DFDS is investing in the biofuel producer MASH Energy. The company produces biofuel from agricultural waste in Tanzania. DFDS signed an agreement to an investment of up to DKK 10 million, which will be made in three stages and eventually make DFDS a 24% shareholder of the company.
2019 Newsletter week 18
Sale And Lease Back For The First Two Ferries Ordered By Onorato Armatori At GSI In China
According to what is reported by Moby in its last financial report, F.lli Onorato Armatori Srl, the company established in 2017 and equally shared by Achille and Alessandro Onorato (sons of Moby’s chairman Vincenzo), in 2018 signed “a sales agreement and simultaneous charter of the new vessels with...
Moby Charters The Two Siem Ro-Ro’s For Eight Years
Moby in its last financial report also revealed that both the newly built ro-ro ships ALF POLLAK and MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO (owned by Siem and chartered out to F.lli Onorato Armatori) were bareboat chartered to Moby for 8 years. The overall financial commitment for the entire chartering period is:...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/moby-charters-the-two-siem-ro-ros-for-eight-years/
Engine Room Fire Incident Involving Brittany Ferries PONT-AVEN
29 April 2019, an engine room fire occurred while PONT-AVEN was sailing from Plymouth to Santander. It took place approximately 100 nautical miles south of Brest. The well-trained crew immediately brought the fire under control. There were no injuries as a consequence of the incident. The ferry...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/engine-room-fire-incident-involving-brittany-ferries-pont-aven/
AVIC International Holdings Sells Loss-Making AVIC Weihai Shipyard To China Merchants
China Merchants Offshore Engineering Investment has agreed: to acquire the integrality of AVIC International’s equity interest in AVIC Weihai Shipyard and the shareholders loan to the loss-making yard, for CNY 620 million (EUR 82.7 million). AVIC Weihai is building a series of ro-pax ferries for...
Ferry And Flight Studies To Be Presented In Coming Months
The future shape of Shetland’s inter-island ferry and flight networks could become clearer in the coming weeks and months when findings from studies into service levels and infrastructure are presented. Source:
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/ferry-and-flight-studies-to-be-presented-in-coming-months/
Procurement Process For New Interislander Ferries Kicks Off
Interislander ferry operator KiwiRail is officially on the hunt for two new vessels that will dwarf its existing fleet. The vessels, expected to be brought into service by 2024, will need to accommodate 40 rail wagons, about 3,000 lane metres for vehicles, and room for about 1,800 passengers each,...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/procurement-process-for-new-interislander-ferries-kicks-off/
Aerial Photo Ulstein Shipyard Shows COLOR HYBRID
The aerial view courtesy of Ulstein Verft shows the soon to be delivered plug-in hybrid vessel COLOR HYBRID. Left is the offshore wind vessel ACTA CENTAURUS, to be delivered this summer, and the newly-arrived hull of expedition ship NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCE…
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/aerial-photo-ulstein-shipyard-shows-color-hybrid/
Knud E. Hansen To Design The New Finnlines Ro-Ro Ships
Knud E. Hansen has signed a contract with Nanjing Jinling Shipyard, China, for developing the basic design of three ro-ro vessels, based on the Finnlines / Grimaldi / Knud E. Hansen design. The vessels are based on the same hull as the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation vessels. They are sister vessels,...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/knud-e-hansen-to-design-the-new-finnlines-ro-ro-ships/
P&O Ferries Sues UK Government
P&O Ferries is taking legal action against the UK government. The reason is the GBP 33 million given to competitor Eurotunnel, seen by P&O as unfair distortion of competition. The money given to Eurotunnel was given by the Department for Transport, as compensation for the GBP 100 million contracts...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/po-ferries-sues-uk-government/