Stena Line has confirmed that the first of its new ferries currently under construction in China is planned to enter service on its Holyhead – Dublin route early 2020.
The following two ferries will serve the Liverpool-Belfast route.
Photo: Stena Line
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft & Co.KG (FSG) has advised Irish Ferries of a further delay to the delivery of the W.B. Yeats. The new ship was due to commence sailings between Ireland and France from July 30 (after an earlier delay).
Irish Ferries had no option but to cancel all the planned sailings to France for W.B. YEATS this Summer, with the ship now likely to commence sailing with Irish Ferries on Dublin / Holyhead as scheduled in September.
Approximately 6,000 bookings will be impacted by this issue.
The postponement is caused by delays in the delivery of interior fitting components for the public areas, as well as the electrical system installation.
Photo: FSG
The Grimaldi Group has ordered six more units of the so-called Grimaldi Green Fifth Generation (GG5G) class. This brings the total to twelve, to be built in China, at the Jinling Shipyard. The vessels have been designed in close cooperation with Knud E Hansen.
Some particulars:
Photo: Knud E. Hansen
The Cemre Shipyard launched NB59, to be named HADAROY. She is the first of a new series of five battery-powered ferries for Fjord1. (June 12) Havyard Group has designed these ferries. Capacity is 399 pax and 120 cars.
Photo: Courtesy Cemre Shipyard
Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH (W.D.R.), has christened its latest newbuilding, the double-ended ferry NORDERAUE (June 8).
The ship operates on the Föhr-Amrum route, connecting the island ports of Wyk (Föhr) and Wittdün (Amrum) to the Schleswig-Holstein mainland.
The ferry was delivered by Neptun-Werft GmbH on April 19. She is a modified successor of W.D.R.’s two other ferries, UTHLANDE (2010) and SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN (2011).
The growth of freight has required some adjustments to the basic design:
The new ship has been designed in accordance with the RAL-UZ 141 standards for the renowned German “Blauer Engel” ecolabel.
W.D.R. is also having a low-speed passenger catamaran ferry under construction in The Netherlands, for delivery next year.
Photo: W.D.R.
Hurtigruten has decided to buy all remaining shares of the shipyard where their two expedition-style ships are under construction.
Together with other investors, Hurtigruten already jumped to the rescue of the yard at the end of last year.
Now Hurtigruten-owned company KVE Holding AS takes over 100% of the shares in Kleven Verft AS, Kleven Maritime Contracting AS and Kleven Maritime Technology AS.
Photo: Hurtigruten
DFDS completed the acquisition of U.N. Ro-Ro after all relevant authorities approved the transaction. The deal was completed on June 7.
Selçuk Boztepe, CEO of U.N. Ro-Ro and now Head of a new Mediterranean business unit in DFDS’ Shipping Division said:
Photo: U.N. Ro-Ro
Nor Lines Is A New Customer For Titan LNG On The Rotterdam City Terminal
KVITNOS and KVITBJORN are the two LNG-powered ro-ro’s used by Nor Lines on the new service from Norway to the SCA Terminal in Rotterdam. The ships bunker at Titan LNG (City Terminal, Prins Willem Alexanderhaven ). The LNG comes with trucks, since there are not enough bunker ships yet. Rotterdam is very active in promoting LNG as fuel.
Photo: KVITBJORN © Mike Louagie
Gas Natural Fenosa and Baleària successfully completed the first bunkering of LNG in the port of Valencia, on Saturday June 9.
Both companies have developed a pioneering project in Spain, consisting of the installation of an LNG-powered generator as well as a 30m3 gas tank in the Balearia ro-pax ABEL MATUTES.
Photo: Balearia
It has required an investment of about DKK 100 million, but has also clearly become Denmark’s most modern ro-ro port terminal, says Blue Water about the new terminal in the East Port. With its 116,000 m2, it can accommodate a total of 1,000 containers and 750 trailers at once– and almost think for itself.
Blue Water plans to copy many of the terminal’s new features to other terminals.
Photo: Port of Esbjerg