+19.2% Turnover € 132,9 million
+100% Profit before tax € 42,3 million
+147% Net result € 27,9 million
PPA S.A. will pay € 4,8 million concession fees to the Greek State for the year 2018 compared to € 4,1 million in 2017.
Havila Kystruten And Kongsberg Sign Long-Term Service Agreement
Havila Kystruten AS and Kongsberg have signed a 10-year “Power-by-the-Hour” service agreement for four new coastal cruise vessels that are currently under construction in Spain and Turkey. The contract value is 150 MNOK.
Power-by-the-Hour was launched in 2017, and was first sold to the cargo operator NorLines. The agreement means that the vessel owners is handing the responsibility for service planning and performance back to the equipment’s supplier, Kongsberg Maritime. The customer pays a fixed charge per hour of operation, per ship. Kongsberg Maritime monitors the equipment aboard each vessel from on shore, collecting data from onboard sensors. Kongsberg’s engineers will be able to connect to the ship and carry out service activities remotely or, if necessary, send out a service engineer to do the job.
From January 2021, Havila Kystruten will operate four passenger ships on the coastal route between Bergen and Kirkenes. The ships will be equipped with a large equipment package from Kongsberg Maritime, including main propulsion thrusters of type Azipull with Permanent Magnet (PM) drive motor, PM tunnel thrusters, and stabilisers. Kongsberg also delivers the ships LNG systems, which include four Rolls-Royce Bergen gas engines.
Ballard Power Systems Europe A/S is establishing a Marine Center of Excellence dedicated to fuel cell marine applications at the Company’s engineering, manufacturing and service facility in Hobro, Denmark. The Marine CoE will design and manufacture heavy duty fuel cell modules to address zero-emission powertrain requirements for the marine industry.
Dispute Between Iceland And New Polish-Built Ferry
Iceland’s Minister of Transport said the country would not pay an extra billion Icelandic kronor (€ 7.5 million) for the HERJOLFUR. This ferry is built by Crist S.A. in Gdynia, for the connection with the island of Vestmannaeyjar.
The minister says the yard has sent an extra, unexpected invoice at a very late stage.
The issue has to do with the fact that during the building process Iceland required the hybrid design to be changed into full electric.
The issue will be brought to Court.
The hope is nevertheless to have the ferry delivered.
Last year, Corsica Linea transported 1.2 million lane metres of freight. This growth means a shortage of space in the port of Marseille.
Works are being undertaken to increase the terminal capacity, and to make the link between ship and shore more efficient for the movement of unaccompanied ro-ro freight.
Parking space will go up from 202 lorries to 272.
After having been rebuilt for Levante Ferries, KEFALONIA is seen here doing sea trials.
- Unity Line’s KOPERNIK has arrived in Perama, Greece. Whether or not the vessel will be scrapped is unclear.
- Trasmeditteranea’s newly renamed CIUDAD DE MAHON resumed service between Barcelona and Ibiza on Wednesday 10 April.
- This year, HSC GOTLANDIA will be on standby with Destination Gotland. GOTLANDIA II will sail to Västervik.
Stena Line Installs Japanese Sleeping Pods
Stena Line has installed Japanese sleeping pods on its MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN and SKÅNE vessels, operating between Rostock in Germany and Trelleborg in Sweden.
Stena Line is the first ferry company to offer its customers Japanese sleeping pods which will be a cost-efficient way to sleep and rest during the crossing.
The pods are inspired by Japanese capsule hotels offer two square metre space for one person.
Each berth is equipped with a mattress and bed linen, as well as air conditioning, charging station and WiFi – and luggage can be stored outside the pods in lockers.
The journey from Rostock to Trelleborg takes 6 or 7 hours depending on the departure and is one of the most popular routes between Germany and Sweden, especially during the summer months.
How does it work? Watch this “Just Ferries” video on YouTube
Ferry YAMATO To Become STENA NOVA
As announced in February, Stena RoRo purchased the ferry YAMATO from the Japanese shipping company Hankyu Ferry. The vessel will be rebuilt at a shipyard in Europe and be fully adapted to European standards, after which it will be chartered out. This process will begin in spring 2020 and the ferry is estimated to be in traffic by the summer 2020.
Stena RoRo has now published a technical fact sheet
The new “queen of the Baltic Sea” is scheduled to begin cruising along the Turku–Mariehamn–Stockholm route in two years. Viking Line has initiated a recruiting campaign to find a creative project leader with language skills to assume responsibility for the launch of this new, innovative, climate-smart cruise ferry. At the same time, the company is conducting an open competition to name their new maritime queen.
The third DFDS freight ferry from China had not been outside the dry dock for long before the site team and construction crew started the construction of our fourth newbuilding.
March 27, the traditional keel-laying ceremony took place at the Jinling Shipyard to officially celebrate the start of construction of the fourth DFDS freight ferry. In line with Chinese tradition, a coin was placed under the keel and this time Chief Engineer Matti Thomsen was given the honour of sealing it as a symbol of luck throughout the construction process and while at sea.
The fourth freight ferry is expected to be delivered in the last quarter of 2019.
