CLdN continues to work on its future, with in this picture three new ships under construction at Hyundai in Ulsan. Photo courtesy CLdN.
UK: The Brittannia Dock will become CLdN’s UK hub, in order to create further options from/to London (Purfleet) & Killingholme.
Non-UK: Albert II Dock becomes the main hub in Zeebrugge for CLdN’s non-UK related services, allowing efficient through shipments and attractive leadtimes between Santander, Göteborg, Esbjerg, Hirtshals & Dublin.
As from 26 February, CLdN increased the number of sailings on Rotterdam – Dublin from three to four in each direction, whilst improving the spread of the sailings and increasing capacity, at a time when Brexit uncertainty is a major feature in clients planning.
Three of the sailings will be ro-ro vessels, departing from Rotterdam on a Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and from Dublin Thursday, Saturday and Monday.
In addition one Lo-Lo vessel will sail ex Rotterdam on Saturday and ex Dublin on Tuesday.
The photo (courtesy Jan van Leenen, C.Ro Ports) shows the latest addition to the fleet, the LAURELINE. After her delivery trip from Korea she arrived in Rotterdam.
CLdN has made a direct pitch to the British Government in a bid to win contracts for spill-over freight in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Speaking directly to Chris Grayling, the British Government’s Secretary of State for Transport and Nusrat Ghani, the Shipping Minister, Phil Pannett, a CLdN representative in the United Kingdom told the ministers that there was no need for money, but that the ferry operator was set to deploy four new ferries in the coming months.
Luxemburg-registered CLdN decided to cancel the first of two 5,500 lane meter ro-ro vessels from Uljanik. The Croatian yard is experiencing a lot of difficulties and failed to meet the terms of the contract. The ships were originally planned for 2018.
In the meanwhile, Uljanik received a number of bids from potential investors.
CLdN’s First Of Four New Class Ro-Ro’s Has Been Delivered
CLdN’s new ro-ro LAURELINE is on her way to Europe. She has been successfully delivered on 11 January in Ulsan, Korea.
She is one of the first of the four new 5,000 lane meter class ships CLdN ordered.
CLdN’s Supersized Ro-Ro’s: A Success Story, And LNG-Ready
CLdN’s super 8,000 lane meter ro-ro CELINE is now more than one year in operation.
DNV GL has published a review. No time to read? Here are some bullet points:
- Larger vessels bring down the unit price.
- Bigger vessels work better on long hauls.
- Transfer the best of deep-sea technology to ro-ro, with new developments in thrusters, rudders and engines.
- Very maneuverable, in spite of their very large dimensions.
- Learning to operate two-stroke engines rather than the four-stroke units typical for the rest of the fleet
- Moving from low to medium voltage.
- Operating shaft generators at variable rotational speeds with frequency converters, rather than constant-speed engines.
- Operations with larger volumes and more decks.
- Ready for conversion to LNG when the time is right. “It’s not a case of ‘whether’, but rather of ‘when’.
As the Brexit negotiations are drawing to a close, CLdN Cargo (part of the Cobelfret family) started sending out periodical newsflashes to their clients, in which the company explains what exactly will change and what has to be done to ensure a smooth transition.
The first newsflash was sent in the last week of November.
Earlier this year a truly unique event occurred. Dublin Port welcomed two of the world’s largest short-sea ro-ro vessels on the same day. That’s is almost 16,000 lane-meters, with only two ships.
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Attica Group Sees Increased Traffic Volumes In All Segments In First Half Year
Attica published its H1 results, which includes Hellenic Seaways for the first time since its acquisition.
+ Consolidated Revenue = EUR 131.68m (112.04m)
+ EBITDA = 8.81m (7.07m)
The Group’s traffic volumes, considering full consolidation of HSW only for June (1.6.2018 – 30.6.2018), increased to 2.05m pax (+32.5%), 278.71k cars (+27.0%) and 167.88k freight units (+14.5%).
