Not one, but two ro-ro ships are chartered by Grandi Navi Veloci for the Genoa – Palermo motorway of the seas, in order to free car capacity on the company’s ro-pax fleet. Just a few days after the PAULINE RUSS arrived in Italy to start a three-month charter for Grandi Navi Veloci, this week also...
2020 Newsletter week 27
Europe Gives Green Light To Cyprus-Greece Ferry Link
Outgoing Cypriot Deputy Shipping Minister Natasa Pilides announced during a press conference on Monday July 6, that EU approved for a maximum state aid of EUR 6 million annually, for a Cyprus – Greece ropax ferry connection. A crossing between Cyprus and Piraeus takes 16 hours. Last service was two...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/europe-gives-green-light-to-cyprus-greece-ferry-link/
Corsica Ferries Cancelled The Previously Announced New Savona – Golfo Aranci – Civitavecchia Link
Corsica Sardinia Ferries will not operate this summer the previously announced new “all Italian” maritime link connecting Vado Ligure (Savona) with the Sardinian port of Golfo Aranci and Civitavecchia (Rome). The new service would have been offered from July 10 to September 14 and was projected as...
Tallink Grupp Invests In RoRo Tonnage
Baltic SF VIII Ltd, a subsidiary of AS Tallink Grupp purchased ro-pax vessel SAILOR from Navirail OÜ. The purchase of the ro-pax vessel will strengthen Tallink fleet’s cargo capacity, much needed after the pandemic. More operational flexibility between roro and ropax is needed, said Tallink CEO...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/tallink-grupp-invests-in-roro-tonnage/
GNV Adds RoRo Tonnage
The Genoa-based ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci chartered-in for a few months the ro-ro unit PAULINE RUSS. The vessel, which has 1,624 lane metres for 120 semitrailers capacity, is already deployed on the Genoa – Palermo maritime link for the summer season. This same vessel had been chartered-in...
Construction Of Stena Line’s Two New Larger E-Flexer Ferries Has Begun
The vessels, that are planned to be delivered in 2022, are the last of five vessels of the E-Flexer series that Stena Line ordered from sister company Stena RoRo, that are being built at the CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard in China. Of the first three vessels, the first two, STENA ESTRID and STENA...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/construction-of-stena-lines-two-new-larger-e-flexer-ferries-has-begun/
Irish Continental Group To Withdraw The proposal To Pay A Final Dividend
While Irish Continental Group retains a strong liquidity position, the Directors consider it prudent not to proceed with the final dividend payment against this background of market uncertainty and will no longer propose a resolution to approve the dividend at the AGM. Source: