The tender for the sale of the Sea Speed Lines RoPax OLYMPUS is expected on October 12, 2022.
The tender is directed against the ship’s owner, which had also acquired her through auction in 2018.
OLYMPUS was supposed to replace Anek Lines’ PREVELIS on the Piraeus-Sitia-Kasos-Karpathos-Diafani-Chalki-Rodos and Piraeus-Santorini-Anafi subsidized lines as from 22 July2022. She never sailed, which led to the reactivation of PREVELIS and the layup of OLYMPUS.
Turnover increase by 29,3% – New all-time record in revenue and profitability, generating an ever-increasing direct benefit to the surrounding municipalities
Gotlandsbolaget is launching its Gotland Hydrocat ferry concept, the world’s first large-scale, high-speed catamaran powered by fossil-free hydrogen.
This is the second vessel in the Horizon Series – Gotland Company’s concept for next-generation vessels.
The vessels are designed to be powered by fossil-free hydrogen. However, both vessels have a multi-fuel solution which allows them to be run on other fossil-free fuels with a relatively simple adjustment.
The work on developing all the necessary technology continues, and the ambition is to order Gotland Hydrocat by 2025 and have it in service by 2030.
Gotland Company has developed the model and the design of Gotland Hydrocat in partnership with Austal.
The charter of Moby Group’s roro GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI has begun. Cotunav started to operate her between Rades and Italy (12+12 months).
Moby Group, with only one roro left after all others have been successfully chartered out, is in the meanwhile looking forward to the delivery of the new ropaxes. The first is soon to be delivered by GSI SHIPYARD in China, adding freight capacity.
The construction of two new ferries for Islay is officially underway after the first piece of steel was cut on 3 October 2022).
The steel-cutting ceremony took place at Cemre Marin Endustri shipyard in Turkey, where the two vessels are being built for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL).
94.8m | 450 passengers | 100 cars or 14 commercial vehicles
The Islay vessels form part of a 10-year programme of investment by CMAL, backed by £580 million from the Scottish Government for five years from 2021 to 2026. Plans will deliver 21 new vessels for the fleet and multi-million-pound upgrade of harbour infrastructure over the next decade. Further multi-million-pound investment will be needed to fund plans from 2026 onwards.
CargoBeamer wrote history by successfully running the first ever train with trailers between Marseille and Calais. The train serves as the first successful railway line for unaccompanied transport of craneable and non-craneable semi-trailers on rail, a field CargoBeamer is specialized in. Travelling from the Port of Marseille Fos to the CargoBeamer-Terminal in Calais, the service enabled 28 units to be transported on sustainable rail instead of the road.
“Superstar RoPaxes will be larger than the existing Star class and they will be Finnlines’ flagships both in terms of size and technology,” says Antonio Raimo, Line Manager at Finnlines.
Attica Holdings S.A. announced that the Group has entered into bilateral credit facilities with three Greek credit institutions for a total amount of EUR 210 million and tenors from five to seven years, successfully concluding the long-term refinancing of all Group’s credit facilities maturing in 2022-2023.
Consolidated (in EUR)
Traffic volumes (compared to H1, 2021)
+108% passengers
+56% private vehicles
+16% freight units
+54% number of sailings
Agreement with creditors and shareholders of ANEK
On 21.9.2022, the Company announced that an agreement was reached with the largest creditors of ANEK S.A., as well as with ANEK shareholders representing 57.70% of the total share capital of ANEK.
The agreement provides for:
The agreement was executed on 23.9.2022.