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Sep 27
2

A New RoRo Ship for Mann Lines Launched at Cantiere Navale Visentini

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Cantiere Navale Visentini has just launched a new RoRo ship (hull number C.236) in Porto Viro, which is set to be on a long-term charter with Mann Lines. The delivery is scheduled for the second quarter of 2025. 

 This vessel is a sister ship (albeit longer) to the ML FREYJA, which was built by the same shipyard and delivered to Mann Lines in 2017. 

 The technical specifications are as follows: a garage capacity of 3,000 lane metres plus around 200 cars, an overall hull length of 203 metres, two Wärtsilä engines of 7,200 kW each, a speed of 22 knots, RINA class, Ice Class 1A, and methanol-ready. 

Aug 31
2

CLdN: 3 LoLo and 3 RoRo departures per week between Rotterdam and Dublin

By | 2024 Newsletter week 35 | No Comments

 CLdN announced an expansion of its freight service between Dublin and mainland Europe by adding an additional load-on/load-off sailing to its Rotterdam-Dublin route. Starting from August 30, 2024, this new service will provide three direct LoLo and three direct RoRo departures per week from both Rotterdam and Dublin. This addition brings the total number of weekly sailings between Ireland and CLdN’s continental hubs in Rotterdam and Zeebrugge to 22.  

CLdN says it is the only operator offering this level of service between mainland Europe and Ireland. 

May 12
0

Stena Line orders two NewMax hybrid roro vessels for the Irish Sea

By | 2023 Newsletter week 19 | No Comments
  • Stena RoRo ordered 2 hybrid propulsion vessels designed to run on methanol, and future proofed for both battery propulsion and shore power.
  • Stena Line Belfast-Heysham route
  • Launch on the Irish Sea in 2025
  • Length 147m/2,800 lane metres, which is an 80% increase on current ship capacities.
  • Actual ship 1: STENA HIBERNIA 142m/1,710 lane metres,
  • Actual ship 2: STENA SCOTIA 142m/1,692 lane metres
  • The unique tidal systems prevailing in Heysham can be challenging. Each vessel will be fitted with a bespoke marine technology configuration making it more resilient to the prevailing weather conditions. Three bow thrusters.
  • Shipyard Jinling Weihai, China
  • Design: NAOS
  • Competition on Belfast-Heysham: Seatruck Ferries (CLdN Group)
Jan 27
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RoRo TENNOR OCEAN soon ready for service

By | 2023 Newsletter week 4 | No Comments

Newbuilt RoRo 782 ‘TENNOR OCEAN’ left the Flensburg Fjord bound for Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven.

The ferry will move to Lloyd Werft’s Dock 3 for a week, so that the shipbuilders of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft can carry out remaining work on the ship’s hull, to optimise the performance.

Subsequently TENNOR OCEAN will set off for sea trials.

The yard already tested the 2.11-metre-high folding mast, newly developed for this type of ship. It enables the passage through the Kiel Canal (height restriction of 40m)

Specifications:  4,000 lane meters over four decks | 279 trailers | LOA 210m

Photos: FSG/Finn Karstens

Feb 03
4

Dublin Port sees full year impact of Brexit on unitised volumes

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83% of Dublin Port’s volumes are in the RoRo and LoLo modes and there were contrasting outcomes in these two modes:

  • The number of RoRo units fell by -9.3% or 99,000 trailers
  • This was significantly offset by an increase in LoLo units of +10.2% or 43,000 containers
  • Overall unitised volumes (RoRo and LoLo combined) were down by -3.8% or 56,000 units

The full year impacts of Brexit on Dublin Port’s unitised volumes (RoRo and LoLo) are now clear:

  • The overall decline in the number of containers and trailers was small (-3.8%).
  • Fewer goods are now moving in trailers in the RoRo mode and more are moving in containers in the LoLo mode.  LoLo’s share of unitised volumes increased from 29% to 33%.
  • Fewer RoRo trailers are moving driver-accompanied.  During 2021, their number declined by 90,000, contributing substantially to the overall decline in RoRo volumes of 99,000.
  • The decline in RoRo volumes was concentrated on routes to the GB ports of Holyhead, Liverpool and Heysham where volumes declined by 187,000 (-21%) to 703,000.
  • However, RoRo volumes on direct routes to Continental Europe increased by 88,000 to 259,000.
  • As a result, where GB routes accounted for 64% of all of the 1.5 million unit loads (RoRo and LoLo combined) in 2020, they only accounted for 52% of the 1.4 million unit loads in 2021.
Oct 21
5

Morace announce 30 million refitting plan for the Trasmed GLE’s fleet

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After the first summer season under control of the new owner, Grimaldi Group, Trasmed GLE’s fleet will undergo an important refitting program.

CEO Ettore Morace told Ferry Shipping News that all the ropax units controlled by Grimaldi (CIUDAD DE PALMA, VOLCÁN DEL TEIDE, VOLCÁN DE TIJARAFE and CIUDAD DE GRANADA (photo)) will be refurbished . The investment is worth EUR 30 million.

Ropax CIUDAD DE MAHÓN is to be put up for sale soon.

Roro EUROFERRY EGNAZIA has been chartered-in by Trasmed Gle, from Grimaldi Euromed.

The refitting program will take shape in the coming months in a shipyard located in the West Mediterranean Sea (Italy, Spain or Malta) and include mainly the restyling of internal spaces, installation of scrubbers and some investments in IT.

Sep 02
4

Finnlines’ New RoRo Vessels Celebrate Launching and Keel Laying

By | 2021 Newsletter week 35 | No Comments
  • Finnlines’ Newbuilding Programme proceeds as planned.
  • 30 August 2021: launch of second hybrid ro-ro vessel
  • 31 August 2021: keel laying ceremony for the third vessel
  • The series of three ro-ro vessels are being built at the Chinese Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing.
  • Better service for truck drivers: gym and sauna, a dining and recreation room and a laundry for drivers to use. Single cabins.
  • 40% more cargo capacity (5,800 lane metres)
  • The vessels will be fitted with state-of-the-art engines with emission abatement technology, an air lubrication system, lithium-ion batteries and solar panels.
  • Ice class 1A Super

FINNECO I: sea trials in September, in service end of 2021.

FINNECO II and III in 2022. All three vessels will sail under the Finnish flag.

Feb 04
6

FERRY SHIPPING

By | 2021 Newsletter week 5 | No Comments

Two New Turkish RoRo Connections in One Week

This week (5) sees the start of two new roro freight routes from Turkey.

Route 1: Karasu – Constanta

Joakim Lindblom, the CEO of Sea Lines confirmed last week’s news about the start of a new roro route between Karasu (Turkey) and Constanta (Romania).

  • Start: 3 February 2021
  • Vessel: VASALAND
  • Last year the route was tested with Sea Lines own roro SEA PARTNER.
  • Information and timetable: Sea Lines

Route 2: Izmir – Tarragona

EKOL and Inditex started the route Tarragona (Spain) – Izmir (Turkey) with DFDS operating it as of today, 2 February.

A weekly roundtrip is planned and the first sailing from Izmir, on Sunday 7 February at 12:00, has been advertised in DFDS’s latest sailing schedule.

Vessel: SF BALEARES (chartered from Trasmediterranea)