Dec 18
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Samsø Rederi’s New High-Speed Ferry on its Way to Denmark

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Samsø Rederi’s new high-speed ferry HSC LILLEØRE has been delivered and she is ready to be transported by heavy lift from South China to Aarhus, where she will arrive in February. From April 2021 she will ply the waters between Dokk1 in Aarhus and Sælvig in Samsø.

  • Capacity: 296 passengers and 70 bicycles
  • Service speed: 29.5 knots.

The 35m HSC LILLEØRE is the result of a public tender process floated by OSK-ShipTech in 2018, won by AFAI Shipyard in Guangzhou (China) with an Incat Crowther Design.

OSK-ShipTech is also the designer of the new linkspans serving the vessel, which now can be seen in both Sælvig on Samsø and at Dokk1 in Aarhus.

Rendering © Samsø Rederi / Incat Crowther

Dec 18
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EQT Infrastructure acquires Molslinjen

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Global investment organization EQT announced that EQT Infrastructure has acquired Molslinjen A/S from a group of shareholders led by Polaris.

Molslinjen is Denmark’s largest passenger ferry company with over 700 employees and 15 vessels serving over eight million people per year across nine routes, including connections to Sweden and Germany.

evenues of around DKK 1.9 billion in 2019.

Over the past decade, Molslinjen has reduced the CO2 emission per transported kg with over 60 percent. In the years to come, the Company will continue to invest in increased decarbonization of its ferry fleet and reduction of fossil fuel dependence. EQT Infrastructure is committed to supporting the Company’s transition to electrified ferries on selected routes and introducing renewable fuel sources for larger vessels.

Moreover, EQT Infrastructure will focus on customer service improvements, such as refitting of the vessel layout, increased departure frequency and higher passenger capacity on popular routes.

Dec 18
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Kerkyra Seaway’s HERMES Will Enter Service in January 2021

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Kerkyra Seaways’s HERMES was transferred at Neos Molos (Drapetsona) in order to continue her refit/conversion. The vessel was purchased from Nankai Ferry (Japan) in October 2019 and arrived in Greece on 3 March 2020.

The pandemic delayed her conversion, which began in late May and continues to this day. HERMES is expected to enter service at the end of January 2021 and she will be probably introduced on the Corfu-Igoumenitsa line.

Photo: Spyros Roussos

Dec 18
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Plaxiven Consulting’s New Acquisition HSC IRIS 1 Arrived in Greece

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The new acquisition of the Cypriot-based Plaxiven Consulting Ltd, HSC IRIS 1 arrived in Greece on 13 December 2020. The ship was purchased from South Korea and loaded on the general cargo ship ROLLDOCK SUN at the beginning of November 2020.

She was built in Norway in 1999 (Kvaerner Fjellstrand – Omastrand), while since 2012 she belonged to the South Korean Nam Hae Express as the GOHEUNG IRIS.

Plaxiven Consulting Ltd also owns the Japanese built CAT 1 (1994), whose conversion remains unfinished on Keratsini Pier since quite a long time.

IRIS 1 can carry 428 passengers and 52 cars, or 2 buses and 38 cars.

Dec 18
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Tender for the Greece-Cyprus Subsidised Line

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29 January 2021 is the deadline for submitting bids for the new maritime-passenger connection between Cyprus and Greece.

The line will be subsidised by national funds. The previous line operated until 2000.

The tender was announced by the Cypriot Ministry of Shipping following the approval of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition in June 2020, which allowed the provision of national funds based on the fact that maritime passenger services between Cyprus and Greece are of General Financial Interest.

  • Subsidies: up to EUR 5 million per year.
  • Contract: 36 months
  • Starting: summer 2021.
  • Ports: Limassol or Larnaca -Piraeus (Keratsini Terminal)( possibly a stop at a Greek island of the choice of the contractor)
  • Requirements: 31 return sailings each year as follows: from May to September one return sailing weekly, from October to April a return sailing every two weeks and from November to March one return sailing per month.
Dec 18
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P&O Ferrymasters and DP World Begin Rolling-Out Integrated Maritime and Logistics Services

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P&O Ferrymasters and its parent company DP World announce dthe completion of their first common carrier agreement, to integrate their global maritime and logistics services into a unified customer proposition.

The announcement follows DP World’s acquisition of P&O Ferrymasters in February 2019 and marks the launch of a global rollout of carrier agreements, to combine their multimodal networks, exploit and deploy their global operational coverage and provide comprehensive service packages to customers.

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Dec 18
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Stena Line Launch New Freight Connection between Luxembourg and Sweden

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From 11 January 2021 Stena Line together with the multimodal service provider CFL multimodal and the ports in Rostock and Trelleborg will offer a new intermodal rail and ferry connection from Bettembourg in Luxembourg via their ferry route from Rostock to Trelleborg in Sweden. The combination of sea and rail is a cost-effective and sustainable transport solution that offers great capacity and flexibility as well as a CO2 reduction of 1.75 tons per unit compared to road transport.

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Dec 18
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Dredging Spoils Transform into New Terminal at the Port Of Gothenburg

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Some 180,000m3 of dredged material are currently being reused as filling material in the construction of the Port of Gothenburg’s next major investment. When the masses have been stabilized and solidified and further surface work have been completed, 140,000m2 of new, long-awaited terminal space, will be available in the Port of Gothenburg.

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