Küenz has been selected by DFDS Belgium to deliver one brand new rail-mounted gantry crane for its intermodal terminal in North Sea Port Ghent, Belgium.
Five years ago, GARDENIA SEAWAYS made history as the first vessel to be deployed on the Rotterdam-Immingham route as part of DFDS’ ambitious fleet renewal program.
Seven Yield Pte Ltd announced that the vessel has been bareboat chartered by Ulusoy Sea Lines for 84 months.
The volume of goods in the entire Rostock port area remained at the record level of 15.2 million tons of previous half year.
The number of ferry passengers reached 953,000 and is back to the pre-corona level.
The Rostock overseas port recorded 2,921 calls (2021: 2,801) by ferries and roro ships.
+7% accompanied trucks (218,000) were transported on the four ferry and three roro connections to and from Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
+6% unaccompanied units also increased: 88,250 trailers.
Investments in infrastructure
- The replacement construction of the two oldest berths in Rostock overseas port, 31 and 32, was officially started in April 2022.
- New construction of the east-west road
- New construction of the A 19 federal autobahn junction
- Production plant for hydrogen will be built in Rostock overseas port by 2026
The freshly delivered AERO 3 HIGHSPEED concludes the order of three Aero Catamarans placed in January 2021, which starting from early August will be deployed in the Saronic islands offering up to 17 daily routes from Piraeus to the islands of Aegina, Agistri, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, as well as to Ermioni and Porto Heli, in replacement of existing Group capacity in the market.
The extensive conversion of the Cretan Cargo Lines’ latest acquisition, ORCADIA (former SATURN) is in full progress. The small vessel is currently having her stern remodelled at the Spanopoulos Shipyards, in order to accommodate more freight.
She was purchased at the end of 2021 and arrived in Greece on December 5, 2021. She is expected to join Cretan Cargo’s fleet on the domestic ferry market.
Photo: Kostas Papadopoulos
Seajets’ HSC SPEEDRUNNER JET (former SPEEDRUNNER III) will enter service in July 2022. The ship will probably serve on the Sitia – kasos – Karpathos – Rodos line replacing her fleet mate HSC PAROS JET or on the Piraeus – Western Cyclades line. She was purchased last April from the Aegean Speed Lines, which announced the suspension of its activities on the Western Cyclades after 17 years of service.
HSC SPEEDRUNNER JET is the 15th active highspeed craft that joins the Seajets fast fleet.
The company also operates four conventional ferries (SUPER STAR, AQUA BLUE, AQUA JEWEL, SPORADES STAR) in the domestic ferry market for the summer season 2022.
Photo: Kostas Papadopoulos
A group of eight private industrial investors buy from Baring Private Equity 50,5% of ADELTE Group shares.
ADELTE, the world leading specialist in Passenger Boarding Bridges for Airports, Cruise and Ferry Terminals, announced that a group of eight Spanish private industrial investors formalized the purchase from venture-capital fund Baring Equity Group of 50,5% of shares of ADELTE Group.
The Dutch company delivered an initial design, following an extensive sustainable fuel feasibility study.
The zero-emission ropax has a capacity of 800 passengers and will feature a variety of sustainable aspects, including fully electric propulsion.
The ferry will recharge in the port of Piraeus.
The vessel is expected to join the fleet in 2026, sailing between Piraeus and the islands of Aegina and Agistri, provided the infrastructure required in the port of Piraeus is in place.
Shipowners associations Confitarma and Assarmatori, together with unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti, launched a shortage alarm regarding EU or Italian seafarers to embark on the ferries deployed on the local cabotage routes.
In a letter sent to the Director of the Transport ministry in charge for the maritime transport it is written that as of today some 1,100 workers would be needed but that the ferry companies cannot find them due to many factors. One of them is the Covid emergency.
The request is to obtain a temporary permission for embarking extra-EU seafarers (which is not possible for the local laws) or the possibility to move some workers from one ship to another inside the same fleet.
A dedicated law would be needed to change the rules therefore a real risk for some vessels to remain berthed is emerging for the summer peak season.
For the third time in a row, Regione Siciliana launched a public tender for finding shipyards interested at building one (plus one option) ropax ferry to be deployed on the Trapani – Pantelleria and Porto Empedocle – Lampedusa maritime links.
The new ‘tender price’ is EUR 120 million for each unit, of which 4.5 million are a fixed value related to safety equipment.
The first vessel, to be delivered before June 30th, 2025, will be based on the Naos Design P364 project thus with dual-fuel diesel electric propulsion, 900 lane metres and 1,000 pax capacity.
Fincantieri is rumoured to be interested at submitting an offer; expiring date is next August 10th.
