Ports of Stockholm is investing in the RoRo segment and is building a large-sized new linkspan for rolling goods in Stockholm Norvik Port. It will give customers greater flexibility and a significantly improved loading and unloading capacity. Steel parts for the 146-metre long and 10-metre wide linkspan were transported by sea from Rauma in Finland. The linkspan is planned to be operational in July 2022.
Anu Ahola, Senior VP, Operations, UPM Communication Papers, christened the newly built vessel BORE WAY [ship’s data] for UPM’s maritime transport in Europe.
Read more about the decarbonisation strategy of UPM here.
The vessel made her maiden call in Rostock Port on July 4th.
Photo above: UPM via LinkedIn
Photo below: Rostock Port via Linkedin
Agreement has been reached by Rosslare Europort to secure 18 acres of additional lands next to the port.
The site, which is zoned for commercial use is adjacent to the new proposed freight port entrance and will have a direct connection to both the port and the new port access road being constructed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Wexford County Council.
The new site will add significant capacity to future RoRo, ConRo freight operations, ORE and other bulk storage activity at Rosslare and will further position Rosslare Europort to attract shipping services from other ports that are and will in the future experience further congestion and capacity constraints.
Seajets announced that from July 12 they will launch a new ferry connection from Thessaloniki to Lemnos (3 hours and 55 minutes) and Mytilene (6 hours and 45 minutes).
The ship that will serve the new line will be the HSC CHAMPION JET 1, which will sail every Tuesday morning (07.00) for the above ports.
The new line will be added to the other one that Seajets serve with great success, from Thessaloniki to Sporades islands (Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos) and Mandoudi (Evia).
Seajets, currently operate 21 vessels, serve 50 ports and more than 380 ferry connections to the Aegean Sea.
According to the latest information, the new ferry connection between Thessaloniki and Izmir will be launched fall 2022.
So far, it was decided to have one intermediate call to the port of Mytilene. (route Thessaloniki – Mytilene – Izmir).
The aim is to carry trucks cheaply from Izmir either to Thessaloniki and then through the Egnatia motorway to Igoumenitsa port and Italy, or to unload them in Mytilene and transship them to Piraeus for Southern Greece and Crete.
The port of Mytilene will enhance tourism for both countries.
The ship that will be introduced is Levante Ferries’ RoPax SMYRNA DI LEVANTE which is being converted into a ferry that looks like new.
One year ago, Ferry Shipping News announced the arrival of Blue Channel Line.
The idea of the Calais-based startup was to start a door-to-door roro/logistics service between Calais and Tilbury.
One year later, the company threw in the towel, because of lack of suitable tonnage.
Other companies that never took off:
AS Tallink Grupp and Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd on behalf of The Scottish Government have signed a short-term time-charter agreement for the vessel Victoria I. The vessel will be used to provide temporary accommodation in Scotland.
The vessel will be chartered from 8 July 2022 for six months with an option to extend the charter for another three months.
Mathieu Girardin appointed Head of Ferry Division and succeeds Peder Gellert Pedersen who retires on 1 August 2022.
Mathieu Girardin, a French national born in 1982, is currently Senior Vice President at CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest shipping and logistics companies, for Short Sea Lines Europe and Containerships. He has held senior management positions at CMA CGM since 2013, including both operational and corporate responsibilities.
Mathieu Girardin graduated from ESCP Europe (Master’s in Management) in 2005 and from INSEAD (Executive MBA) in 2018.
Mathieu Girardin succeeds Peder Gellert Pedersen, Head of Ferry Division and EVP, who will retire after 28 years with DFDS.
“Peder Gellert Pedersen has been instrumental in developing DFDS into one of Europe’s leading ferry companies. It has been a great pleasure and privilege for me to work alongside Peder since 2009,” says Torben Carlsen, CEO of DFDS.
Repeating the same choice made last year, MSC-controlled Grandi Navi Veloci has just chartered-in for the summer season the roro ship FRIJSENBORG from compatriot Visemar Levante.
The 2016-built vessel is already deployed on the Genoa – Termini Imerese route adding capacity on the maritime link between Liguria and Sicily thus incrementing cargo capacity while leaving lane meters free for cars on the other ferries operated by the same company on the Genoa – Palermo regular service.
ECG, the Association of European Vehicle Logistics, announced a new “open dialogue between car manufacturers and logistics providers on the way forward to restore confidence and capacity”.
More specifically car manufacturers seem to be “open to discussing minimum volume guarantees and inflation rate clauses, to support operators in the finished vehicle logistics sector,” as capacity crunch bites.
Wolfgang Göbel, president of ECG, noted “guarantees on volumes and inflation adjustments are essential, however, it is not possible to restore capacity in a flash.”
Lead times for industry assets are still very high: at least 12-18 months for a new truck and 4-5 years for new ships.
