Sunday 12.12.21 was a historic day both for Havila Voyages and for the coastal route Bergen-Kirkenes when Tersan-built HAVILA CAPELLA set sail.

The large amount of battery power allows to sail for four hours without noise and emissions, which will have its importance especially in the world heritage fjords.

The food concept on board with no buffets and where guests are personally served at their tables for all meals also means that Havila Voyages will cut food waste by a total of 60 tonnes per year.

Three more ships are under construction. When all in operation, Hurtigruten will have 7 ships and Havila Voyages 4 on the classic Norwegian coastal voyage.

P&O Ferries and We4Sea have signed a cooperation agreement to roll-out the We4Sea Digital Twin based performance monitoring solution over the P&O Ferries chartered fleet. Aim is to reduce fuel consumption and emissions from ships.

At the end of January 2022, ropax EUROPALINK will replace FINNFELLOW on the Naantali–Långnäs–Kapellskär route.

First, she will replace FINNSWAN during her scheduled dry docking at the beginning of January.

The cargo capacity will increase by 1,200 lane meters and passenger capacity by over 100. She will sail under the Finnish flag, employing about 80 Finnish seafarers.

EUROPALINK is one of the series of five ropax vessels, one of which, FINNSWAN, has been operating on the route since 2018. The entry of EUROPALINK means that both morning and evening departures offer the same capacity and a uniform service concept and facilities for all customers.

Before transferring to the Finland–Sweden traffic, the public areas on EUROPALINK will be refurbished to upgrade travel comfort.

FINNFELLOW will move from Naantali to the Malmö–Travemünde route.

Attica Holdings S.A. announced the sale of ropax EXPRESS PEGASUS for safe and environmentally sound recycling according to the respective European and Greek legislation, to a ship recycling facility in Turkey, included in the European List of Ship Recycling Facilities.

The sale was concluded for a cash consideration of USD 1.12m.

Brokers were Master Shipping.

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy and Transportation Commissioner Ryan Anderson announced their plan to re-energize the Alaska Marine Highway System. Among the significant capital investments is a new ocean-class vessel to replace the 57-year-old TUSTUMENA ferry.

The replacement vessel is estimated to cost $200 million to $250 million and will be competitively bid. The new ship is expected to begin service in 2027. The new ship’s vehicle and passenger capacity would increase by 40 percent over the TUSTUMENA, from 34 to 52 vehicles and from 160 to 250 passengers.

Stena Line goes east, by adding a new Baltic Sea route between Stockholm (Nynäshamn/Norvik) and Hanko.

Norvik Port is located south of Stockholm.

The new route starts on 1 February 2022 and will be served by ropax URD three times per week and port.

Sister vessel STENA GOTHICA will join the route on 1 May 2022. Norvik – Hanko will then be served with daily departures from both ports allowing for smooth loading and unloading during full day port stays.

The ships have a capacity of 1,600 lane meters and 186 pax.

The crossing takes 13 hours.

Stena Line´s latest investments in the Baltic Sea include the deployment of two long newly built E-Flexers on the route Nynäshamn – Ventspils and the large capacity improvement on Karlskrona-Gdynia with the lengthened STENA SCANDICA and STENA BALTICA.