The interior designs of the new ferry, which will operate between Vaasa in Finland and Umeå in Sweden, are being finalized. Kudos Dsign has produced the interior design plan for Wasaline’s new ship. “We are very pleased with the interior design plan. The design is down-to-earth and we got just what...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/kudos-dsign-finalises-the-interiors-of-the-new-wasaline-ferry/
Belfast’s Harland and Wolff shipyard was placed into administration in August 2019. It has now been sold for £6m to InfraStrata, a ”London Stock Exchange-listed firm focused on the development and commercialisation of advanced high-value energy infrastructure projects across the globe.” Harland and...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/harland-and-wolff-belfast-shipyard-saved-by-uk-company/
When La Mériodionale’s PIANA left Bastia on 30 September it was with some regret that the crew looked back. Smoke pots and horn blowing were marking the event. It was the last time the ship was going to call in Bastia for the time being. In fact, the ro-pax ferry was built especially for the...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/october-1st-the-start-of-a-new-dsp-for-corsica/
October 9, 2019 is the new date for the public tender of the HSC AEOLOS KENTERIS I (6.177gt/2000) of the collapsed NEL Lines. Following an application for interim relief, the Court of Piraeus set the value of the vessel at €180,000, with a starting bid price of €120,000. Initially the Court had set...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/new-date-for-the-public-tender-of-nel-lines-hsc-aeolos-kenteris-i/
HSC HELLENIC HIGHSPEED’s charter to Fast Ferries expired successfully a few days ago. During the summer season of 2019, the ship has been reliable and consistent in her program on the Rafina-Tinos-Mykonos-Naxos run. It is rumored that her next mission will probably be to the Western Mediterranean...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/hsc-hellenic-highspeed-to-aml-for-summer-season-2020/
Grimaldi Group returned to the European Investment Bank, asking for €70m, on a total cost of €150m, for a project involving “the retrofitting of SOx exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) to 10 ro-pax ferries, 17 conro vessels, 11 ro-ro vessels and 6 vehicle carriers” for a ‘total of 44 vessels’,...
Tallink Grupp has acquired the development rights for global fast food chain Burger King in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The three Baltic states are among the few remaining countries in Europe where the fast food chain does not yet have restaurants. Source:
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/tallink-grupp-to-develop-burger-king-in-estonia-and-the-baltics/