Canadian engineering firm Aspin Kemp and Associates Inc. (AKA) and German MAN Energy Solutions are working together on the delivery of the propulsion package for 1+1 Ro-Pax for TT-Line. The vessel is to be built at Jiangsu Jingling shipyard in China. The MAN/AKA power and propulsion package includes eight MAN 51/60DF dual fuel engines, propellers and gearboxes, a fuel-gas supply system and HyProp ECO – an innovative, fuel-saving, hybrid propulsion system.
Norsepower Oy Ltd., the provider of auxiliary renewable wind energy propulsion systems, announced that independent test results showed that its Rotor Sail technology has great potential to deliver savings on the Viking Line’s VIKING GRACE.
Long term, LNG marine fuel savings is expected to be up to around 300 tonnes on annual basis
CBRE Caledon And Capman Infra Buy Norwegian Ferry Operator Norled
The firms are each acquiring a 50% equity stake in Norled, which holds a fleet of 59 ferries and 28 express boats, from Norway-based shipping firm Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab.
(not ferry related yet, but good to know)
The ownership of the Helsinki Shipyard transferred formally on Monday 20 May from the Russian state-owned United Shipbuilding Company to Algador holdings, owned by Russian businessmen Rishat Bagautdinov and Vladimir Kasyanenko.
Ro-pax SICILIA as seen from the highest deck of COSTA FAVOLOSA.
Trasmediterranea’s CUIDAD DE MAHON enters the Port of Barcelona. More quayside area is visibly under construction for Terminal Port Nou.
STENA EMBLA is Stena Line’s third E-Flexer newbuilding. The keel was laid on 22 May. The Embla was suggested by employees on the Irish Sea and means “the first female, created by gods”.
A Festive Day For MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO
Shipowner Vincenzo Onarato continues to put the emphasis on Italian crew (with as only exception the St Peterline ships). He repeated his message during the inaugural ceremony of MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO in Genoa.
Click on the picture to watch the video on YouTube (1:21)
Challenges, new vessels and expansion.
A week ago, Ferry Shipping News was in Greece, giving the opportunity to have a conversation with Spiros Paschalis.
MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO Officially Presented In Genoa By Onorato Armatori
15 May, in the port of Genoa, Onorato Armatori publicly presented the new ro-ro ship MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO built by Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft and long-term chartered (8 years) from the owner Siem.
The vessel is set to be deployed by Tirrenia on the Genoa – Livorno – Catania – Malta rotation.
This is the sixth ro-ro ship that FSG has delivered to Siem and is identical in construction to the sister ship ALF POLLAK, also taken in bare boat charter by Onorato Armatori and then sub-chartered to DFDS.
Fitted with scrubbers, those sister ships are among the newest and most modern ferries currently deployed in the Mediterranean area, accommodating up to 310 semi-trailers and has a capacity of 4,076 lane metres.
Onorato Armatori is negotiating with Siem the charter also of a third sister ships, named LEEVSTEN today, successfully launched and due to be delivered by the German shipyard in September 2019.
Finally, Golden Star Ferries took over the HSC GOLDEN EXPRESS (5.903gt/1998) after the collapse of the agreement reached -in October 2018- with the rival Fast Ferries. The ship has already been painted in the colours of Golden Star Ferries and has already been dry docked at Spanopoulos Group’s new Greek shipyards in Ambelakia, Salamis. Also, her new stern ramps have already been placed since 3 May.
The ship is expected to be introduced on the Rafina – Syros-Tinos-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Koufonissi-Amorgos run on 10 June.
