As from 21 April 2019, Corsica Ferries will open a new route linking Southern France, namely Nice and Toulon, with the port of Trapani, a small city placed on the western coast of Sicily (100km from Palermo). Reservations opened on 25 September. The new route, according to what Corsica Ferries said...
2018 Newsletter week 39
FERRY PORTS
Halmstad Is Getting Ready For Stena Line Stena Line will move the Grenå line from Varberg to Halmstad. This was confirmed in June. Now an agreement has been signed between the municipality of Halmstad and Hallands Hammnar (Hallands Ports). The port will invest SEK 126 million into a new ferry...
INTERVIEW
The Yellow Disruption May 68, does that ring a bell? Then you simply have to read our interview with Pierre Mattei, CEO of Corsica ferries. Read the full interview with Mr Mattei here
FERRIES
Northern Isles Ferry Tender The procurement of the next contract to operate the Northern Isles Ferry Services (from/to Orkney and Shetland) is underway, with the publication of the contract notice. The current contract, with Serco, finishes in October 2019. The contract, worth an estimated £370m,...
Havila Kystruten Has Officially Selected The Shipyards
It is not a surprise but now it is official: Tersan and Barreras will build Havila Kystruten’s four vessels. Havyard Design & Solutions will deliver the ship design and an extensive equipment package. For them it is a record contract. Steel cutting to begin end of year. Important order for...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/havila-kystruten-has-officially-selected-the-shipyards/
SOMERSET Set Sail On The North Sea
Stena Line added a ro-ro vessel on Rotterdam (Europoort)-Harwich. They started to charter the CLdN-owned SOMERSET.
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/somerset-set-sail-on-the-north-sea/
DFDS Changes Norwegian Container Service Into Ro-Ro
DFDS has decided to put the (repaired) ro-ro vessel FINLANDIA SEAWAYS on its route between Norway, Zeebrugge and Immingham, instead of the side port/container vessel LYSBRIS SEAWAYS. DFDS will add Brevik to the port rotation, in addition to the current ports of Fredrikstad and Halden. This means...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/dfds-changes-norwegian-container-service-into-ro-ro/
Turkish UNESCO World Heritage Names For Twelve Turkish DFDS Vessels
All 12 Turkish-flagged UN Ro-Ro ships will be DFDS-rebranded, and will get Turkish UNESCO world heritage sites as new names for the vessels. This was decided after Peder Gellert and Selçuk Boztepe launched a competition in which 107 staff participated. CEMIL BAYULGEN will be the first to be named...
Fjord1 ASA Is Awarded A Ferry Contract In Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal county municipality has awarded the contract for the ferry connections Molde-Sekken, Solholmen-Mordalsvågen, Aukra-Hollingsholm and Sølsnes-Åfarnes, to Fjord1 ASA. Characteristics of this Norwegian contract are: Ten years. Focus on environment with plug-in electric ferries. 1...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/fjord1-asa-is-awarded-a-ferry-contract-in-romsdal/