Fjord Line can look back on a record year with strong passenger growth in both Western Norway and Eastern Norway. The largest growth in 2018 was the domestic route Stavanger-Bergen-Stavanger, with a 24% increase in the number of passengers (59,000). Sandefjord-Strømstad also increased significantly...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/passenger-records-for-fjord-line/
Last week it was reported how Flensburger Schiffbau-Geselschafft got into liquidity problems. Siem Industries Group, the Norwegian owner of FSG has now taken several steps to get the yard out of the trouble zone. The CEO, Rudiger Fuchs, has left the company, and Siem’s Alexander Gregg-Smith took...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/troubled-flensburg-shipyard-has-a-future/
The port authority of Central Tyrrhenian sea in Italy revealed the final statistics for cargo and passenger traffic in 2018. The port of Naples closed the past year with 6,729,717 passengers handled in the short sea and deep-sea ferry business, which resulted in a 0.7% increase compared with the...
Peder Gellert, DFDS Executive Vice President and Head of the Ferry Division, announced that it has been decided to change the name of the Shipping Division to the Ferry Division. “It is difficult for people who do not know our industry well to understand the nature of our business more precisely if...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/the-dfds-shipping-division-is-now-called-the-ferry-division/
Flensburg-based FRS Group has confirmed it is bidding for the Northern Isles lifeline ferry contract. The two other companies competing for the £370 million contract are Serco NorthLink and state-owned Calmac. Source:
ESPO Interviews The CEO Of The Port Of Tallinn This month ESPO is taking you to the Baltic region, and more precisely to the Port of Tallinn, where Mr Valdo Kalm has been CEO of the company since beginning 2016. This interview is about the strengths, challenges and ambitions of the Port of Tallinn....
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/espo-interviews-the-ceo-of-the-port-of-tallinn/
Ferry ANDREAS KALVOS has been refitted for her new owners, Levante Ferries. The former Japanese ferry was acquired from Zante Ferries, refurbished and repainted. She has arrived in Patras and is due to start service from Patras to Sami (Kefalonia) and Pisaetos (Ithaca).
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/andreas-kalvos-ready-to-operate-for-levante-ferries/
BC Ferries’ president and CEO, Mark Collins travelled to Prince Rupert on 29 January, to speak to the business community about where his company is heading, and to listen to feedback. Source:
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/bc-ferries-president-on-lng-and-northern-routes/