CalMac is to bring in extra staff to help support passengers who end up in long queues on the Largs Cumbrae route. Current restrictions on board due to the ongoing Covid crisis means average capacity across CalMac’s fleet is running at around 35% compared to normal. The extra staff will be on hand...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/calmac-acts-to-support-passengers-at-largs-cumbrae/
GLEN SANNOX, the first of two dual fuel vessels being built at Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd, has been moved to dry dock in Greenock to undergo a planned schedule of remedial work. The dry dock period is a major step in Ferguson’s revised programme to complete the two public sector vessels....
The Naples-based ferry company Navigazione Libera del Golfo, controlled by the Aponte family and run by Maurizio Aponte as a CEO, is opening a new high-speed ferry line linking the ports of Santa Teresa di Gallura in Sardinia and Bonifacio in Corsica. On the same routes both Blu Navy and Moby are...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/a-new-high-speed-ferry-link-between-sardinia-and-corsica/
Following a first case with the MOBY ZAZA concluded at the end of July, the Italian transport ministry had recently published a pair of announcements inviting ferry companies to propose ro-pax units capable of hosting aboard migrants set to be quarantined upon arrival off the Italian coasts from...
The Grimaldi Group has recently published its 2019 Sustainability Report, describing its economic, social and environmental performance and emphasizing the process of reporting and transparent management of sustainability issues which started in 2015. In 2019, the Group’s turnover exceeded € 3...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/grimaldi-group-sustainability-report-2019/
Danish Staycation Benefits Swedish Port of Ystad July has been a very good month for the ferry traffic between the Swedish port of Ystad and the Danish Island of Bornholm. Cars went up +22.6% (88,720) and passengers +6.4% (317,388). The number of ship calls (241) was a 10% increase compared to July...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/danish-staycation-benefits-swedish-port-of-ystad/
Tallink will reopen the traffic between Tallinn and Stockholm in a limited capacity from 26 August 2020 and initially mainly for cargo transportation. Traffic between the two capital cities was suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic and state of emergency declared in Estonia in March this year....