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Finnish Flag For New VIKING GLORY

Viking Line’s new flagship, VIKING GLORY, which will launch service in early 2022 on the Turku–Åland–Stockholm route, will have a Finnish flag.

Recruitment work for the new vessel will begin soon, and recruitment will begin first among staff employed on the company’s other vessels.

T&T Express –Under Tow– Sinks En Route To Spain

The high speed catamaran T&T Express (IMO: 9172076) which was sold and en route from the Caribbean to its new owners in Spain, has reportedly sunk.

The Incat 046 sank 800 miles off the Azores while being towed to the other side of the Atlantic.

She had been acquired from Trinidad & Tobago by Transmapi, for the ferry services between Ibiza and Formentera.

CV Interilhas Acquires A Small Ferry From The MailBoat Company

CV Interilhas operates ferries between the Cape Verde islands. They have acquired FIESTA MAIL, a small ferry that was operating as “the Mail Boat” in the Bahamas.

The vessel has crossed the Atlantic and is in Lisbon for a complete overhaul at the Navalrocha shipyards. She is expected in Cape Verde later this month.

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