- The P&O ro-ro service between Calais and Tilbury is no more.
- Croatian DIV Group is set to buy Norwegian shipyard Kleven, the builder of Hurtigruten’s two expedition ships. DIV owns the Brodosplit shipyard in Split. Deal is expected to be executed in the next few weeks.
Just after sunrise on 18 January, two new BC Ferries hybrid-electric Island Class ships arrived in BC & docked at Ogden Point. The arrival of these vessels, built in Romania by Damen, marks the dawn of a new era of clean, quiet and efficient ferry transportation on BC’s coast.