The Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs and Island Policy approved the tender results for the introduction of the Hellenic Seaways’ HSC HELLENIC HIGHSPEED on the Rhodes-Chalki-Karpathos-Kasos-Sitia line.
The ship will be subsidised for 3 weekly sailings until October 3, 2021.
Ground and sea transportation platform Bookaway has integrated with specialist OTA Direct Ferries.
“As part of the final stages of implementation, we plan to offer car ferry bookings on our platform for the first time – which will appeal to a new wave of group, family and environmentally conscious travellers,” said David Yitzhaki, Bookaway’s chief marketing officer and co-founder.
On September 5, APOLLO finally arrived in Aliaga for recycling.
She was one of the famous nine “Papenburger Sisters”, built by Meyer Werft in 1970.
Six were built for Viking Line, and three for the Mexican Government.
Apollo was sold in 1999 to Labrador Marine Inc. of St. John’s (NFL) and entered service in May 2000 on the St. Barbe (Newfoundland) to Blanc Sablon (Labrador) route for the Woodward Group of Canada.
Ferry Segment
This mainly reflects the phasing-out of the Molde-Vestnes contract.
The privatization of Fjord1 has been completed. Fjord1 was delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The Norwegian ferry operator is now owned 50/50 by Vision Ridge Partners, an alternative asset manager focused on sustainable real assets, and Havila Holding, an investment company owned by the Sævik family in Norway.
Vision Ridge has offices in Colorado and New York.
FINNECO I: sea trials in September, in service end of 2021.
FINNECO II and III in 2022. All three vessels will sail under the Finnish flag.
The Fanø Line ferries FENJA and MENJA will be powered by fossil-free biodiesel, reducing the total CO2 emissions up to 90%.
The plan is to let the ferries sail partly on HVO(*) biofuel from August 2021. If the start-up goes satisfactorily, the share of the new biodiesel will be increased rapidly towards the autumn, when the new electric ferry GROTTE will be put into operation by October 2021.
The Fanø line will thus be the first ferry route in Denmark, which will be completely shifted to HVO.
The environmentally friendly biodiesel comes from the Finnish manufacturer, Neste.
(*) HVO = Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil
Stena Line has renewed a 5-year contract with Surikat, suppliers of a Terminal Operating System for roro, lolo, rail, intermodal and passenger vehicles. The strategic partnership enables Stena Line to enhance their terminal operations and improve the customer experience across Europe.
Surikat and Stena Line signed their first contract in 2016, with the initial task to simplify and digitalize the damage checks and claims handling processes across their European network. From small beginnings, the product range grew until Surikat was supplying Stena Line with a fully comprehensive portfolio of tools to aid the running of operations across their 20+ terminals in Europe.
“Søren has done an excellent job and positioned Scandlines well for the future as a green and competitive provider of critical infrastructure connecting Continental Europe and Scandinavia. Carsten Nørland brings the right commercial and international skills and experience to carry on the good results in the coming years towards the opening of the Fehmarn tunnel and beyond,” says Chairman of Scandlines’ Supervisory Board, Vagn Sørensen.
Carsten Nørland is 52 years old and holds a MSc. in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School. Before his seven years at Royal Unibrew, he held leading positions with international responsibilities in Copenhagen Airports, Flügger and Masterfoods/MARS inc.
August 31, 2021. The City of Turku has redeemed the terminal in Turku owned by Viking Line. The terminal and related facilities are located in an area in the Port of Turku leased by Viking Line.
Under the original lease agreement, the buildings were to be redeemed on December 31, 2025, but since the Port of Turku decided to begin a major refurbishment of the port and its facilities, the City of Turku now redeems the properties.
The redemption entails an accounting profit of EUR 13.5 million for Viking Line Abp and strengthens the company’s liquidity with EUR 7.9 million.