Aug 19
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GNV and Grimaldi Holding Signed a Bareboat Charter for RoPax Vessels FORZA and TENACIA

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  • GNV and Grimaldi Holding signed a 3-year bareboat charter for FORZA and TENACIA.
  • Option 1+1 years
  • Both ferries have been operating 10 months for GNV, in sub-charter from Trasmediterranea.
  • Ferry Shipping News understands that, practically, it will be an extension of the current charters, even if this new agreement involves directly Grimaldi Holding and MSC-controlled GNV.
  • Daily rates for each bareboat charter should be around EUR 15,000 and there are no purchase options.
  • TENACIA and FORZA both have capacity of 2,000 lane meters and 1,000 passengers and are currently deployed on the routes linking Italy mainland to Sicily and Sardinia.
Aug 19
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Adria Ferries Sold the Aged Ferry AF FRANCESCA to Libyan Buyers

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  • Ancona-based company Adria ferries, part of the Frittelli Maritime Group controlled by Alberto Rossi, has just sold the 1979-built ship AF FRANCESCA (ex DOMIZIANA).
  • Some sources revealed to Ferry Shipping News that the vessel was assumed to be bound for ship recycling while at the end it was sold to Libyan buyers and will go on operating.
  • It’s still unknown whether this North-African player is the same buyer of the SARDINIA REGINA recently sold by Corsica Ferries.
  • AF FRANCESCA has been operating for many years on the routes between Ancona and Bari to Durres, in Albania after Adria Ferries bought it from Tirrenia in 2011.
  • Main characteristics are: 150m length, capacity for 2,000 pax and 750 lane metres.
Aug 19
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Westcon Yards Wins Fjord1 Contract

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  • Cargo handling increased by 8.25 % in H1
  • Of the 100,000 trucks and trailers handled, more than half were unaccompanied for the first time.
  • The largest increases were recorded on the routes to Gothenburg and to Klaipeda. In total, 3.66 million tonnes of freight were handled in Kiel in the first half of the year.
  • The strongest part the Ostuferhafen with the forest products and logistics centre. (DFDS: 9 departures / week).
  • Restart in June of Kiel – Oslo route by Color Line.
Aug 19
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Significant Volume Growth in the Seaport of Kiel

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  • Cargo handling increased by 8.25 % in H1
  • Of the 100,000 trucks and trailers handled, more than half were unaccompanied for the first time.
  • The largest increases were recorded on the routes to Gothenburg and to Klaipeda. In total, 3.66 million tonnes of freight were handled in Kiel in the first half of the year.
  • The strongest part the Ostuferhafen with the forest products and logistics centre. (DFDS: 9 departures / week).
  • Restart in June of Kiel – Oslo route by Color Line.
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Aug 19
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Port of Valencia Starts to Work on the New Passenger Terminal Project

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  • In the next few days, the project for the refurbishment of the site of the old shipyard of the Port of Valencia will be published with a tender budget of around 900,000 euros
  • It will also contemplate the recovery of reusable materials to be sold for an estimated value of more than 400,000 euros
  • The new public passenger terminal will be a model infrastructure in terms of the environment, sustainability, accessibility and intelligence, at the service of the city
  • According to the PAV project, which included contributions from the València city council, the passenger station will operate with zero polluting emissions and will be committed to the circular economy.
  • It will be located between the Muelle de Poniente and the Muelle Perfecto Palacio in the area previously occupied by the Unión Naval de Valencia shipyard (100,000 square metres).
  • The design will maintain the four elements of the old shipyard catalogued by the Demetrio Ribes Chair of Industrial Archaeology.
  • The new passenger terminal is intended to serve cruise traffic, regular lines with the Balearic Islands and Algeria, as well as ro-ro traffic.
  • Bid submitted by the ferry company Baleària.
Aug 19
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Tallink Grupp Shares

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The public offering of Tallink Grupp shares commenced on August 18.

Both the company’s approximately 30,000 existing shareholders as well as new investors are able to subscribe to the company’s shares until 1 September 2021 (included).

The public offering of the new shares is carried out simultaneously in Estonia and Finland on the basis of the prospectus approved by the Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority. The approved prospectus has been published on Tallink Grupp’s website.

Aug 19
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Sweden-Germany

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HansaDestinations will start its new service from Nynäshamn to Rostock on August 30.

The timetable is now online. The crossing will take 18 hours.

The line will be operated by ropax DROTTEN, which has a capacity of 1,650 lane metres and 1,400 passengers. On departures from Rostock on Tuesdays and from Nynäshamn on Wednesdays, the number of passengers that the ship can accommodate will be limited.