Deltamarin wrote an article about Viking Line and their efforts to operate in a more environmental-friendly way. Main focus is on the use of wind energy as an additional source of thrust on board their vessels.
Fresh Money For The New Halmstad Ferry Terminal
Stena Line can start to operate its ferry from Halmstad instead of Varberg as from this autumn. The port management committee has approved an additional budget of SEK 126 million to build a new ferry terminal in Halmstad.
Stena Line signed a ten-year agreement for its ferry service to Grenaa in Denmark.
Photo: STENA NAUTICA leaving Varberg. Soon it will be Halmstad instead. © Mike Louagie
Virtu Ferries Not Happy With Government Decisions
Virtu Ferries, the operators of the fast catamaran service between Malta and Sicily, launched a legal challenge contesting the selection of Islands Ferry Network Ltd by the Gozo Ministry. The latter has been selected as partner to Gozo Channel.
According to Virtu, the selected company, which was officially registered just a few days before the public announcement, did not have the necessary experience and resources to carry out such a service.
Virtu is also challenging a tender issued by Transport Malta that is connected to the provision of Malta-Gozo ferry services and the provision of government subsidies for the operation.
The Barreras shipyard in Vigo has entered into a preliminary agreement to build two of the new vessels for Havila, the company that is going to operate a part of the Norwegian coastal express service, now run by Hurtigruten.
Two other ships will be built by the group’s own shipyard Havyard in Norway.
The ships have to be ready in 2021.
Barreras states in a newsletter that the contract price for the LNG-powered ships is around €200 million per ship.
A ferry service from Rosyth is not dead in the water, according to a local Member of Parliament. DFDS recently decided to pull the plug from the Zeebrugge – Rosyth service.
The administrative court of Lille (France) has condemned the French State to pay €480,000 to the port of Calais. The port has suffered losses due to the non-intervention of the police to end the blockage of the ferry terminal by MyFerryLink strikers in 2015.
The police said it did not intervene because of the migrant crisis at the same time.
- Siremar is looking at renewing its fleet and has appointed Naos in Trieste to design three new ferries.
- CORSICA MARINA SECONDA has been chartered to run between Trapani and Pantelleria.
Four New Super-Ecological Ferries For Unity Line
Pawel Brzezicki, General Director Polish Maritime Shipping, gives a lecture about the new LNG-hybrid ferry project for Unity Line.
Photos: Ned Project
Last week we wrote that SPIRIT OF MONTOIR (FRIJSENBORG) belongs to Nordana/Weco. In fact the ro-ro is owned by Visemar Levante Srl. Nordana/WECO Roro has the vessel on time charter and sublet her to LDA.
The link to the “Ferries on Order” did not work. This has been rectified. Apologies.
Zero Emission Is Possible
Last week Ferry Shipping News embarked on board a brand new, 100% battery-powered Norwegian passenger ferry, and we learnt more about Norway’s ambitious plans to shape a green maritime future.
