Baleària will start operating on May 1 in the Balearic Islands with “the most innovative and sustainable fast ferry in the Mediterranean.”
LNG-powered ELEANOR ROOSEVELT set sail on April 27 from the Armon shipyard in Gijón, where it was built, bound for Dénia.
Route: Dénia – Ibiza – Palma.
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Two Companies For The Melilla Public Service Contracts
The authorities of the Spanish enclave of Melilla have awarded two public service ferry contracts (Obligación de Servicio Público). These contracts start on April 1 and last for one year.
Trasmediterranea will operate the ropax ferry service between Melilla and Malaga.
(6 round trips per week / budget of €3.9million)
Balearia has received the contract for the lines to Almeria and Motril.
(each 3 round trips per week / budget €7.5million)
This will be the first time that two different companies will operate the public service contract between the Spanish city in North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
Until now Trasmediterránea had always won the contests with Malaga and Almería. It will also be the first time that the route with Motril is included as a public service obligation.
Balearia will use the 2019-built HYPATIA DE ALEJANDRIA.
Trasmediterranea continues to operate the route with CIUDAD AUTÓNOMA MELILLA.
Post-Brexit Demand for Direct Ferries Causes Capacity Problems
Capacity issues are building on direct ferries between Ireland and mainland Europe as lorries avoiding Brexit checks through Britain are “bumped” to make way for vital imports of medicines and medical equipment.
Portugal’s West Sea shipyard in Viana do Castelo installed the 360m3 tank in December as it continues to work on retrofitting the vessel’s engines to dual-fuel propulsion.
Hostage Rescue Exercise
The Spanish Special Naval Warfare Force carried out an assault and hostage rescue exercise with the collaboration of the Baleària ferry SICILIA.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Source: Armada Defense
The head of Porto Livorno 2000, Matteo Savelli (who is also CEO of Toremar) announced to the newspaper ‘Il Tirreno’, that they will appeal against the decision from the regional administrative court in Tuscany which stated that the Grimaldi-participated Sintermar Darsena Toscana terminal can handle also passengers, in addition to ro-ro cargo. Thus rejecting the appeal promoted by Porto Livorno 2000, the passenger terminal controlled by Moby and participated by MSC.
Porto Livorno 2000 is convinced to be the only terminal operator in the port with the authorization to handle passengers from cruise vessels and ferries following a public tender won few years ago. That’s the reason why it opposed the concession released in the recent past by the local port authority for a second ro-pax terminal to Sintermar Darsena Toscana (Grimaldi).
The Florence-based administrative regional court stated that Porto Livorno 2000 cannot be the only passenger terminal of the port recalling also the competition rules introduced both by in the national and in the EU legal framework.
The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Valencia has selected the offer presented by Baleària for the construction and management of the new public passenger terminal in the Port of València.
This infrastructure will be located between the Poniente Quay and the Espigón del Turia Quay, in the area previously occupied by the Unión Naval de Valencia shipyard.
The terminal will occupy approximately 100,000 m2 and its concession will be granted for a period of 35 years, extendable to a maximum of 50 years.
Baleària’s new fast ferry ELEANOR ROOSEVELT was launched on Friday 18 September at the Armon shipyard in Gijón.
This innovative ship is scheduled to begin operating in the first quarter of 2021.
Lots of focus goes to the use of LNG as fuel.
However, equally important is what Baleària has achieved in the digitization of services, with the “Smart ship” concept.
Ropax SICILIA has been refitted and re-engined at the WestSea Viana Yard in Portugal.
Baleària decided already in 2012 to make LNG its main fuel.
