Azienda del Consorzio Trasporti Veneziano (Actv), the public ferry company controlled by the Municipality of Venice, has just launched a short-term tender (expiring date 16 January 2023) aimed at finding interested shipyards for building two double-ended ferries with diesel-electric dual-fuel propulsion.
Tender price is EUR 32.24 million for both the vessels.
Another similar tender was launched one year ago but failed. Only Holland Shipyards submitted an offer.
Sicily Region has just officially launched a tender for finding shipyards interested in building a first new ropax vessel to be deployed on the routes to and from Lampedusa and Pantelleria islands.
A first tender launched last year failed at finding interested parties for building two units.
Tender price has now been increased to EUR 100 million for one vessel (of which 4.5 million are a fixed value related to safety equipment), while last year the same contract was worth EUR 130 million for two units.
Offers must be submitted before March 22nd.
Not a single bid was submitted for the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus which expired on Friday 29 January.
Source: Cyprus Mail
