Oct 27
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Molslinjen bets on Denmark’s domestic market

By 2022 Newsletter week 43
  • From Easter 2023, a fast ferry will leave the Ystad-Bornholm route, as it will be replaced by newbuilding EXPRESS 5. This will allow a four-ferry operation on the Kattegat with more departures from both Aarhus and Ebeltoft.
  • Four fast ferries the Kattegat has been Molslinjen’s plan since 2012, when the first large fast ferries were deployed. And from Easter 2023 the dream will come true.
  • “Danes are increasingly staying at home and taking holidays domestically. Therefore, the private market is increasing right now, and we would like to support that growth by having four ferries in operation on the Kattegat”, says Molslinjen’s commercial director, Jesper Skovgaard.
  • The new ferry on the Kattegat will either be EXPRESS 1 or the fast ferry MAX. The decision on which ferry will remain on Bornholm awaits the upcoming elections and a decision in the new Ministry of Transport.
  • Ebeltoft departures will increase from 294 in 2022 to 656 in 2023 or 123% in the period March to October.
  • At the same time, capacity is freed up to Aarhus, which will be expanded from 8,430 departures in 2022 to 8,628 departures in 2023, or an increase of 2.3%.
  • That gives up to 32 daily departures between Jutland and Zealand.
Oct 27
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Not possible to book Corsica Linea and La Méridionale tickets for 2023

By 2022 Newsletter week 43
  • Corsica Linea and La Méridionale, the two candidates for the DSP 2023-2029 (Delegation of Public Service) cannot open the bookings for 2023, because the DSP has not been finalized yet
  • The Government said it did not want to increase the budget of EUR 187 million.
  • A big issue is the fuel compensation, which was EUR 21 million in 2021, and EUR 56 million in 2022.
  • Another issue is the complaint of local freight forwarders, saying that up to 400 trucks a month have to stay on the quay because a lack of capacity.
  • Although it is about a public service, several people complain about the fact that the decision-making process is not transparent.
Oct 27
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Snam reveal first details of small roro ferry to be deployed in the Gulf of La Spezia

By 2022 Newsletter week 43
  • Snam, Italy’s leading gas utility company and manager of the regasification plant of Panigaglia, revealed more details about the new maritime bridge expected to be active from mid-2024 in the Gulf of La Spezia.
  • A roro vessel will be used to transport 28 LNG tank trucks per day, to be directly connected to the national road network instead of using the local urban roads.
  • The overall project (new port terminal and ship) is worth EUR 30 million and the vessel to be deployed will be a dual-fuel electric double-ender with less than 500 GT.
  • 6 meters length, 13.89 meters beam and capacity for transporting four trucks per trip.
  • The technical management of the Italian-flagged ship will be made by a third party.
Oct 27
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SHORT NEWS – WEEK 43 – 2022

By 2022 Newsletter week 43
  • Echandia appointed Fredrik Hellström as new CEO. He joined Echandia as Deputy CEO in 2021. He has more than 10 years’ experience from leadership in naval design and large-scale project management. Fredrik holds a PhD in Fluid Mechanics and a MSc in Naval Architecture. (press release)
  • Jadrolinija put their veteran ferry DUBROVNIK (1979) for sale. The deadline for submission of the offers was October 24th 2022. (Invitation for public tenders PDF)
  • On Monday, 24 October, the production of the first RoPax ferry newbuilding, shipyard number 101, for Polskie Promy, which will be operated by Unity Line, a company belonging to Polsteam, was launched at Remontowa Shiprepair Yard (Remontowa) in Gdańsk. (source: Poland at Sea)
  • CONDOR Ferries has seen car passenger numbers increase by around a quarter compared to pre-pandemic levels for its services from Poole to the Channel Islands. (4,700 more cars, bringing 11,750 visitors to the islands).
Oct 24
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Norled wins the contract for the Trondheimfjord

By 2022 Newsletter week 42

On 14 October 2022, Norled AS won the contracts for:

  • Route 800 Trondheim – Kristiansund
  • Route 805 Trondheim – Brekstad
  • Route 810 Trondheim – Vanvikan

Contract lasts until 24 April 2030.

  • 2 new electric vessels for Trondheim – Kristiansund: aim to reduce CO2 emissions with 70%
  • 1 new electric vessel for Trondheim – Brekstad (route 805) – emission reduction is up to 80%.
  • During the start-up period, the connections will be operated by alternative vessels until the new boats are in place during 2024.
  • On the route Trondheim – Vanvikan (route 810), the vessel TIDEVIND will be converted into battery hybrid operation.

SHIFT will provide the new battery exchange solution.

Oct 24
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Cross-Channel route Dieppe – Newhaven remains in the hands of DFDS

By 2022 Newsletter week 42

The Seine-Maritime Department has confirmed DFDS, the current operator of the Dieppe Newhaven “Transmanche Ferries” route, as the operator until 2027.

Ferry company Brittany Ferries was the other candidate but was not selected.

Ropax ferries SEVEN SISTERS and COTE D’ALBATRE are owned by the region (Syndicat Mixte de Promotion de l’Activité Transmanche) and chartered to DFDS.

In the communication (see French press release on Twitter), a lot of emphasis is put on the values of the French flag against the social dumping on other ferry routes.

https://twitter.com/sebastienjumel/status/1582038633707892739/photo/1

Oct 24
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Achille Onorato (Moby) announced new investments for retrofit and newbuilding

By 2022 Newsletter week 42

During a conference organized by the Italian shipowners’ association Assarmatori in Livorno, CEO Achille Onorato said to Ferry Shipping News:

  • Moby is preparing a new plan for investments into the retrofit of some ships in the company’s fleet. It will be presented in two weeks’ time.
  • Also considering a project for building new ships for Toremar.
  • The Italian Government put on the table some EUR 500 million, aimed at renovating the tonnage deployed on the cabotage market. Half of the funds coming from the EU Next Gen Program are for newbuilding projects and the remaining half for investments in retrofit.
  • Commenting on the ongoing year, Achille Onorato just said that “the current warm climate in Italy is offering a sort of second season thus resulting in high numbers of passengers travelling to and from the islands” (Sardinia and Elba).
  • Last but not least, both new ferries under construction in China are set to enter service on the Livorno – Olbia route in H1, 2023.
Oct 24
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Godby Shipping: chartering situation

By 2022 Newsletter week 42

In this year’s second edition of FlaskPosten (PDF), Godby Shipping reports the fleet deployment.

MIDAS was redelivered from the charter to Caribbean Linked Shipping in March, traded for a month as docking replacement for MIMER in the CMA CGM system, came ”home” to Landskrona for docking and started a 6+6+6 month time charter for Scandic Line. The traffic is similar to what Midas were doing for Wagenborg 2020, ie Riga-Södertälje.

Cargo volumes have been weak so it remains to be seen what happens in the future.

  • MIDAS Scandic Line November 2022 + options
  • MISTRAL Smyril December 2022 + options
  • BALTIC BRIGHT Holmen December 2023
  • MIMER CMA CGM December 2023 + option
  • LYSVIK and LYSBRIS DFDS December 2023 + options
  • MISANA and MISIDA Sea-Cargo December 2026 + option