Port of Bilbao, Spain, has started to build an additional ro-ro ramp. It will be the eighth ramp in the Basque port and will be completed by the beginning of next year.
Source: Stornoway Gazette
Photo © Mike Louagie
Port of Bilbao, Spain, has started to build an additional ro-ro ramp. It will be the eighth ramp in the Basque port and will be completed by the beginning of next year.
Source: Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International
Map: ro-ro and ro-pax connections
Viking Line disclosed that the new cruise ferry, being built by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry in China, will have interiors designed by the Swedish architecture firm Koncept Stockholm.
Koncept Stockholm previously did the interiors for the Stockholm hotel Haymarket by Scandic. It is their first ship interior design project.
The focus will be on the travelling experience through the most beautiful archipelagos.
Photo: Koncept Stockholm
The Port of Naantali has started to extend an existing quay from 178m to 228m in order to create additional vessel handling infrastructure.
This will support Finnlines’ plans to expand its traffic between Finland, Åland and Sweden, enabling Finnlines larger vessels to enter the port.
The €4m construction work has started in September 2017 and the works should be ready before May.
Photo © Port of Naantali
Denmark’s first new 100% electric, 59,5m-long ferry, Ærøfærgerne’s ELLEN, arrived from Stettin in Poland, at the Søby Shipyard for completion.
Τhe objective of the E-ferry project is to demonstrate that a 100% electric, emission free, medium sized ferry can transport passengers, cars and trucks on longer distances than previously seen.
The ferry is designed for medium-range connections such as Søby – Fynshav (10.7 nm) and Søby – Faaborg (9.6 nm), but ranges of more than 20 nm are realistic.
Photo © Søby Shipyard
The Greek Theodoropoulos Shipyard launched ferry GLYKOFILOUSA IV on September 20. She’s a sistership to GLYKOFILOUSA V, which took the water in January 2017.
Both shortsea vessels are 107m long and feature space for 1,000 passengers and 236 cars. Interiors are very luxurious for such type of vessels.
They will first serve Salamina Island and are thereafter likely to be sold abroad.
The yard has published a highly professional video of the launch on YouTube
Source: Ferryvolution via Facebook
Photo © Theodoropoulos Group
Queues of lorries will stretch back some 17 miles (27km) across Kent’s roads if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, the Port of Dover has claimed.
Port of Dover produced a video, explaining how efficient trucks are being processed now, and how it would turn into a disaster if even only two minutes extra would be needed post-Brexit.
The video was shown at the Conservative party conference and can be seen on YouTube.
Source: Kent News and Port of Dover
P&O Ferries has launched a new Commercial Drivers Club, which guarantees VIP service for freight drivers using its overnight routes on the North Sea (Hull-Zeebrugge, Hull-Europoort) Members using P&O Ferries’ terminals can enjoy a TV lounge, free refreshments and dedicated lavatory facilities.
They are also allocated a cabin with bathroom, which is solely for their own use, subject to availability during peak season. Menus have been improved, and by introducing a new restaurant layout, drivers are able to sit wherever they want. The terminal layout has also been improved, for a faster exit.
Photo: Mike Louagie
Polferries have finally introduced the recently acquired ro-pax ferry CRACOVIA on the ever-growing Ystad-Świnoujście line.
The ro-pax ship was built in 2002 in Spain for Merchant Ferries, as a vessel in a series of five. She mainly served Trasmediterranea routes to the Balearic and Canary IslandS. After a stint in the Black Sea, she was sold to Polferries in May 2017. She has space for 64 cars, 124 trucks and 650 passengers.
Ystad Harbor is Sweden’s largest port for ferry services to and from Poland and this traffic has grown sharply in recent years. In 2016, truck traffic between Ystad and Świnoujście increased by 13%.
Photo: Jakub Bogucki
Since DRUJBA was sold to Polferries as CRACOVIA (see above), a replacement had to be found for Drujba Line, the Bulgaria-based ferry company that operates a one-vessel Black Sea service from Burgas, Bulgaria to Batumi (Georgia) and Novorossiysk (Russia). The company now operates the former Tirrenia ferry LAZIO (1994), which was acquired by the Burgas-based company PB Shipping EOOD earlier this year.
