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One Sea Appoints Riku-Pekka Hägg As Chairman With Mission To Grow Autonomous Ship Alliance

By 2019 Newsletter week 41

One Sea Appoints Riku-Pekka Hägg As Chairman With Mission To Grow Autonomous Ship Alliance

ONE SEA, the industry alliance whose primary aim is to lead the way towards an operating autonomous maritime ecosystem by 2025, has appointed Riku-Pekka Hägg as Chairman of its Management Board.

Hägg, who will oversee ONE SEA will retain his current role as Vice President, Ship Design and Integrated Solutions Sales at Wärtsilä.

Having fulfilled an array of strategic roles at Wärtsilä, his current focus is on leading business transformation with particular emphasis on smart technologies. In his current position he is also responsible for overseeing Wärtsilä’s Smart and Autonomous Ship strategy. In stepping up to the ONE SEA chairmanship from his previous Vice-Chair role, Hägg says his interest will remain focused on connecting businesses with the possibilities new digital technologies create for safety, efficiency, growth and profitability to enable sustainable shipping.

“It’s exciting to see that smart and autonomous systems are rapidly gaining interest and ground in shipping, but the technology is unregulated, and interoperability is not standardized,” Hägg observes. “ONE SEA is a fantastic collaboration network comprising leading, global and multi-industrial companies who want to co-create proposals for industry standards and regulations in this fast-developing technology area.

Oct 10
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INTERESTING READS

By 2019 Newsletter week 41

Brexit: HMRC Impact Assessment For The Movement Of Goods If The UK Leaves The EU Without A Deal

 One of the conclusions of the document published by HM Customs and Revenue is that “UK supply chains face an additional £15 billion annual cost burden in the event of a no-deal Brexit.”

This is the third edition of the impact assessment that was first published on 4 December 2018. This edition includes the impacts of the customs, VAT and excise regulations laid before Parliament in February, March and September 2019, and the EU Withdrawal Act 2018, and adds to the impacts that were published on 25 February 2019.

If the UK leaves the EU without a deal, the customs, VAT and excise arrangements in place as a result of the UK being part of the EU will no longer apply. The UK would no longer be subject to EU law and new legislation will be needed to replicate the current rules for trade with non-EU countries, ensuring that this also applies to EU trade. VAT and excise legislation will need to be amended to reflect the fact that the UK is no longer part of the EU.

One section relevant for the ferry industry is C1 (ii and iii) “Movement of goods from roll on roll off ports”.

Oct 10
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SHORT NEWS

By 2019 Newsletter week 41
  • Earlier this week, laid-up ferry IONIOAN SKY started to list to starboard. The ferry once belonged to the NEL Lines fleet, and has been immobilised since 2013.
  • CLdN’s MAZARINE is in Poland (Remontowa) to get an additional car deck
  • Maybe you’ve heard the rumour about a new ferry line between Vigo, Cork and Plymouth? Some sources linked this project to Grimaldi, which was denied by the Italian company.
  • Copenhagen Malmö Port and DFDS have reached an agreement to establish a shore power facility in Copenhagen, which means that the CROWN SEAWAYS and PEARL SEAWAYS will be able to receive electricity from land.
Oct 10
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

By 2019 Newsletter week 41

Genoa From The Sky

When returning from the Grimaldi EuroMed Conference, our Italian correspondent Nicola Capuzzo took these shots from his aircraft, when arriving in Genoa. MOBY WONDER and MOBY AKI can be clearly seen, being prepared for their new life on the DFDS IJmuiden – Newcastle route.

The white vessel on the left is SUPER-FAST BALEARES and the Corsica Ferries ship is the 1972 veteran SARDINIA REGINA.

If only all sea ports had an airport in the harbour area.

This is a view on the normal ferry operations, with several GNV and Tirrenia ropax units alongside.

Oct 03
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FERRY SHIPPING

By 2019 Newsletter week 40

Caronte & Tourists Intends To Take Market Restriction Case Suffered In Croatia To The European Commission

This summer, Italy’s Caronte & Tourist was finally not able to operate the Rijeka-Porozina maritime link, formally due to a lack of authorisations.
The Italian ferry company will signal the case to the European Commission.

According to the local Croatian media Lavoce.hr, the double-ender ferry GIUSEPPE FRANZA remained inactive and moored at the Molo Orlando quay in Rijeka since mid-July, when it arrived from Italy for opening a new regular line to be operated until the end of September.

After several difficulties at obtaining the necessary authorisations from the Croatian transport ministry, Coast Guard and Short Sea Maritime Agency, there was still some factors avoiding the sailing of the line due to lack of permissions. In reality, several market observers underlined that it’s likely that the incumbent player Jadrolinija has a role at putting a spoke in the wheels of the Italian newcomer for competition reasons.

Caronte & Tourist is now taking legal actions against the local Coast Guard and the port authorities in Rijeka and Cres. The company controlled by the Franza and Matacena families intend also to take the case in Bruxelles signalling the Croatian government to the DG Competition authority for market restriction.

The GIUSEPPE FRANZA will leave Rijeka this week. It is expected to be back in Croatia for the next summer season as Caronte & Tourist will not give up and intends to double its presence on this market opening a second line also between the ports of Prizna and Stara Novalja.

Oct 03
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P&O Ferrymasters Enters Into Strategic Partnership To Facilitate “No-Deal” Brexit Customs Declarations

By 2019 Newsletter week 40

P&O Ferrymasters has entered into a strategic partnership with SGS Maco to offer customs declaration services to P&O Ferrymasters’ customers. This will maintain easy and fluid declaration for the import and export of goods to and from the United Kingdom, in the event of a “no-deal” Brexit.

If at the end of October, the UK leaves the European Union without a deal that maintains existing customs arrangements, goods may have to be declared to customs and this partnership will allow continuity and fluidity for P&O Ferrymaster’s customers.

SGS Maco will work with P&O Ferrymasters to facilitate its customers making customs declarations at ports in the Netherlands and Belgium and offer fiscal representation services for companies transporting goods throughout the European Union. The customs declaration services will be organised in the United Kingdom by P&O Ferrymasters and SGS Maco staff, and through a partner in Ireland.