Rederiaktiebolaget Eckerö presented its financial statements, where it emerged that the company had chosen to write down the value of the cruise vessel that was a victim of the pandemic. The ship is now in Landskrona, awaiting a new future.
The Trapani-based ferry company Liberty Lines, controlled by the Morace family, is the only player which submitted an offer for the tender launched by Invitalia, on behalf of the Italian transport ministry. It was aimed at finding an operator for the regular high-speed ferry link between the ports of Reggio Calabria (Italy mainland) and Messina (Sicily region).
Public subsidies are worth almost EUR 37 million for five years.
Liberty Lines will have to offer regular shuttle services (up to 16 round trips from Monday to Friday) between Reggio Calabria and Messina taking half an hour on each direction to cover 18.1 miles distance with hydrofoils or high-speed crafts.
Rauma Marine Constructions has started the construction of the first of two ropax ferries ordered by the Australian company Spirit of Tasmania.
The vessels will operate an extremely challenging open sea route between mainland Australia and Tasmania.
The start of construction was celebrated in Rauma on February, 28, in a traditional steel cutting ceremony.
The route the vessels are set to operate will be the world’s southernmost ferry route powered by LNG.
‘Hansa Destinations’ doubles freight capacity and frequency between Nynäshamn and Rostock by adding a roro vessel.
Hansa Destinations fleet as from end of April:
Ship: roro ELIANA MARINO 2,500 lane metres, 12 drivers
Ship: ropax DROTTEN
Frequency goes from three to six departures a week in both directions.
The Swedish company Echandia, a leading developer of battery systems for maritime electrification, expands in the Norwegian market through the appointment of industry veteran Roy Storeng to lead the business development for Echandia in Norway.
Roy has an extensive background from the maritime and transport industry in Norway and abroad.
Echandia is a leading developer of zero-emission energy solutions for heavy-duty maritime electrification. Echandia has customers in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, including Cochin Shipyards, building the world’s largest fleet of electric ferries in Kochi, India, and the major global shipyard Damen Shipyard in the Netherlands.
BOTNIA SEAWAYS will be the new dedicated vessel restarting the temporarily suspended DFDS Calais-Sheerness route as from Monday 14th March, leaving Calais 23:59.
Calais <> Sheerness Schedule
Departs Sheerness : Tuesday – Sunday 11:00 hrs
Departs Calais : Monday – Saturday 23:59 hrs
OSK ShipTech writes in an interesting LinkedIn post: “We have to shift the lens from focusing only on the operational CO2 emissions of a newbuilding to also focus on and include the emissions related to building the ship in the first place!
The delivery of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation class roro vessels is now halfway. Grimaldi Group took delivery of the ECO MALTA, the sixth of twelve state-of-the-art units ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing.
UECC’s roro FINO (former AUTOPRIDE) was recently sold to a Greek interest shipping company: Star Skippers SA (care of United Sails SA , 17A, Kondyli Street, Glyfada, 166 75 Athens).
The ship has already departed from the port of Avonmouth in UK and is currently sailing to Piraeus.
FINO was built in 1997 in the Netherlands (Frisian Shipyard Welgelegen B.V.). She has a GT of 11,591. She has six car decks with a carrying capacity for 1,220 cars.
Photo: sister vessel AUTOPRESTIGE
