Interferry Welcomes EEDI Status Quo For Ro-Ro Vessels Interferry has welcomed the decision by the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) to uphold previously agreed sector-specific Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) targets for ro-ro passenger and ro-ro freight vessels. Read more
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La Méridionale will submit an offer for the Public Service contract for ferry services between mainland France and Corsica. The company will not tender with Corsica Linea but will go solo. Balearia’s VISEMAR ONE has been renamed HEDY LAMARR. During two weeks Hellenic Seaways ro-pax NISSOS CHIOS...
Molslinjen’s EXPRESS 4 Soon Going On Sea Trials Austal has successfully launched the Auto Express 109m high-speed ro-pax ferry EXPRESS 4 for Molslinjen. This major project milestone involved the vessel being launched into the water for the first time and follows the successful roll-out and joining...
Baleària has ordered the world’s first LNG powered ro-pax high-speed ferry. The fast ferry is being built at the Armon shipyard in Gijón after an Incat Crowther design. With a length of 125m and a beam of 28m, the new catamaran will have capacity for 1,200 passengers and 500 cars (or otherwise 500...
Baleària is also finalising the construction of what will be the first two smart ro-pax ships with LNG engines to sail the Mediterranean. The HYPATIA DE ALEJANDRÍA is scheduled to begin operations early next year, followed by the MARIE CURIE a few months later. Meanwhile, the first of a total of...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/balearia-fleet-goes-the-lng-way/
Sembcorp Marine has won its first design-and-construction ro-pax project comprising three identical plug-in ferries. These vessels will be built to a proprietary design from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary LMG Marin for delivery to Norled AS in the fourth quarter of 2020. Specially tailored to Norled’s...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/sembcorp-marine-to-build-ferries-for-norled/
Genoa-based Grandi Navi Veloci chartered out for some months the ferry RHAPSODY which will pass all the winter season in the Bahamas as a floating hotel. Italian news site www.Ship2Shore.it reports that the MSC-controlled ferry company closed a charter agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line through...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/gnvs-rhapsody-bahamas-bound/
Unlucky Week For Italian Ferries Several ship casualties took place in Italy, mainly due to the violent storms which battered the country for three consecutive days. Some passenger ships broke away from the mooring in the ports of La Spezia, Naples, Vado Ligure and Carloforte. In La Spezia the...
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The construction of the shorepower supply plant for the ferries of Color Linehas started in the Port of Kiel Read more
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Continued Progress In Freight Traffic For Scandlines Helsingborg-Helsingör Freight traffic volumes continued to grow in Q3 on Scandlines Helsingborg-Helsingör, which accounted for the largest share of growth in freight traffic on Öresund this quarter as well. While the number of transported...