The European Commission has concluded that the public service compensation granted since 2009 to Sicilia Regionale Marittima S.p.A. (‘Siremar’) and Toscana Regionale Marittima S.p.A. (‘Toremar’) for the operation of ferry services in Italy is in line with EU State aid rules. The same applies to the...
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Fincantieri and Faist Electronics, a Faist Group company specializing in the development and supply of complete energy storage systems), have founded Power4Future, a joint venture dedicated to the production of lithium-ion batteries. The expected cumulative production is expected to exceed 2GWh in...
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The COVID-19 global pandemic has had a significant impact on the company’s operations and financial results. -40% passengers (13.1 million) -24% vehicles (6.7 million) BC Ferries expects financial results to continue to improve, in part due to Safe Restart funding and as the provincial economy...
On June 17, SAOS FERRIES announced the purchase of the former Japanese Ferry MISHIMA (2001) of Mishima Mura. The 89m ship was replaced in April 2020 by the newbuilding FERRY MISHIMA and served the Kagoshima-Takeshima-Iwojima-Kuroshima line. According to the Greek Ferry operator the ship will be...
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With a video on his LinkedIn profile, Managing Director Sébastien Douvry has announced the imminent start of a new roro ferry company: Blue Channel Line. Mr Douvry has a background from LD and DFDS, amongst others. It is a roro service for unaccompanied freight, sailing between Calais and Tilbury,...
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Stena Line has officially taken delivery of its RoPax STENA SCANDICA, on Friday 18th June. The vessel is the first of two Visentini vessels that are being lengthened and modernised at Sedef Shipbuilding in Turkey. STENA SCANDICA will start operating on Nynäshamn-Ventspils, beginning of July. [...
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Actv, the ferry company owned by the Municipality of Venice, provider of sea transport services, has just launched a public tender to find companies interested at designing and building 12 vessels to be deployed in the lagoon. The entire contract is worth EUR 18.65 million, but it’s split in two:...
Fast Ferries’ EKATERINI P. returns -after two years- to the Hellenic Coastal Shipping, faster and fully refurbished. Having been equipped with a new set of main engines (2xΜΑΚ-8Μ32C diesel) as well as pitch propellers, the popular ship managed to make 21,2 knots during her sea trials (June 22,...
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