Last week we asked one question: how to restore customer confidence on passenger ferries, in post-corona times? A big thank you to all 128 people who responded. By far the preferred answer is “with flexible booking possibilities” (71%).
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/question-of-the-month-results-week-20-2020/
Seatruck has come in for criticism from the unions for pushing ahead with a pay cut. CEO Alistair Eagles was fast to clarify in social media. “We want to save jobs so we have deferred (not cut) pay for shore staff and crew for three months. Everyone will get in back in the future when the days are...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/seatruck-ferries-focused-on-saving-jobs/
Operations on the scheduled Bergen – Kirkenes – Bergen voyages will be suspended until June 15. Hurtigruten is planning for a gradual restart of operations on the Norwegian coast. The first planned departure will be FINNMARKEN from Bergen on June 16. Following June 16, the company will make...
The next ‘Decreto Rilancio’ law expected to be approved by the Italian government this week will extend the public subsidies to Tirrenia – CIN (Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione) for a maximum of 12 months, from the end of the current general state of emergency which expires on July 31. In case the...
Following the announcement from Baleària last week, the Italian ferry company Caronte & Tourist is working with Rina Consulting towards being the first operator ‘Covid-free’ in Italy, to obtain the correct instructions for transporting passengers safely next summer. Before the end of June, Caronte...
The story of Damen Ferries starts just before the new millennium, when the management noticed high levels of activity in the fast ferry sector. Damen entered the market with the acquisition of a license to construct the successful Australian River Runner design. The company’s first project in the...
The Prime Minister of the UK and the President of France agreed to work together in taking forward appropriate border measures. This cooperation is particularly necessary for the management of our common border. No quarantine measures would apply to travellers coming from France at this stage; any...
The Government of the Republic of Estonia today approved the terms of a working capital loan to AS Tallink Grupp. The total amount of the loan limit is EUR 100 million and the loan can be issued in EUR 10-40 million tranches. The interest rate of the three-year maturity loan is 12-month Euribor...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/tallink-grupp-to-get-state-loan-up-to-eur-100-million/
P&O Ferries has submitted an HR1 form, this is an advance notification of redundancies. Up to 1,100 jobs on passenger routes from Dover and Hull are at risk. P&O has furloughed 1,400 staff since the pandemic broke out. The company is seeking voluntary redundancies before moving on to a selection...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/po-ferries-plans-to-cut-a-significant-portion-of-its-workforce/
Damen Yichang Shipyard in China hosted a steel cutting ceremony with a difference. As a result of safety measures surrounding the global COVID-19 outbreak, the occasion of first steel cut for a Damen RoPax Ferry 6716 for the Government of Timor-Leste was marked by a digital gathering. (27 April)....
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/damen-hosted-digital-steel-cutting-ceremony-for-ropax-vessel/