New Ship Simulator
Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has inaugurated a brand new ship simulator in Ålesund, Norway. It will be used for customer training courses, and for advanced engineering and technology development work.
Europe Opens The Door To Recover The Motor of the Sea Link Between Gijón And Nantes
The EU approves Baleària’s project to operate a ferry service between Gijón and Nantes.
Baleària presented a project in cooperation with the ports of Gijón, Nantes and Valencia and the company Gas Natural Fenosa.
The ferry company would receive EUR 12 million for the conversion of one of their ships into a LNG-power.
Baleària will now have to decide which ship.
Parliamentary candidate, Alison MacCorquodale (Labour), has called for immediate action to charter a freight vessel for the Stornoway-Ullapool route in order to ease pressure on the LOCH SEAFORTH and the wider CalMac network.
She has pointed to reports that ro-ro vessel, CLIPPER RANGER, which was formerly deployed on the Stornoway-Ullapool route is “resting” at the Cammell Laird yard on Merseyside.
The Naviera Armas order seems to be imminent. It will require the Barreras shipyard to maximise the suitable space, and eventually expand. The Armas ferry would be 190m long.
The yard is already building ships for Havila Kystlink and Ritz-Carlton.
The Board of Directors have asked the commercial court to put the yard in liquidation.
- On 27 September Moby SPL have carried their 4 millionth passenger, since St. Peter Line merged with Moby SpA in 2016.
- TESO’s double-ender ferry SCHULPENGAT did not find a buyer. The vessel will be scrapped in Ghent, Belgium.
- Former SVEA DROTT, now the ANEMOS, is on her way to the Turkish scrapyards after more than a year of lay up.
- After three years on the Gothenburg-Fredrikshaven route STENA GOTHICA has returned home and started her regular service on the Baltic Sea again, accompanied by her sister vessel URD. Her place has been taken by STENA VINGA.
- A healthy economic development in the EU and growing trade have caused cargo volumes on DFDS’ routes from Klaipeda to Karlshamn and Kiel to increase. Therefore DFDS has decided to charter an extra ro-ro as from 6 October. It is the 2,191 lane meter MAESTRO UNIVERSE.
First Autonomous Ferries Presented At Norwegian Maritime Safety Conference
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU has developed an autonomous all-electric passenger ferries for urban water transport. The small vessel has been presented at the “Sjøsikkerhetskonferansen 2018” in Haugesund.
Watch a demo
Mr Roberto Prever, President at Naos Ship and Boat Design srl, was so kind to share with Ferry Shipping News his pictures of TASMANIAN ACHIEVER II. Built by the Jinling shipyard, she has been doing successful sea trials. Speed was above the expectation, there was an excellent response to the rudders and vibration was well below the limits.
Toll Shipping will operate the two new ships in the Bass Strait, between Tasmania and mainland Australia.
Last Friday I (Mike Louagie) embarked on Holland America Line’s KONINGSDAM for a cruise out of Civitavecchia. Especially the American guests were impressed by Superman and Superwoman on the Tirrenia ferry BITHIA.
As soon as we left the port, CRUISE ROMA entered, coming from Barcelona.
Passing the Strait of Messina is always a navigational highlight. One of the ships was the UN RoRo vessel CÜNEYT SOLAKOGLU.
All creatures big and small… Jadrolinja’s ferry HANIBAL LUCIC is looking very small compared to the KONINGSDAM.
Photographed in the Corfu Strait is ANEK Lines’ ASTERION II.
North West Ferries’ AGIOS SPIRIDON serves different islands out of Igoumenitsa. She is seen here approaching Kerkyra (Corfu).
The Yellow Disruption
May 68, does that ring a bell?
Then you simply have to read our interview with Pierre Mattei, CEO of Corsica ferries.
Northern Isles Ferry Tender
The procurement of the next contract to operate the Northern Isles Ferry Services (from/to Orkney and Shetland) is underway, with the publication of the contract notice.
The current contract, with Serco, finishes in October 2019.
The contract, worth an estimated £370m, will run for eight years and all routes will be tendered as a single bundle.
The Invitation To Tender documents will issue early in the new year, with a view to awarding the contract in Summer 2019.
