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1. Stena Line (in service between Holyhead and Dublin in early 2020)
2. Stena Line (in service between Belfast and Liverpool in 2020)
3. Brittany Ferries (long-term charter agreement for service between the United Kingdom and Spain)
4. Stena Line (in service between Belfast and Liverpool in 2021)
5. DFDS (long-term charter agreement for service between Dover and Calais, delivery 2021)
6. Brittany Ferries with LNG operation (long-term charter agreement, delivery November 2021)
7. Stena Line (extended version, delivery 2022)
8. Stena Line (extended version, delivery 2022)
9. Brittany Ferries with LNG operation (long-term charter agreement, delivery 2023)
10. Marine Atlantic with LNG operation (long-term charter agreement, delivery 2024)

To be added to the above Stena RoRo list:

11. Brittany Ferries LNG Hybrid (2024)
12. Brittany Ferries LNG Hybrid (2025)

Aiming at constant improvement of its services, Attica Group announces the new itineraries of high-speed vessels HIGHSPEED 4, HELLENIC HIGHSPEED and FLYING CAT 3 in the Aegean Sea, in order to provide passengers with even more travel options.

Different departure times and reduced travel times from Piraeus and Rafina (to Cyclades, Ikaria, Fourni, Patmos, Leros and Kalymnos) are increasing the competition with SeaJets.

• HIGHSPEED 4 departs daily (except Wednesdays) at 09:30 from Piraeus to Paros, Naxos, Koufonisi and Katapola (Amorgos).
• HELLENIC HIGHSPEED departs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:00 from Piraeus to Mykonos, Ag. Kirykos (Ikaria), Fourni (except Mondays), Patmos, Leros and Kalymnos and every Saturday at 10:00 from Kalymnos to Kos, Symi and Rhodes.
• FLYING CAT 4 with up to two daily departures from Rafina at 07:45 and 16:00 to Tinos, Mykonos and Naxos.

Aiming at constant improvement of its services, Attica Group announces the new itineraries of high-speed vessels HIGHSPEED 4, HELLENIC HIGHSPEED and FLYING CAT 3 in the Aegean Sea, in order to provide passengers with even more travel options.

Different departure times and reduced travel times from Piraeus and Rafina (to Cyclades, Ikaria, Fourni, Patmos, Leros and Kalymnos) are increasing the competition with SeaJets.

• HIGHSPEED 4 departs daily (except Wednesdays) at 09:30 from Piraeus to Paros, Naxos, Koufonisi and Katapola (Amorgos).
• HELLENIC HIGHSPEED departs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:00 from Piraeus to Mykonos, Ag. Kirykos (Ikaria), Fourni (except Mondays), Patmos, Leros and Kalymnos and every Saturday at 10:00 from Kalymnos to Kos, Symi and Rhodes.
• FLYING CAT 4 with up to two daily departures from Rafina at 07:45 and 16:00 to Tinos, Mykonos and Naxos.

At the occasion of a conference held this week, the executive manager of Grimaldi Euromed, Eugenio Grimaldi, announced the interest of the Naples-based Group to invest in the port of Ravenna and make a hub for the roro traffic in the Adriatic sea.

Following the recent withdrawal of Tirrenia Cin, today Grimaldi Euromed is the only player active on the routes linking Ravenna with Brindisi and Catania, progressively increasing frequency and tonnage deployed.

“Now we are offering eight sailings per week inbound and outbound from Ravenna using roro ship with a capacity for 250 trailers. Compared with the numbers of 2019 we are experiencing a +2% volume increase in the first half of 2021” Eugenio Grimaldi stated. Also adding that “we would be interested at investing in the port of Ravenna and, thanks also to the inland terminal of Bologna, there are big potential opportunities to increase the trains for transporting trailers and roro to and from Central and Eastern Europa using the port as a hub also for Grimaldi’s maritime connections”.

As of today, the roro terminal of the port of Ravenna (operated by T. & C. – Traghetti e Crociere S.R.L.) is still fully controlled by the local port authority.

Ropax SAGA, former STENA SAGA, arrived in the port of Ancona after being chartered for the summer season by the local ferry company Adria Ferries, company part of Frittelli Maritime Group.

The CEO of the company, Alberto Rossi, confirmed to Ferry Shipping News that the vessel will be operated on the routes linking Italy (Ancona or less likely Bari) with the port of Durrës, in Albania.

SAGA remained unemployed for some weeks off the port of Gibraltar following a long lay-up in Uddevalla, Sweden.

Rossi said that, “if the port of Bari will solve in a very short period of time the existing limits of depth, SAGA may be deployed on the Bari – Durrës line, otherwise she will be active from Ancona”.

The Moby S.p.A shareholders’ meeting held on 19 July appointed Mrs Roberta Casali and Mr Lanfranco Senn as the new independent members for the Moby’s Board of Directors.

“After having overcome the Covid19 emergency period, the Moby’s Board of Directors and the Management will support the process of relaunching the Company that will continue its business and commercial plan thanks to a focus on revenues and margins. The Company has obtained great recognition from the market which confirms their growing numbers,” says the Press Release.

Norled’s HYDRA joined her near sister NESVIK on the triangular route between Hjelmeland-Skipavik-Nesvik (Norway).

She is ready to sail on liquid hydrogen as soon as supply is available, later this year.

Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) acquires superyacht shipyard Nobiskrug.

Both shipyards will be managed by Philipp Maracke, CEO of FSG.

Green hydrogen could play a crucial role in the maritime industry’s journey towards decarbonization, but there are significant challenges with implementing hydrogen technology in shipping.