A company belonging to Mediterranean Shipping Company bought the 1999-built roro VICTORIAN RELIANCE. The ship is already flying the Portuguese flag (Madeira) and will be renamed JOLLY BLUE.
The name indicates she will be chartered by Ignazio Messina who already operates the sister vessel JOLLY EXPRESS on the Rades (Tunis) – Gioia Tauro (Italy) – Naples (Italy) route.
The roro vessel is on her way to Singapore.
Irish Continental Group plc: Preliminary Statement of Full Year Results
ICG reports a solid financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2019.
Irish Continental Group
+8.2% Revenue
+26.9% EBITDA (pre non-trading items)
+8.2% EBIT (including non-trading items)
Ferries Division
In February 2020 AS Tallink Grupp transported :
Last year, 3.5 million passengers chose to travel across Denmark with the fast ferries from Molslinjen.
Fast ferries between Jutland and Zealand in 2019:
For 2020, Molslinjen has planned to increase the number of sailings with 4.2%.
Climate and Environmental Investment in the Maritime Bridge between Kapellskär and Naantali
Ports of Stockholm has applied for an EU investment grant for a project that will meet customer demands and the needs of the future. It is also an environmental investment that would result in significantly lower emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollutants at the Port of Kapellskär.
are the three group of companies which participated at the tender launched by the Municipality of Venice for a part of the maritime transport services in the lagoon.
This tender was launched some years ago and has been pending until now. A final decision is expected for April. The 9-year public contract is worth €178m and regards a 10% of the local public maritime transport services not managed by the Municipality-controlled ferry company Actv.
Submit Your Project for the ESPO Award 2020
The ESPO Award on Social Integration of Ports is entering its 12th edition. The theme of this year is “Enhancing the port-city relationship by encouraging innovators and local start-ups to be part of the port ecosystem”.
Project submissions have to reach the ESPO Secretariat by Friday 26 June 2020 at the latest. The application form and the terms of reference are available on the ESPO Website.
Current Price Development Oil and Gas
The following figures on energy and fuel prices give an overview of the price development for gas, oil, HFO and low Sulphur marine gas oil.
Kerkyra Seaways’ HERMES Arrived in Greece
On March 3, 2020 Kerkyra Seaways’s latest acquisition HERMES arrived in Piraeus, from Japan. She was purchased from the Japanese Nankai Awaji Ferry in October 2019 and delivered to the Greek ferry operator on January 24, 2020. HERMES is expected to be converted soon and she will be probably introduced on the Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Paxoi line.
On March 1, 2020 Attica Group’s ropax SUPERFAST XI arrived in Alexandroupolis. She is being used as a hotel for the police forces that are currently operating on the northern borders of Greece (Evros), in the turmoil with the refugees.
The large ferry will be at the Hellenic Government’s disposal until Saturday 7 March and then she will be probably replaced by EL. VENIZELOS and BLUE STAR 1. After that she will undergo repairs and dry docking while she is expected to return back in her Adriatic service in mid-April 2020.
