The final two of nine ramps have been delivered to Ports of Stockholm. Five were delivered to the recently rebuilt Värtahamnen Port and two to the Port of Kapellskär. The last two ramps for the Norvik roro terminal arrived at Stockholm Norvik Port end of March. Norvik terminal is scheduled to open...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/stockholm-norvik-port-roro-terminal-to-open-in-autumn/
Interferry Welcomes Easing Of Travel Restrictions, Follow Up In his monthly letter, CEO Mike Corrigan explains how Interferry’s efficient work generated an invitation to participate in the European Union’s (EU’s) Commissioner for Transport’s ‘Healthy Gateways project’. Well done, Interferry!
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/interferry-welcomes-easing-of-travel-restrictions-follow-up/
AG Ems and Royal Niestern Sander celebrated the official start of the section building for the LNG conversion of the passenger ferry MÜNSTERLAND (1986). Royal Niestern Sander will design and build a completely new aft ship for the passenger ship from 1986, including dual fuel engines, LNG storage...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/second-life-for-ferry-munsterland-with-lng-conversion/
Just a few more weeks and two brand new RMG cranes will help C.RO Ports Rotterdam to quadruple the rail handling capacity of the terminal. C.RO Ports Rotterdam has a rail/ro-ro connection with five tracks, counting 750 meters each. The investment for the cranes was done to answer the increasing...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/c-ro-ports-rotterdam-quadruples-rail-handling-capacity/
One of Grandi Navi Veloci’s ferries will be used to repatriate French people which remained stuck in Morocco when the borders were closed due to the Coronavirus. The announcement came from the French embassy in the North African country. They said that seven crossings will be done in June: Malaga...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/grandi-navi-veloci-will-repatriate-french-passengers-from-morocco/
COPENHAGEN, a hybrid passenger ferry operating between Rostock and Gedser, was retrofitted with a Norsepower Rotor Sail unit measuring 30m in height and 5m in diameter. The installation was completed in a matter of hours, following meticulous preparation over the past few months.
WILLEM BARENTSZ is the first in a series of two new, sustainable ferries with single fuel LNG engines driving a fixed propeller directly. The ships will be used on the Terschelling and Vlieland lines. The trials depend on the availability of German engineers, which could not travel because of...
Norwegian company Boreal, owned by Hong Kong-based company China Everbright Limited ordered two ferries in The Netherlands. The Wärtsilä designed plug-in hybrid ferries will be built by the Holland Shipyards Group, and put into operation on the Abelnes-Andabeløy and Launes-Kvellandstrand routes....
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/boreal-has-signed-a-contract-for-two-new-electric-ferries/
The Italian roro shipping company Ignazio Messina & C. has welcomed the latest entry in its fleet. JOLLY BLUE is the name of the vessel recently bought from Toll Group by MSC Group trough the subsidiary Conglomerate Maritime Ltd and has reached the sister ship JOLLY EXPRESS which was already...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/messina-welcomes-jolly-express-sister-ship-jolly-blue/
Fast is the progress on Corsica Linea’s A. NEPITA, which is undergoing her small scale conversion at the Perama Repair Zone. So far, she had her livery and flag changed (Cyprus), and her scrubber installed. The large ship is on long-term charter from STENA LINE There is more progress on the Attica...
https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/scrubber-conversions-progress-at-perama-and-malta/