We did a few crossings between Sweden and Denmark, on the battery-powered ferry AURORA AF HELSINGBORG.
In this short video, senior chief engineer Christian Andersson explains how the ship is being charged in five minutes, for a crossing of 20 minutes.
The Rönner-Zech Group, a bidding consortium including the Bremerhaven steel and shipbuilder Thorsten Rönner and the Bremen building contractor Kurt Zech, has been awarded the contract for the purchase of the shipyard.
Lloyd Werft filed for bankruptcy in January, following the collapse of MV Werften, both owned by Genting Hong Kong
The consortium wants to operate Lloyd Werft mainly as a conversion and repair shipyard. Bremerhaven-based Bredo shipyard already belongs to the Rönner Group.
A part of the shipyard could be set up for steel construction.
The Polynesian Navigation Company (SNP, Société de navigation polynésienne), concluded an agreement with the Dutch shipyard Royal Bodewes for the construction of a new roro vessel.
HAWAIKINUI 2 is planned for the end of 2024.
In early 2025, it will take over from the actual vessel HAWAIKINUI, on the route between Tahiti, Huahine, Raiatea, Taha’a and Bora Bora.
According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority latest report (16.03.2022):
Passenger traffic 2019-2020-2021 (third quarter comparison)
| FERRY LINES | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Saronic Gulf | 1.120.243 | 698.381 | 856.019 |
| Piraeus – Peloponnese | 29.895 | 25.184 | 34.058 |
| Piraeus – Crete | 838.690 | 533.838 | 627.287 |
| Piraeus – Crete-Dodecanese | 54.231 | 36.722 | 241.525 |
| Piraeus – Dodecanese | 262.622 | 229.707 | 327.805 |
| Piraeus- Western Cyclades | 545.668 | 426.509 | 688.055 |
| Piraeus – Eastern Cyclades | 1.820.143 | 571.925 | 1.202.147 |
| Piraeus – Mykonos – Tinos – Samos | 591.504 | 483.290 | 352.007 |
| Piraeus – Chios – Mytilene | 266.287 | 144.662 | 286.631 |
| Patra – Ionian Islands | 297.583 | 191.168 | 272.126 |
| Rafina – Evia – Eastern Cyclades | 1.314.411 | 563.257 | 1.017.679 |
| Volos – North Sporades – Kymi | 526.556 | 302.839 | 493.395 |
| Kyllini – Poros (Kefalonia) | 244.058 | 153.736 | 199.619 |
| Zante – Kyllini | 520.794 | 237.511 | 376.954 |
| Other Lines | 1.362.130 | 758.510 | 1.079.507 |
| Total | 9.794.815 | 5.357.239 | 8.054.814 |
By the end of March, the Cypriot Evaluation Committee will announce the ferry operator for the subsidized Piraeus-Larnaca or Limassol line.
The Sicilian ferry company Liberty Lines controlled by the Morace family announced that from the end of May (Saturday 28/5) it will operate a new maritime connection from Trieste to Istria and Mali Lošinj, thus saving tourists the usual queues to cross the borders between Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.
Regular daily services (with the exception of Tuesdays) will be guaranteed until September 25th with departures from the Pier IV in Trieste. On the route will be deployed the modern monohull fast ferry MARCO M.
For the Morace controlled company this represents a comeback since in the past, with the brand Trieste Lines, the group already operated a line from Trieste to Pula, Rovinj and Piran.
DFI DAUERFLORA International GmbH, the expert in green design, has added hand disinfection devices to the product portfolio.
The complete hygiene equipment for hands contains disinfection dispensers, paper dispensers and waste bins of a renowned German manufacturer. It offers a comprehensive solution for all public areas, food preparation areas and sanitary rooms.
DAUERFLORA has just supplied Cruise Gate Hamburg with hand disinfection dispensers.
All devices are characterized by an appealing design, high functionality, and reliability.
One new feature of the different series is the optional linking via WiFi which ensures the monitoring of the single devices.
For the first time digital diagnosis of consumption and of the frequency of use is possible.
This avoids time-consuming manual control, and containers are reliably filled at any time.
These state-of-the art dispensers and serial devices can be ordered now and are deliverable at short notice.
Meet DAUERFLORA at the Ferry Shipping Summit, Malmö 19-20 May.
Grimaldi Euromed has been awarded the subsidized line between Sardinia and Italy mainland, more specifically connecting the ports of Civitavecchia, Arbatax and Cagliari.
Ropax CATANIA has been operating the route for the last 6 months and will be deployed for the next 12 months.
The tender launched earlies this year from the Italy’s transport ministry was for a regular link to be served for 12 months with one ro-pax ship aged less than 30 years and capable of transporting no less than 600 passengers and 820 lane metres ro-ro cargo.
Tender price was fixed at EUR 13 million.
Minoan Lines, a Grimaldi Group Company, announced the decision of Mr Antonis Maniadakis to terminate his mandate of Managing Director of the Cretan company.
In a spirit of continuity, Mr. Maniadakis will be replaced by Deputy Managing Director Mr Lucas Sigalas.
Mr Sigalas will take service at the conclusion of the Annual Shareholders Meeting of Minoan Lines which will take place next 31st of May in Heraklion. Mr Maniadakis will continue in his role until this date.