The replacements for the TT-Line ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ ropax ferries will be built overseas, which was the original plan (first in Flensburg, then in Rauma) The decision comes seven months after establishing a taskforce to investigate whether the new ferries could be built in Australia. The...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/spirit-of-tasmania-vessels-wont-be-built-in-tasmania/
On March 13, 2021, Alpha Lines’ HSC SPEED CAT 1 was put into the water at the Spanopoulos Group Shipyards. The ship was purchased from the Croatian Adriatic Lines in September 2020 and is undergoing extensive refit since the beginning of February 2020. After the completion of the repair works as...
On March 10, 2021, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) finalised the sale of the AMHS vessels FAIRWEATHER and CHENEGA to Servicios y Concesiones Maritimas Ibicencas S.A. of Ibiza, operating as Trasmapi. Sales price: CHENEGA USD 3.1 million and FAIRWEATHER USD 2...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/trasmapi-buys-two-fast-ferries/
On March 13, 2021 BLUE STAR MYKONOS was withdrawn from service and transferred at the Perama repair zone in order to undergo her scheduled scrubber conversion. The “blue ship” will be out of service for about 3 months (until June 16). She has already been replaced by her sister ship BLUE STAR CHIOS...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/scrubber-conversion-for-blue-star-mykonos/
From Tuesday, 16 March 2021, Confido will open a new coronavirus testing location at Terminal D, Port of Tallinn and will thus make it easier for passengers to obtain the necessary negative COVID test certificates, required for travelling to Finland since the end of February. Source: Tallink press...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/tallink-coronavirus-antigen-tests-before-travelling/
Finnlines has published its Annual Report for 2020 at www.finnlines.com/annualreport2020.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/finnlines-annual-report-2020-published/
Revenue -22.5% to €277.1 million EBITDA -51.5% to €42.1 million principally due to Covid-19 travel restrictions EBIT -116% to -€10.4 million Year-end net debt after total capital expenditure of €30.1 million was €88.5 million, 2.1 times EBITDA (pre-non-trading items), and 1.7 times under banking...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/irish-continental-group-annual-report-roro-freight-up-pax-down/
Italy’s finance police arrested two ferries and seized a sum exceeding EUR 64 million from the ferry company Delcomar. The Franco-Del-Giudice-controlled company is active on the short sea routes surrounding the islands of Sardinia. Two vessels are deployed on the routes Carloforte-Portovesme and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/delcomar-two-ferries-arrested-and-eur-64-million-seized/
The start-up company Morocco Cruise Line ( MCL.ma) took delivery of the roro ship EUROCARGO NAPOLI which has been owned and operated up to date by Grimaldi Group. MCL is expected to open two new lines, one between Tangier Med and Motril and the other one between Tangier Med and Sète. The vessel is...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/roro-eurocargo-napoli-handed-over-to-morocco-cruise-line/