On September 16, 2019 expired the time-charter of A-Ships Management’s GALAXY (10,553gt/1979) in the Western Mediterranean.
The ship was chartered to the Moroccan INTERSHIPPING – for a period of 3 months – in order to serve the Algeciras-Tanger Med line for the Marhaba 2019.
Photo: Salvador de la Rubia
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has appointed naval architecture consultancy, naValue GmbH, to support the project for the new ferry to operate on the busy Islay route.
Flensburg-based naValue GmbH was founded in 2019 by three well-known partners (photo: Thomas Ritte, Carsten Ortloff and Jens Heyer) who had previously assumed leading roles and positions in Ship Design, Project Management, R&D, Quality Management, Sales and After Sales & Warranty at the Flensburg shipyard.
Scottish Ministers have agreed that the next major CalMac vessel to be commissioned will be for Islay. The Islay ferry project is now in its early stages and is being led by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), CalMac and Transport Scotland. The project will be shaped by consultation with the island community and a robust business case.
The new ferry will be designed to complement the service provided by FINLAGGAN, which currently operates on the Islay route, although it will be developed with a clear focus on freight, including the capability to operate a possible overnight freight service. The Islay route is one of the busiest services for freight on the Clyde and Hebrides network, and the incoming ferry will support the island’s growing demand. Sufficient passenger accommodation will also be designed to meet anticipated passenger demand.
In a pilot project onboard MARIELLA, Viking Line has managed to reduce the amount of food waste by an estimated 27 tonnes in four months.
The food saved corresponds to almost 70,000 servings.
Food waste has been weighed and the data have been recorded.
“Now we have managed to reduce food waste per passenger by an average of 40 percent,” says Viking Line’s restaurant manager Janne Lindholm. “Savings have been made in particular by streamlining the work in the kitchen. We had a greater attention to the prepared quantities prepared. For example, in the buffet restaurant, passengers are served ready-made portions.”
The remaining waste is used for biogas production. With the help of bio-waste
from three ferries, we made biogas, the equivalent of 111,300 liters of MDO.
Turkish-based Sedef Shipbuilding announced on its website that Boreal Sjø has ordered three zero-emission ferries.
Two will have a capacity of 120 cars and 399 pax, and one 60 cars and 250 pax.
Moby Group In Legal Confrontation With The Bondholders
A legal conflict between Moby Group and the bondholders has just started.
A investors statement from the Milan-based ferry company says that “Moby S.p.A. has instructed legal counsel to defend it in insolvency proceedings brought before the Court of Milan by a number of claimants who have identified themselves as holders of an unspecified principal amount of Moby’s fixed rate senior secured notes originally issued in February 2016”.
The statement further adds: “Moby considers the allegations made by the claimants to be entirely groundless and, accordingly, intends to challenge the action taken by them by all appropriate means”.
Moby’s EUR 300 m bond is listed on the Luxembourg stock exchange.
Record Season For Port Of Almeria
The Spanish Port of Almeria has seen an increase of 4.23% passengers and 6.89% vehicles during this year’s “Operation Marhaba” (15 June – 15 September)
In total 582,378 passengers choose a ferry from Almeria to spend their holidays in Morocco or Algeria. The number of vehicles was 131,425. 304,049 passengers went south to Melilla, Nador, Oran and Ghazaouet. 278,329 returned north.
Busiest port on the route from/to Almeria is Nador, taking 57.8% of the traffic.
Nine ferries from three copanies were involved: Trasmediterranea, Balearia and Armas.
Last summer was another successful season for the ferry traffic in the port of Ancona, Italy.
Over 650,000 cruise and ferry passengers had been handled from the beginning of June to the end of August, of which 281,008 were embarked and 328,887 disembarked.
Ferries transported 600,678 passengers while cruise vessels further handled 51,000 units.
In June 88,758 ferry passengers transited through the port of Ancona, 207,319 in July and 304,601 in August.
“Maritime traffic in the port is strengthening both in terms of passengers handled and ship calls” said Rodolfo Giampieri, head of the local port authority. “Being positioned at the heart of the Adriatic Sea and the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region is a key factor for the port to play a central role on the maritime links to and from the Balkans”.
The ships of Corsica Linea will cut emissions and noise pollution while berthed in the port of Marseille, in France.
The three ferries PAGLIA ORBA, JEAN NICOLI and PASCAL PAOLI are being modified to use ABB’s power compensation solution Dynacomp that allows electricity from the local grid in Marseille to be stepped down to 11 KV in order to take care of ship power needs when moored.
They “will be emissions-free when berthed in Marseille” said Ludovic Amouroux, Project Manager at Corsica Linea. “We estimate we will use between 7MWh and 11 MWh of zero-emission power per call, depending on the vessel”.
The project covers the supply and shipboard installation of electrical, mechanical and automation systems to enable shore power connection. On the shore side, ABB will deliver a custom-designed cable management system on the quay at Marseille.
The installation of ABB’s shore connection technology on one of the ferries, PAGLIA ORBA, is already underway, while the two remaining vessels will be connected to shore power in 2020.
“Strive For More At Home To Lead In The World”
“Europe must become the first climate-neutral continent and should even move towards zero-pollution,” said Mrs Ursula von der Leyen, the new EU commission president.
ESPO published a memorandum for the ports, with this baseline in mind.
Maritime Forecast To 2050: Fuel Flexibility Key To Competitiveness In Low-Carbon Shipping Future
DNV GL has published a fuel forecast for the maritime industry. The forecast shows that the uptake of low-carbon and carbon-neutral fuels is essential to meeting IMO GHG goals, with carbon-neutral fuels having to supply 30% to 40% of the global fleet’s total energy by 2050. In the deep-sea sector, ammonia, biodiesel, liquid biogas and electro fuels are promising carbon-neutral options, with battery, hybrid and hydrogen solutions being potential options for the short-sea segment.
