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TECHNOLOGY

By 2018 Newsletter week 45

Telenor Maritime Provide Wi-Fi, 3G And Backhaul Services To Brittany Ferries Ships

Telenor Maritime partner with Brittany Ferries and announces the introduction of the mobile ecosystem onboard their fleet of ferries, deploying a connectivity platform with Premium Wi-Fi, VSAT and Mobile Broadband Backhaul.

Additionally, HONFLEUR, the LNG-powered newbuild arriving in June 2019 is equipped with 3G services.

Digital services can be enabled supporting the complete digital value chain vastly enhancing the customer experience onboard.

Nov 08
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VIDEO

By 2018 Newsletter week 45

Small Greek Ro-Ro Ferry Ran Aground

October 27. Cretan Cargo Line’s ro-ro NEARCHOS ran aground in Santorini. Crew and truck drivers were brought in safety.

Watch some footage on YouTube (1:07)

Nov 08
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SHORT NEWS

By 2018 Newsletter week 45

COLOR HYBRID, from Poland to Norway

  • The hull of Color Line’s new state-of-the-art hybrid ferry is on its way from the Crist Shipyard in Gdynia to the Ulstein Verft in Norway for outfitting.
    The vessel will enter into traffic between Sandefjord and Strømstad in June 2019.
  • Vincenzo Onorato has recently confirmed in an interview with MediTelegraph that both the ro-pax vessels BITHIA and JANAS are officially for sale.
Nov 08
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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

By 2018 Newsletter week 45

Thank you Alistair Eagles (Seatruck Ferries) for sharing with us this picture of one of your vessels being prepared for its new charterers. The painters seem to have some sense of humor.

Fred. Olsen Express and Baleària, through its alliance Canary Bridge Seaways, will launch the new route between the Canary Islands and Huelva on 11 November with CLIPPER PENNANT.

Is the coaster GULF ANGEL having a project cargo? Is it transporting an oversized model of MOBY AKI? No, this optical illusion has been perfectly captured by Swiss Shipping & Cruise/Ferry Analyst Thomas P. Illes, in the port of Livorno. Well spotted!

Clémence Cavelier-Bekaert (Sales Assistant NCG) took this wonderful, foggy photo of PONT-AVEN. Merci beaucoup!

It’s a little over one month until Brittany Ferries new HONFLEUR is launched from the slipway at the FSG shipyard. Brice Robinson, Engineer Newbuilding, took this and other pictures, which can be seen here.

Nov 01
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Baleària Builds World’s First LNG Powered High-Speed Catamaran In Spain

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

Baleària has ordered the world’s first LNG powered ro-pax high-speed ferry.
The fast ferry is being built at the Armon shipyard in Gijón after an Incat Crowther design.
With a length of 125m and a beam of 28m, the new catamaran will have capacity for 1,200 passengers and 500 cars (or otherwise 500 lane meters freight and 250 cars).
The vessel will be propelled by four Wärtsilä dual-fuel LNG engines delivering 8,800 kW each, allowing it to attain a service speed of 35 knots, and a top speed of over 40 knots.
Range will be 400 nautical miles.
Investment is 90 million euros.  Entry into service summer 2020.

Nov 01
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Baleària Fleet Goes The LNG Way

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

Baleària is also finalising the construction of what will be the first two smart ro-pax ships with LNG engines to sail the Mediterranean. The HYPATIA DE ALEJANDRÍA is scheduled to begin operations early next year, followed by the MARIE CURIE a few months later.

Meanwhile, the first of a total of six ships in the fleet will have its engine replaced this autumn to allow it to sail with LNG. The European Union recently awarded Baleària a grant of some €12 million out of the total investment €72 million.

Within the next three years Baleària plans to have at least half of its ferry fleet using LNG, rising to a 100% of the fleet within ten years.

Nov 01
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Sembcorp Marine To Build Ferries For Norled

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

Sembcorp Marine has won its first design-and-construction ro-pax project comprising three identical plug-in ferries. These vessels will be built to a proprietary design from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary LMG Marin for delivery to Norled AS in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Specially tailored to Norled’s shortsea Hella-Vangsnes-Dragsvik connections in Norway, the 84.2m double-ended ferries can each carry up to 300 passengers and crew, as well as 80 cars or a combination of 10 cars and 10 trailer trucks.

The highly energy-efficient vessels will operate normally on battery power at a service speed of 10 knots. When required, they can run on combined battery-diesel hybrid backup modes.

Nov 01
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GNV’s RHAPSODY Bahamas Bound

By 2018 Newsletter week 44

Genoa-based Grandi Navi Veloci chartered out for some months the ferry RHAPSODY which will pass all the winter season in the Bahamas as a floating hotel.

Italian news site www.Ship2Shore.it reports that the MSC-controlled ferry company closed a charter agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line through which the 1996-built ferry will be deployed from mid-November to February as an accommodation vessel for the personnel of the cruise company relocated there.

In the next few months several ships of NCL’s fleet are expected to enter dry dock at Grand Bahama shipyard and RHAPSODY will host part of the crews and of the staff in charge for the fleet technical management.