TECHNOLOGY

By 2018 Newsletter week 37

Stena Line Introduces First AI-Assisted Vessel

Stena Line is running a pilot study where artificial intelligence technology is implemented on board vessels.

  • Central idea: to reduce fuel consumption by 2.5% annually.
  • How: In close collaboration with Hitachi, an AI-model is being developed that will help predict the most fuel-efficient way to operate a certain vessel on a specific route.
  • Vessel: STENA SCANDINAVICA.
  • Goal: all Stena Line vessels assisted by AI in 2021.

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

By 2018 Newsletter week 37

Interferry Conference Set To Drive Debate On Industry’s Major Issues

Keynote speakers from the military, merchant fleet and port sectors will feature when Interferry addresses three of shipping’s most important issues:

  • Safety
  • Security
  • Environment

The 2018 Interferry conference in Cancun is hosted by Ultramar, Mexico’s leading passenger ferry company, and takes place on Monday and Tuesday October 8-9 as the core of a knowledge-sharing, networking and social event running from October 6-10.

IN THE MEDIA

By 2018 Newsletter week 37

Woodward Group Confirms It Bought Three Ferries

The provincial government of Labrador signed a new multiyear, CAD 362-million ferry deal with Woodward Group.

As announced last week in Ferry Shipping News 36, this company has purchased the three double-ended ice-class 1A ferries MUHUMAA, SAAREMAA and HIIUMAA .

 

  • One contract for the Strait of Belle Isle: CAD 11.9 million, 12 years. Ship: HIIUMAA.
  • One contract for North Coast: CAD 14.6 million, 15 years, in partnership with Nunatsiavut Marine. Ship: MUHUMAA (GRETE).
  • They will replace the 47-year-old container ro-ro ASTRON and the 48-year-old APOLLO.

What will happen with SAAREMAA is not clear

Fincantieri: How To Lengthen Passenger Ships?

By 2018 Newsletter week 37

Passengership Info has an interesting article on the lengthening of Grimaldi Lines’ two ferries CRUISE ROMA and CRUISE BARCELONA.

It is not only a matter of increasing passenger and vehicle carrying capacity. The ferry operator has also implemented a very environmentally friendly approach and shall add a bank of mega- lithium batteries, to have zero emissions in port.

To complement the mega-lithium battery, the works also include installing a scrubber system.

Barreras Shipyard: Healthy Workload Until 2020

By 2018 Newsletter week 37

The President of the Vigo shipyard, Mr José García Costas, told the newspaper Faro De Vigo that the yard has secured work for the next three years.

  • Negotiations for the building of Havila’s Kystlink 2 new ferries on track and almost finalized.
  • Two more Havila Kystlink ferry sisterships to be built at the Tersan Shipyard, Turkey.
  • The formalization of the contract with Naviera Armas for a 180m 1,800-pax ferry is pending.

 Photo: Havila Kystlink

SHORT NEWS

By 2018 Newsletter week 37
  • A drawing of STENA VINGA has emerged on Stena Line’s website. The former HAMMERODDE is at the Landskrona shipyard to be prepared for her new role on Gothenburg-Frederikshavn.
  • Unity Line added its 8th ship on the Trelleborg -Świnoujście route (2 September). With 1,830 Lane meter of freight deck, the COPERNICUS is primarily intended for cargo.
  • CLdN starts its Zeebrugge-Santander ro-ro service on 18 September: two direct sailings per week in two directions, with two dedicated ships.

VIDEO

By 2018 Newsletter week 37

Port Of Calais Less Worried About Brexit Than Six Months Ago

 

This is in a nutshell what CEO of Port of Calais Jean-Marc Puissesseau said on local TV.

  • More Brexit-confident than earlier this year.
  • Relief! The recent communication from Europe about the Irish freight corridor, where France was ‘forgotten’, seems to have been a matter of miscommunication (or stronger lobbying from Belgium and The Netherlands).
  • Market share: Calais has 100,000 freight units a year for Ireland. It is only 5% of the traffic, but the port does not want to lose this.
  • Worries: the port has invested in larger marshaling areas, but is worried about the customs checks. Will they be as severe everywhere? If not other ports could have a commercial advantage.

Watch the interview on YouTube (in French)