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Nov 21
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Vessels In & Out for Corsica Ferries’ Fleet

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Market rumours suggest changes in the Corsica Ferries fleet.

MEGA EXPRESS FIVE is reportedly sold to Dubai-based Tarco Marine, the buyer of CORSICA MARINA SECONDA and CORSICA VICTORIA.

  • Owner Pierre Mattei declined to comment on the transaction.
  • Built in 1993 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the ship offers 1,400 lane metres, 276 cabins, capacity for 1,800 passengers and a 26-knot service speed.

STENA VISION is expected to join the fleet.

  • The vessel, built in 1987 and refitted in 1999 and 2010, recently arrived in the Mediterranean and is now off Gibraltar.
  • It is 175 metres long, 30 metres wide, 38,700 GT, and carries 1,700 passengers and 570 cars at 20 knots.
  • The ship previously served the Rosslare–Cherbourg route.
Sep 26
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Corsica Ferries Launches Tender for New RoPax ‘Bastia-max’

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Corsica Ferries has revived its long-awaited RoPax newbuilding programme, with tenders now underway. The project, first unveiled in 2018 for the company’s 50th anniversary but shelved during the pandemic, has been reworked by NAOS Ship & Boat Design.

The new “Bastia-max” class is designed for Bastia port flexibility. Key specifications are: length 180 metres, capacity for 500 cars, 500 cabins and 2,200 passengers. Options for a second and third unit are also included.

Potential builders in China are Guangzhou Shipyard International (CSSC), China Merchants Industry, Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) and Wuhu Shipyard.

Corsica Ferries, controlled by Pierre Mattei, currently owns 11 ferries: the RoRo ROSA DEI VENTI (on long-term charter to Grendi), and ten RoPax units including PASCAL LOTA (2008), MEGA EXPRESS (2001), MEGA EXPRESS TWO (2001), MEGA EXPRESS THREE (2001), MEGA EXPRESS FOUR (1995), MEGA EXPRESS FIVE (1993), MEGA ANDREA (1986), MEGA SMERALDA (1985), MEGA REGINA (1985) and MEGA VICTORIA (1988).

May 17
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SALES AND MARKETING

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Eurovision Act KAJ Sells Out Cruise in Record Time
Viking Line’s Dialect Cruise on 18 September with Eurovision act KAJ sold out immediately, prompting a second concert on 19 September aboard VIKING GRACE. With nearly 70 music-themed cruises planned this year, music continues to drive strong demand and premium spending onboard.

Read more: https://news.cision.com/viking-line-abp/r/kaj-fever-on-the-baltic-sea—an-extra-concert-on-viking-grace-september-19-can-now-be-booked,c4148965

May 03
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CORSICA EXPRESS THREE sold by Corsica Ferries to BluNavy

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A few months after the agreement that saw BN di Navigazione – the company behind the BluNavy brand – acquire the Elba Ferries brand and its service slots from Corsica Ferries, the fast ferry CORSICA EXPRESS THREE has also changed hands as part of the same strategic move.

BluNavy’s CEO, Gianluca Morace, confirmed to FERRY SHIPPING NEWS that “the purchase was already included in the terms of the Elba Ferries deal but has simply been brought forward. The investment for the vessel is approximately EUR 3 million.”

The vessel’s deployment is still to be finalised. “As previously announced, during the next summer season, BluNavy will operate with the ferries ACCIARELLO and TREMESTIERI, which are already in service, along with the recently acquired AETHALIA, which will be active from the end of May,” Morace said.

CORSICA EXPRESS THREE is a high-speed vessel built in 1996 in Italy by the Rodriquez Shipyard. She measures 103 metres in length and 15 metres in width, has a maximum speed of 37 knots, and can carry over 500 passengers and 150 cars. In recent years, she has operated for Corsica Ferries on routes between Piombino–Portoferraio and Piombino–Bastia.

Apr 14
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Corsica Ferries testing biofuels with Total Energies

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TotalEnergies group announced that it has implemented the first biofuel bunkering operation in the Mediterranean from a French port.

The operation was carried out in low-profile mode in the past weeks and the ship involved has been the ro-pax ferry MEGA EXPRESS TWO owned by Corsica Ferries.

Some 100 tons of this product, which is made up of diesel and 30% biomolecules, in this case second-generation fatty acid methyl ester, produced from certified sustainable used cooking oil was provided to the ferry with a truck-to-ship bunkering operation.

Although this is still a trial, this solution should be developed by TotalEnergies Marine Fuels for shipping companies as it allows them to keep existing ships, while limiting greenhouse gas emissions by around 20% according to the company’s estimates.

Initial trials were carried out in Singapore in 2022 and the subsidiary signed a bunkering contract with Hapag Lloyd at the beginning of the year.

Feb 10
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Grendi and Corsica Ferries exploring new synergies in the ro-ro business

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Grendi Trasporti Marittimi, ro-ro shipping company part of Grendi Holding and controlled by the Musso family, made public the results reached in 2022.

Last year the group’s turnover was EUR 88 million thanks also to 83,871 TEU containers (+3%) and 50,506 ro-ro units (+59%) transported between Tuscany (port of Marina di Carrara) and Sardinia (Cagliari and Olbia).

The CEOs Antonio and Costanza Musso confirmed that the ro-ro vessel named ROSA DEI VENTI and operated on the line, will be purchased by Corsica Ferries at the end of the current 5-year time charter in May for a price of EUR 35 million.

The time charter contract will be renewed with Grendi for further 5 years and this is just one of the new synergies the companies are creating.

Antonio Musso specified that “with Corsica Ferries we are exploring new opportunities and potential synergies. They are not active in the ro-ro market and they would like to increase their presence in the Sardinia region which is exactly our core business. We are also talking about potentially increasing freight transport by sea with Corsica”.

Last year Grendi and Corsica Ferries also submitted a joint proposal for operating the subsidized Civitavecchia – Arbatax – Cagliari ro-pax line which was finally awarded to Grimaldi.

Jan 13
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Ro-ro ship ROSA DEI VENTI sold by Visentini to Corsica Ferries

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The 2,430 lane metre ro-ro ROSA DEI VENTI has been sold to Corsica Ferries, some sources told Ferry Shipping News. She was owned by Giovanni Visentini Trasporti Fluviomarittimi.

It’s an option declared at the end of the 5-years bare boat charter agreement with Grendi Trasporti Marittimi. Grendi will continue operating the vessel on the route linking the port of Marina di Carrara with Sardinia (ports of Cagliari and Olbia).

Grendi also extended the time charter agreement of the ro-ro WEDELLSBORG for 17 months. She is owned by Visemar Levante and also operating (since 2021) on the same maritime link in Italy.

Aug 11
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Corsica Ferries went shopping in the Baltic, again

By | 2022 Newsletter week 32 | No Comments
  • Corsica Ferries agreed to buy AMORELLA from Viking Line.
  • Ship to be delivered in October 2022.
  • Sales price EUR 19,1 million
  • Book value as of 30 June 2022 was EUR 3.2 million
  • Crew to be offered work on Viking Line’s other vessels
  • Viking Line says it is not abandoning the Helsinki – Stockholm route, but it will continue the traffic with one ship during the winter and evaluate strategic alternatives for the continuation of the route
Tallink statistics from July 2022