Photo: KVITBJORN © Mike Louagie

Gas Natural Fenosa and Baleària successfully completed the first bunkering of LNG in the port of Valencia, on Saturday June 9.

Both companies have developed a pioneering project in Spain, consisting of the installation of an LNG-powered generator as well as a 30m3 gas tank in the Balearia ro-pax ABEL MATUTES.

It has required an investment of about DKK 100 million, but has also clearly become Denmark’s most modern ro-ro port terminal, says Blue Water about the new terminal in the East Port. With its 116,000 m2, it can accommodate a total of 1,000 containers and 750 trailers at once– and almost think for itself.

Blue Water plans to copy many of the terminal’s new features to other terminals.

Photo: Port of Esbjerg

A new report prepared for the Port of Esbjerg in connection with an EU project dealing with green cruise tourism shows that it would be inappropriate to invest in LNG at the Port of Esbjerg at the current time.

One Single Phone Number To Report Cyber Problems In Port Of Rotterdam

Port of Rotterdam has activated the telephone number of the Port Cyber Reporting Point. It is intended for all companies in the Rotterdam ports and industrial areas

All 170 companies that are subject to the port security law or have a port security certificate must report large-scale IT disruptions to the Port Cyber Reporting Point, in order to take quick action before the setback creates a cascade of problems all over the port.

Thanks to the partnership between Grimaldi Lines and Blu Navy, customers will have better fares.:

• On the maritime connections from Civitavecchia and Livorno to Olbia, or from Civitavecchia to Porto Torres, for Blu Navy customers.
• On the Elba, Sardinia and Corsica routes, for Grimali customers.