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Visemar Trasporti Asked Green Light to Scrap The NORMAN ATLANTIC’s Wreck

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

Visemar Trasporti, a company controlled by the Visentini family and owner of the ro-pax NORMAN ATLANTIC, formally asked the local coast guard in Bari the green light for proceeding with the scrapping of the wreck.

The 2009-built ro-pax caught fire in the Strait of Otranto in the Adriatic Sea, en route from Patras to Ancona on December 28, 2014.

The NORMAN ATLANTIC accident became one of the deadlier maritime disasters in recent Greek history.  The bodies of nine victims were recovered from the sea. Nineteen other individuals remain missing to this day, and are presumed dead.

The fire broke out on the car deck just before 6:00 AM local time, just half an hour after leaving the port of Igoumenitsa, which was an intermediate stop on the ferry’s regular route.

Jun 06
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Golden Star Ferries HSC SUPER EXPRESS Begins Her Service from Rafina

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

On June 14, 2019 – and after many adventures – the latest acquisition of Golden Star Ferries, HSC SUPER EXPRESS (5.903gt/1998), will be introduced on the Rafina-Syros-Mykonos-Paros-Naxos-Koufonissi-Katapola (Amorgos) run. The ship’s schedule has already been posted on the company’s official site. She will depart daily from Rafina port at 16.30, while her return from Amorgos will be at 07.15. The ship flies the Cypriot flag.

Jun 06
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FERRY PORTS

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

This Is What the Central Port in Gdansk Is Going to Look Like

The Port of Gdansk Authority has been working on the concept of development of the Central Port for nearly a year. Work on the execution of the project is set to begin this year.

Jun 06
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Ro-Ro Rocks in Rostock

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

Port of Rostock started the construction of two new ro-ro ramps, at the Querkai in Überseehafen.

In order to be able to handle ferries with a length of up to 250m, the quay between berths 41 and 51 will be equipped with two ro-ro ramps.

Prior to this, works started on Berth n° 50 in January 2019.

Photo: State Infrastructure Minister Christian Pegel, 1st Deputy Mayor of Rostock, Dr. Ing. Chris Müller-von Wrycz Rekowski, Rostock Port Managing Director Jens A. Scharner and Dr. Ing. Gernot Tesch.

Jun 06
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FINANCE & FIGURES

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

Seatruck Now Have Just Short Of 20% Of the Total Irish Sea Ro-Ro Market

Clipper Group a/s improved its operating profit (EBIT) in 2018. It’s ferry division did a very good job.

Seatruck Ferries recorded a volume growth of 7.5% in a market where total volumes grew by 2.7%. Seatruck Ferries now holds 19.9% of the total ro-ro market on the Irish Sea, where the company operates 3 routes between the UK and Ireland with close to 80 weekly sailings.

In 2018, Seatruck Ferries acquired 4 ro-ro vessels for a total consideration of USD 124 million. The company now owns all its 7 ro-ro vessels operating on the Irish Sea plus one additional ro-ro vessel, which is chartered out externally.

Jun 06
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Tallink Sets New Passenger Record for May, But Passenger Numbers On Estonia-Finland And Estonia-Sweden Routes Decrease

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

First the good news:

  • +0.1% passengers in May.
  • +7.6% highest ever number of passengers for the month of May on the Latvia-Sweden route.
  • +2.2% passengers on Finland – Sweden, highest number of passengers for the month of May in the last 13 years on the Finland-Sweden routes.
  • +7.8% on Latvia-Sweden route (1,471 cargo units)
  • +4% on Finland – Sweden (7,116 cargo units)

The not so good news:

The passenger numbers and number of cargo units transported on the Estonia-Finland and Estonia-Sweden routes decreased in May 2019.
The number of passenger vehicles transported decreased on all the group’s routes in May 2019 compared to the same period last year.

Jun 06
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For the First Time Grimaldi Group Exceeds a Revenue of €3 Billion

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

Grimaldi Group of Naples closed 2018 with Revenues exceeding €3bn for the first time in its history, in spite of higher bunker costs.

  • -11% EBITDA €537.1m
  • -29% Net Result €212m

At the end of the past year the group headed by Diego Pacella, Gian Luca and Emanuele Grimaldi was operating a fleet of over 130 ships, of which 116 directly owned and with an average age of 13 years.

Details per company:

  • Grimaldi Deep Sea – Revenue €675m, EBITDA €114.5m and Net result €55.2m.
  • Grimaldi Euromed – Revenue €1.4 bln, EBITDA €142m and Net result €65m.
  • Finnlines – Revenue €595m, EBITDA €166.3m and Net result €95.1m.
  • Malta Motorways of the Seas – Revenue €32.2m, EBITDA €11.8m and Net result €2.8m.
  • Minoan Lines – Revenue €94.1m, EBITDA €8.5m and Net result €-5.7m.
  • Atlantic Container Lines – Revenue €325.4m, EBITDA €18.6m and Net result €-17.7m.
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TECHNOLOGY

By 2019 Newsletter week 23

Moby And Tirrenia Tickets Can Be Purchased With Telepass Pay

As from Monday 3 June, it will be possible to buy tickets for the routes operated by the companies Moby, Tirrenia and Toremar through the Telepass App, in the new “Ships and Ferries” section.

The cost of the trip will be charged on the Telepass Pay account.

The start of the passenger service is the first step in a technological journey that will also be extended to the freight sector.