The bonds of Naviera Armas, owner of Transmediterranean, collapsed to almost half their value after Moody´s and Standard & Poor´s have reduced their solvency.
Anek Lines’s cruise ferry EL. VENIZELOS is being chartered by Turkish Miray Cruise International. For 35 days she will be used as a floating hotel at the shipyard in Cadiz.
The large ferry sailed to Cesme on the evening of 7 March 2020 in order to load the necessary supplies as well as special personnel.
On 9 March she departed for Cadiz where she is expected to arrive on 14 March.
On 10 March, Stena Line’s ropax STENA SUPERFAST X arrived at Perama (Greece) –from Belfast– in order to undergo a small-scale conversion and interior remodelling for her new career.
The ship is on long-term charter by Corsica Linea. From summer 2020 she will be introduced on the North African service (Marseille-Algeria).
Renamed A. NEPITA, she will fly the Cypriot flag.
158 extra cabins will be added.
She is also going to get scrubbers, probably in Malta.
STENA EDDA, the biggest ferry ever to sail on the Belfast to Liverpool route, embarked on its maiden voyage on Monday 9 March as it left Merseyside amid a host of celebrations which included a spectacular countdown lightshow.
With 40% more deck capacity, 40% more cabins and 30% more fuel efficiency than current vessels on the route, STENA EDDA accommodates up to 1,000 passengers, 120 cars in its dedicated garage deck and 3,100 lane metres of freight.
