Maritime transport of passengers was reopened between Italy mainland and Sicily was reopened this week. Transport minister, Paola De Micheli, publicly announced that ferry links can restart regularly, also in the Strait of Messina between Reggio Calabria and Villa San Giovanni between 06:00 and...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/passenger-ferry-link-to-sicily-reopened-sardinia-not-yet/
The British government has signed agreements with 6 operators to provide up to £35 million to help ensure there is enough freight capacity to prevent disruption to the flow of goods. The decision has been made to protect 16 of the most important routes covering the Channel, the Short Strait, the...
The decision by the Italian government to potentially extend the EUR 72 million of subsidies to Compagnia Italiana di Navigazione (part of Moby group) until 31 July 2021, but probably even beyond, was not appreciated by several ro-ro and ferry operators in Italy. One of them Antonio Musso, CEO of...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/grendi-ready-to-take-tirrenia-cins-extended-subsidies-to-court/
Kristian Durhuus succeeds Jens Ole Hansen, who has been acting as interim CEO of ForSea since February and who will now continue in his position as COO. Since 2011, Kristian Durhuus has held the position of COO of Copenhagen Airport. Prior to that, he held managing roles within a number of larger...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/kristian-durhuus-is-forseas-new-ceo/
The 50% protocol on ferries’ capacity seems to have provoked reasonable reactions among the Ferry Operators, especially since this is not applied on the airplanes. SEEN is talking about unfair competition while it is still unknown when ferries will eventually start operating on all their routes.
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/greek-ship-owners-association-for-passenger-ships-seen/
This is a tough but necessary decision for the company to survive the corona crisis,” said Tallink Silja AB’s MD Marcus Risberg. He urges the Swedish government to act quickly. In addition to the negative effect of the missing voyages, due to the virus, the company has also been hit hard by the...