Jan 25
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C-Job designs sustainable ferries for the City of Amsterdam

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

C-Job Naval Architects has delivered the concept design of a series of five sustainable car and passenger ferries to the City of Amsterdam. The 41m vessels will operate 100% on electricity.
The electric ferries will recharge their batteries during the unloading and loading of passengers and vehicles. This will only take 4 minutes, with no overnight charging required. To guarantee continuous operation the vessels will also have a diesel generator.
The ferries can carry up to 20 cars, four trucks or 400 passengers.

Jan 25
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More unaccompanied trailer shipments for Seatruck Ferries

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

Seatruck Ferries’ volume across the three routes increased at just over 10% compared with an overall market growth of 3.9%.
Seatruck now operates 76 departures per week on their three Irish Sea routes:

  • Heysham – Warrenpoint
  • Heysham – Dublin
  • Liverpool – Dublin

Seatruck believe that the worsening truck driver shortage is leading to a growth in unaccompanied trailer shipments. By shipping trailer only, from ports which reduce road mileage compared with the traditional transit through Wales or Scotland, operators can make significant door to door savings in what is an increasingly competitive logistics landscape, says Seatruck.

In the coming weeks a new £7m loading ramp will be installed at Heysham Port.

Photo: Gordon Hislip

Jan 25
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Migrants find new ways to take the ferry to England

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

People smugglers have found a new way to get migrants on ferries to the UK. Since many years migrants try to get illegally in Britain by hiding in lorries and containers in Continental ports like Calais and Zeebrugge. The latter is also the biggest port for the handling of new cars. It has been discovered that more migrants try to hide in new cars to get in Britain, since travelling unseen in trucks has been made almost impossible.
How to recognize a car bound for the UK? It is very simple: the steering wheel is on the right hand side.

Jan 25
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IN THE MEDIA

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

Balearia is prepared to wait for La Naval’s resurrection

Deia writes that Balearia did not cancel the contract with LaNaval for a 1+1 newbuilding order, after the yard went bankrupt. The order is now frozen pending talks with investors.

Jan 25
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“No Marebonus for shipowners with old tonnage”

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

According to www.informazionimarittime.it, Mr Emanuele Grimaldi said that subsidies and incentives should not be given to companies operating ferries of 40, 50 years old. He said that at a Short Sea Shipping convention in Civitavecchia. The Italian Government has a plan named “Connect Italy”, where the aim is to invest up to €123 billion in more than 100 projects.
Mr Grimaldi said it was important and fair to look at ferry companies, which did invest a lot in environmental-friendly ships.

Photo: for illustration purpose only

Jan 25
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CMA CGM’s Morroco Express service reduced to a one-ship operation

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

CMA CGM has reduced its ro-ro service to North Africa, and concentrates on a single service Marseille-Casablanca-Marseille. This single service was started on January 20 with ro-ro AKNOUL, reports l’Antenne (in French).
The original “Morroco Express” service was launched on October 2017, with the first loop linking Casablanca, Tanger and Marseille, and a second loop linking Tanger, Marseille and Genoa.

Jan 25
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SHORT NEWS

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04
  • Detroit World Logistic Maritime (DWLM) expect to have their veteran ferry LE RIF ready in April. The ship is being refurbished in Naples since a long time. Some websites already reported the company had abandoned her, something which was proven wrong by issuing a message on DWLM’s social media. “She will be ready to sail between Tanger Med and Algeciras by April.”
  • The ro-pax ferries AMSICORA and BONARIA, previously chartered by Tirrenia and returned to their owner Grimaldi have been renamed into MYKONOS PALACE and CRUISE BONARIA respectively.
  • CLdN’s second mega- 7,800 lane meter ro-ro is on her delivery voyage, and is expected in Rotterdam/Zeebrugge mid February.
  • Trasmediterránea has moved the SUPERFAST LEVANTE and ALMUDAINA DOS from the Cypriot flag back again to the Spanish registry, with fully Spanish crew. Other ships may follow.
  • After a lay-up period, ro-pax AL ANDALUS EXPRESS (former SEAFRANCE NORD PAS-DE-CALAIS) will again be used by FRS until 7 March. The ship is still for sale.
  • Trasmediterranéa’s ferry ALMARIYA is back in service again, after months of repair work.
Jan 25
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Balearia presented its Visentini LNG ro-pax ferries at FITUR

By 2018 Newsletter Week 04

The president of Balearia, Adolfo Utor, was at the International Tourism Fair of Madrid (FITUR) to present the two LNG ro-pax ferries currently being built by Visentini.
The first vessel, the HYPATIA DE ALEJANDRÍA is expected to enter service in early 2019. The second will be named MARIE CURIE. The names are a tribute to two scientific women which are important in the history of humanity.
Both vessels are earmarked for the Balearic Islands.
Capacity: 810 passengers + 2,180 lane meters of cargo + 150 cars
Baleària’s has already done some pioneering work by converting one auxiliary engine on ABEL MATUTES into an LNG engine. The company has the intention to re-motorize other ships in the fleet.

Watch the video presentation (2:31)