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Eventually, Greek A-Ships management announced the purchase of Jadrolinija’s ferry DUBROVNIK.
The Irish-built vessel served for the Croatian State company from 1996 to 2023 and served the Dubrovnik – Bari line. She is currently undergoing a refit at Rijeka (Viktor Lenac shipyard) and will be renamed PRINCE.
She is expected to be introduced on the Igoumenitsa-Corfu-Brindisi line.
A-Ships Management’s other two ferries are chartered to GNV (GOLDEN BRIDGE) and Siremar (GALAXY).
Guangzhou Shipyard has delivered the first of two Moby’s new generation ferries, MOBY FANTASY.
MOBY FANTASY will depart China in the coming days and cross two oceans to then reach the Mediterranean where she will enter service on the Livorno-Olbia route this summer.
With its 237m length, 32m width and a gross tonnage of 69,500 MOBY FANTASY is the largest passenger ferry built so far worldwide, says Moby. It has a capacity of 3,000 passengers and 3,850 lane meters of roro deck.
The new flagship of the Moby fleet will arrive at the port of Livorno by mid-May.
She is the first ferry in the world to obtain EEDI Phase 3 certification with emissions savings of over 50% compared to traditional ferries used on similar lines.
A second ferry, MOBY LEGACY will follow later.
Genoa-based broker firm Ferrando & Massone made public two charter contracts.
Italy and Egypt “are working” on “launching a new line” of “ro-ro ferries between the ports of Damietta and Trieste.”
The announcement came from Italy’s Ambassador in Egypt, Michele Quaroni, speaking at the presentation of a report on the Suez Canal produced by the SRM Study Centre with Alexbank.
This new line between Egypt and the North Adriatic port, if and when it becomes operational, will make possible to connect “European markets” with Egypt and “other regions” in North Africa, the Ambassador added.
Which shipping company, which port terminals? That was not revealed publicly. However, market rumours report that Samer Seaports & Terminals and DFDS are actively working on that subject
Baleària and AmendTec’s innovative collaboration is revolutionizing the maritime industry by providing real-time position and AIS data visualization for their own fleet and nearby ships. With this cutting-edge technology, Baleària has gained a strong position in safety management and decision-making from the coast.
Baleària has taken safety and decision-making to new heights with their innovative ‘control tower’. This tower visualizes real-time data collected from the AmendTrack’s and other sensors of their vessels, including vessel positions, fuel consumption, emissions, and calculated ETA’s. With this data analysed and readily available, Baleària can make informed decisions and manage safety more effectively than ever before.
Molslinjen will “probably” tender for the Gotland traffic, said CEO Kristian Durhuus in a radio interview with P4 Gotland [listen to the interview in Swedish]
The Swedish Transport Administration’s procurement documents will be ready in a couple of weeks, and then the shipping company will have to decide.
Danish and Norwegian ferry transportation companies Molslinjen and Torghatten were acquired by EQT Infrastructure in February and March 2021 respectively. ForSea Ferries was acquired later.
Together, they form Nordic Ferry Infrastructure, a pan-Nordic ferry operator with a well-diversified portfolio of over 65 routes operated by over 100 vessels and transporting over 16 million passengers annually.
On April 19, 2023, Scandlines held a reception in the German capital. CEO Carsten Nørland and other company representatives welcomed around 60 guests from politics, business and the public in the Käfer roof garden restaurant in the Bundestag.
The central topic of the evening was the “Green Agenda” of the German-Danish company. Scandlines has been investing heavily in environmentally friendly technologies for more than a decade, most recently in rotor sails on the Rostock-Gedser route and center propellers weighing tons to optimize fuel consumption. With the construction of the first zero-emission ferry for the Scandlines fleet and the planned electrification of the Puttgarden-Rødby route, the shipping company is now setting the next milestones on the way to the future.
Guest speaker Dieter Janecek, Federal Government Coordinator for Maritime Business and Tourism, emphasized in particular the changed demands of travelers for whom climate and species protection are becoming increasingly important.
CEO Carsten Nørland also responded to the wishes of Scandlines passengers and noted an increase in travel traffic going north: “In 2022, more and more passengers from Germany decided to travel north for shorter and longer stays. I hope that in the future we can convince even more people that you don’t have to fly halfway around the world to have a great short break or a great summer holiday.”
Photo: Jochen Zick/Scandlines
