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Nov 28
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Godby Shipping Charters MISTRAL to Stena Line

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Godby Shipping has signed a one-year time charter agreement with Stena Line for the RoRo vessel MISTRAL. The deal includes an option for Stena Line to extend the charter.

Before entering service, MISTRAL will dry dock at the Remontowa shipyard in early 2026. The yard period will include standard maintenance and several energy-efficiency upgrades. New propeller blades and a redesigned bulb will be installed. Both are optimised for service speeds of 10–14 knots and will deliver notable fuel savings.

MISTRAL already features a Variable Frequency Drive, making the vessel fuel efficient even before the new modifications. The upcoming upgrades will further enhance environmental performance.

Godby Shipping states that these investments form part of a wider strategy to meet tightening regulations. CII, the EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime all increase pressure on operators to cut emissions. Optimising the existing fleet is therefore essential for compliance and competitiveness.

Under the new charter, MISTRAL will operate for Stena Line between Europoort Rotterdam and Harwich, supporting a key North Sea trade.

Nov 21
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Godby Shipping Confirms Purchase of RoRo Vessel TRANSPORTER

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Godby Shipping has completed the purchase of the RoRo vessel TRANSPORTER from Eckerö Shipping in Mariehamn. The transaction was finalised on 19 November, and the vessel is now officially part of the Godby fleet.

TRANSPORTER is the sister ship of AURORA, making her a strong strategic fit for the company.

The vessel is currently on time charter to DFDS, operating on the Fredrikstad–Halden (Norway), Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Immingham (UK) liner route. She will remain on charter until the end of December 2026, with further extension options.

Godby Shipping confirmed that TRANSPORTER will retain her existing name.

Aug 22
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Godby Shipping have bought the RoRo vessel TRANSPORTER from Eckerö Shipping Ab Ltd.

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The vessel, built in 1991, has a capacity of approximately 1250 lane meters and is ideally suited for transporting paper and a wide range of rolling cargo, including trailers, mafis, trucks, and heavy machinery.

The vessel is currently on time charter to DFDS in their liner trade between Fredrikstad (No), Halden (No), Zeebrugge (Be), and Immingham (UK).

Godby will take over the time charter with DFDS until end December 2025.

The delivery will take place within the trading area between 15 October and 22 November 2025.

The ship will keep its name, TRANSPORTER.

The vessel’s current crew will remain onboard, ensuring continuity of service for DFDS.

Jul 05
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Godby Shipping: Charter Extensions and New Contracts

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Tonnage provider Godby Shipping says on Linkedin that the RoRo market remains stable with continued demand for reliable tonnage.

  • The firm time charter for MISTRAL with Sea-Cargo has been extended until 31 October 2025, with the option until December 2025 remaining unchanged.
  • BALTIC BRIGHT time charter for Holmen has been extended until 31 December 2026.
  • AURORA, now on charter to Peregar, will go on charter to DFDS from January to December 2026 with options. AURORA will trade in DFDS North Sea network between Norway, UK and Belgium.
  • Godby’s other vessels remain on charter as below:
    • MIMER Midline August 2025
    • MIDAS CMA CGM December 2026 + option June 2027

LYSVIK/LYSBRIS DFDS December 2026 + options 2030

Jan 20
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RoRo Tonnage Provider Godby Shipping Fleet Update

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AURORA

  • Sailed from Chile 17th December and is now on her way to Algeciras, Spain where Godby will take delivery of the vessel. (see https://ferryshippingnews.com/godby-shipping-acquires-roro-vessel-aurora/)
  • Charter Peregar December 2025.

MISTRAL

  • Was redelivered from DFDS in Dunkirk end December 2024
  • Short employment for Peregar between Algeciras and Ceuta until Aurora is ready for service.
  • Next employment is a time-charter for Transprocon January March on the Mediterranean Sea.
  • After that time-chartered to Sea-Cargo until August with option until December 2025.

MIDAS

  • Has gone through her 5-year class renewal at Desan shipyard in Turkey and is now trading in the Caribbean instead of MIMER in CMA CGM Leeward service.
  • Contract is valid until end 2026 with charterers’ option until mid 2027.

MIMER

  • Will make a short charter for Peregar before continuing to Desan shipyard for 5-year class renewal. The dockings and class renewal represents a substantial investment and the idea is to trade both Midas and Mimer for another 10 years.

MISANA/MISIDA

  • Sea-Cargo + purchase options declared for delivery early April + June 2025

BALTIC BRIGHT

  • Holmen December 2025

LYSVIK/LYSBRIS

  • DFDS December 2026 + options 2030
Dec 13
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Godby Shipping Acquires RoRo Vessel AURORA

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Godby Shipping has agreed to purchase the RoRo vessel AURORA from Navimag, Chile. Built in 1991 for Finnish owners under the name AHTELA, the vessel will be delivered in January 2025 in Algeciras, Spain.

  • After delivery, the vessel will be time-chartered to Peregar, Spain, for their Algeciras-Ceuta trade – the same charterer and route served by Mistral during the spring and summer of 2024.
  • 3-deck RoRo vessel with sideport loading, designed for trailers, mafi trailers, cassettes, forest products, and containers
  • Built: 1991 by Fosen, Norway
  • Ice Class: Finnish 1A Super
  • Length: 140 m
  • Lane Metres: 1,425 m
  • Trailer Capacity: Approx. 100 units
Aug 11
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Godby Shipping sees a strong ro-ro market

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“The ro-ro market is presently very strong with good rates,” is a quote on the news section of the Godby Shipping website.

Godby has announced charter contracts for the following vessels:

BALTIC BRIGHT: charter contract with Holmen Paper extended with one year, including an option for 2025. The ro-ro will continue transporting paper from Hallstavik and Norrköping in Sweden to Sheerness, United Kingdom.

The agreement with Holmen includes a substantial investment in fuel saving and emission reduction systems.

MISTRAL is presently on charter to Smyril Line until December 2023.

Directly after that, MISTRAL will be chartered to the Spanish ro-ro operator Suardiaz Shipping Lines. The intention is to use the vessel on Suardiaz’ new service between Vigo and Liverpool.

Before the new charter, will go through a five-year class renewal docking including installation of systems for increasing the energy efficiency of the vessel and painting with low-friction hull paint.

The charter contract is including options for a period of up to three years.

 

MIMER: CMA CGM has extended the contract until December 2024. MIMER – and before that the sister vessel MIDAS – has been running the Leeward Island (Caribbean) traffic for CMA CGM continuously since April 2012.

The fleet situation is as follows:

MIDAS TransProCon December 2023
MIMER CMA CGM December 2024
MISTRAL Smyril

Suardiaz

 December 2023 +

max until December 2026
BALTIC BRIGHT Holmen December 2024 + option 2025
LYSVIK and LYSBRIS DFDS December 2024 + options 2030
MISANA and MISIDA Sea-Cargo December 2026 + option 2031

 

For more information, read Godby Shipping’s Flaskposten (messages in a bottle)

May 26
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Godby Shippings sponsors the building of a traditional sailing vessel

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Godby Shipping is a proud sponsor of the non-profit project of building the sailing vessel EMELIA in Mariehamn. She will be over 25 meters long with two masts and eight sails and is planned to be ready for sailing during summer 2026.

The project will secure that the tradition of building and sailing traditional vessels is carried on to future generations. The original EMELIA was built in 1889-1890.

More info www.emelia.ax

Oct 24
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Godby Shipping: chartering situation

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In this year’s second edition of FlaskPosten (PDF), Godby Shipping reports the fleet deployment.

MIDAS was redelivered from the charter to Caribbean Linked Shipping in March, traded for a month as docking replacement for MIMER in the CMA CGM system, came ”home” to Landskrona for docking and started a 6+6+6 month time charter for Scandic Line. The traffic is similar to what Midas were doing for Wagenborg 2020, ie Riga-Södertälje.

Cargo volumes have been weak so it remains to be seen what happens in the future.

  • MIDAS Scandic Line November 2022 + options
  • MISTRAL Smyril December 2022 + options
  • BALTIC BRIGHT Holmen December 2023
  • MIMER CMA CGM December 2023 + option
  • LYSVIK and LYSBRIS DFDS December 2023 + options
  • MISANA and MISIDA Sea-Cargo December 2026 + option