Never have there been more passengers, cars, and trucks on the three routes to the Danish island of Bornholm (from Ystad, Køge, and Sassnitz).
+4.8% passengers (1,948,140)
+7.5% cars (573126)
+2.1% cargo units (47443)
In 2023 the ferry capacity to Bornholm will be significantly increased with the arrival of EXPRESS 5.
Company P&O Ferries says it reduced its carbon footprint by 85,000 tons in 2022. The press release says the lion’s share of the reduction is attributable to the space charter agreement signed with DFDS 18 months ago.
For 2023, the space charter agreement with DFDS means that P&O Ferries will sail 9,000 times on the English Channel, down from 16,000 times in 2019, the last comparable year.
The agreement reduces the time drivers spend waiting at the ports, giving them access to a departure every 36 minutes and reducing gate-to-gate journey times by an estimated 30 minutes.
This year, P&O Ferries will take delivery of two double-ended new super-ferries.
The company expects 7,000 les crossings than in 2019.
The press release does not say anything about the long strike (and less sailings) after so many seafarers were fired.
STEF-owned ferry company La Mériodionale has decided to thank CEO Benoit Dehaye for his services (source: Mr Dehaye’s Linkedin).
After 12 years of service, he’s being replaced by Guillaume de Feydeau, former crisis and restructuration manager at SNCM. (Who is Guillaume de Feydeau? Linkedin)
French maritime journal Le Marin expects the route between Marseille and Morocco to be in jeopardy.
The number of guests who travelled in 2022 between Eckerö and Grisslehamn is much higher than the year before, and is about 82% of the passenger volume in pre-covid year 2019.
From 1 July 2022, all entry restrictions from Sweden to Åland were also removed, which meant that many Swedes again booked Åland as their holiday destination via the Eckerö Line in 2022.
Photographer: Niclas Nordl
AURORA BOTNIA carried 267,757 passengers between Vaasa and Umeå in 2022.
The year was a success in many ways:
+149% increase in passenger volume
+11.5% increase in transported tonnes
+4.4% cargo units
+126% increase in transported passenger vehicles
+14% departures of AURORA BOTNIA
+78.6% turnover
-19.6% reduction in CO2 emissions
+25% passengers compared to 2021 (3 million+)
+15% passenger and cargo vehicles (1 million in total)
+30% trips (in total 19,500)
17% of the passengers (500,000+) were non-residents, which reflects the recovery of foreign tourism on trips between islands.
During the latter part of Q4, the company’s passenger operations have
performed better than expected, which has improved the company’s results.
In the previous outlook, uncertainty factors such as the geopolitical situation and its impact on energy prices, inflation, interest rates and currencies have been cited as having a negative impact on the result.
These have not had as strong an impact as previously feared.
Viking Line Abp assesses that the operating result for 2022 will be slightly better than 2021
and that the result before taxes is expected to be on par with 2021.
The previous view was that operating income was expected to be somewhat worse than for 2021.
Sembcorp Marine delivered LEIKANGER, the last of three fully battery-operated ferries for Norled. The vessel is on its way to Europe onboard a Rolldock heavy lift vessel.
Sisters HELLA and DRAGSVIK were delivered in March and July 2022.
The ferries run on lithium-ion batteries charged by hydro-electric energy power. The vessels can also operate in hybrid mode using combined battery-diesel power as an alternative.
The zero-emission vessels are based on a proprietary design developed by Sembcorp Marine’s wholly-owned subsidiary, LMG Marin AS.
After acquiring GEFCO in 2022, CMA CGM decided that the brand name GEFCO would disappear in favour of CEVA Logistics.
GEFCO, originally belonging to Peugeot, is a European leader in automotive logistics.
P&O Ferries moves to Terminal 5
Seatruck to Terminal 4
Effective January 23rd 2023
Reason: CLdN-owned Seatruck moves to the terminal where the CLdN ships are.
More details: https://www.dublinport.ie/po-ferries-and-seatruck-switch-terminal-locations-within-dublin-port/
