Paris, Tuesday 20 July 2021 During a French press conference, Brittany Ferries announced the agreement with Stena RoRo for the construction of two new hybrid E-Flexers of a new generation. To be used on Channel routes from Saint-Malo (region Brittany) and Ouistreham (region Normandy) to Portsmouth....
https://ferryshippingnews.com/breaking-news-brittany-ferries-orders-two-new-ferries/
As announced in week 9, Rederi AB Gotland is going ahead with a new ropax ferry route between Nynäshamn (Stockholm) – Rostock Name: Hansa Destinations Starts at the end of August. The new route provides logistics companies with an additional choice of transportation while reducing emissions by...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/hansa-destinations-will-soon-connect-stockholm-with-germany/
“One single cruise ship alone uses as much CO2 per day as 80,000 cars.” Ursula von der Leyen 14 July. European Commission has put forward an extremely ambitious and drastic legislative package to slash the greenhouse gas emissions. President Ursula von der Leyen explained how the Commission wants...
Spanish media revealed that Grimaldi Group will pay EUR 400 million to acquire from Naviera Armas: five ferries of Trasmediterranea ( CIUDAD DE PALMA, CIUDAD DE GRANADA, CIUDAD DE MAHÓN, VOLCÁN DEL TEIDEand VOLCÁN DE TIJARAFE) two ropax terminals in Valencia and Barcelona the line with Ibiza and...
According to the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index 2021, which was recently released by the Chinese news agency: The Port of Piraeus gets the 5 th place as an international center for shipping services The shipping center of Athens/Piraeus maintains the eighth place as...
+19.5% roro freight It reflects the recovery from the significant volume reductions in June 2020 caused by lockdowns related to Covid-19. Mediterranean’s volume increase was the highest in June 2021 as the volume recovery in 2020 in this region lagged Northern Europe due to a high share of...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/dfds-june-volume-report-freight-up-19-following-lockdowns-in-2020-2/
VASSILIOS is the new name of the former RoRo BALTICA which was purchased by the Cypriot based Salamis Lines last May. The ship was named after Salamis Group founder Mr. Vassos Hadjitheodosiou and since July 4 is at Neorion (Syros) shipyards for refurbishing and dry docking.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/roro-baltica-renamed-vassilios/
Both ROMANTIKA and VICTORIA I, chartered by Tanger MED Port Authority from Tallink Grupp, are being deployed on the Tanger Med – Tarragona – Sète route in order to offer a maritime bridge between Europa and Africa. The operation, called ‘Paso del Estrecho’ and organized every summer by Morocco,...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/intershipping-started-linking-morocco-with-spain-and-france-not-italy/
The delivery of AURORA BOTNIA will be further delayed. The new delivery date is 30 July, with traffic starting in early August.
Monday 12 July saw the first commercial departure of roro vessel MAXINE from Calais to Sheerness (London). This is a pure roro service, only taking unaccompanied freight. Frequency: 1 departure per day in each direction, 7/7.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/start-of-dfds-calais-sheerness-route/