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Container Ship Creates Ro-Ro Space

P&O Ferries has deployed the container ship ‘WEGA to start a service between Zeebrugge and Teesport.

P&O Ferries already offers a ro-ro service with six sailings a week on Zeebrugge-Teesport, with BORE SONG and MISTRAL.

The container service will create more space for ro-ro freight on the ro-ro ships.

More short news!

• The Greek islands of Agios Efstratios and Lemnos line are unhappy with the ferries. They used to have the EXPRESS PEGASUS from Hellenic Seaways. During summer it was proven too small. It will now be replaced by Seajets’ 1975-built AQUA BLUE, ex IERAPETRA and this for the next three years.
• Eckerö had a great summer (June-August) on all lines: +10% passengers.
• The increase is mainly due to the fantastic growth of the traffic between Helsinki and Tallinn. Healthy growth for cars and freight.
• Canary Bridge Seaways, the new joint venture from Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express, will operate two ferries. One will be the chartered CLIPPER PENNANT. The two companies have agreed to operate ferries between the Iberian Peninsula and the Canary Islands. The service will start mid-November.
• Brittany Ferries’ high-speed ferry NORMANDIE EXPRESS closed its season on 18 September. After annual maintenance she will be laid-up in Le Havre. She will re-enter service in May.

• A drawing of STENA VINGA has emerged on Stena Line’s website. The former HAMMERODDE is at the Landskrona shipyard to be prepared for her new role on Gothenburg-Frederikshavn.
• Unity Line added its 8th ship on the Trelleborg -Świnoujście route (2 September). With 1,830 Lane meter of freight deck, the COPERNICUS is primarily intended for cargo.
• CLdN starts its Zeebrugge-Santander ro-ro service on 18 September: two direct sailings per week in two directions, with two dedicated ships.

Stena AB published its Interim Report for the first half of the year.

January – 30 June 2018.

The EBITDA of the Ferry Operations, excluding net gain on sale of assets, increased compared to last year due to continued increased volumes for cars (3%), passengers (2%) and freight (4%).

Ferry Operations Revenue H1: SEK 6,328 million (5,803)

British Columbia Government Is Sinking Profit Margins At B.C. Ferries

B.C. Ferries is enjoying a record year for vehicle and passenger traffic, but earning less profit than last year. The cause? Government interference, writes Rob Shaw in the Vancouver Sun.

On Cruise & Ferry.net, John LaRese, marine fuels technical advisor at ExxonMobil, explains why vessel operators must plan well ahead to ensure they comply with the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap by the 2020 deadline.

• DFDS is approaching yards for the replacement of the two IJmuiden-Newcastle ro-pax ferries.
• Greece has been hit by a ferry strike, which originally was only to happen on Monday 4 September. Eventually a second 24-hour strike was added on Tuesday. Trade union PNO wanted to see a 5% increase in wages and effectively obtained 2%.
• STENA CARRIER has been renamed MEXICO STAR and her flag changed to Mexico. She has been acquired by Baja Ferries.

• P&O Ferries’ PRIDE OF KENT returned to service on Calais – Dover after over five months out of service after her grounding.
• Ro-pax EUROFERRY CORFU has arrived at Marseille to begin her charter to Corsica Linea. She will be renamed VIZZAVONA.
• Genoa is grappling with space. The Spinelli group, the company managing the terminal at which the Tirrenia ships operate, rang the alarm bell by saying that the Malta Line could be terminated. Reason: lack of space, and because ofthe slow moving of cargo.
• Africa Morocco Link (AML) will charter GALAXY from European Seaways for the route Algeciras – Tanger Med.
• TT Line’s PETER PAN is soon going to re-enter service after having been at the yard in Bremerhaven for a lengthening operation.

As reported last week, WIND SOLUTION has arrived in Greece and seems to have been bought by SeaJets. Apostolos Kaknis took this picture.