On 3 February 2021, Sea Lines will commence sailings on a new roro route between Karasu in Turkey and Constanta in Romania. The route will be serviced by one roro vessel, with a capacity for up to 155 units and 12 drivers in Covid-19 safe single cabins. (probably chartered VASALAND) Karasu and...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/sea-lines-start-new-black-sea-roro-service/
Up to half of all lorries bringing goods into Britain are returning to Europe empty as British companies put off resuming exports to the Continent to avoid getting caught by new customs regulations. Source: The Times…
https://ferryshippingnews.com/empty-lorries-leave-britain-as-brexit-trade-laws-unnerve-exporters/
Morocco Cruise Line (MCL), a start-up company (which we already announced last year) will open two new lines, one between Tangier Med and Motril and the other between Tangier Med and Sète. Grimaldi’s EUROCARGO NAPOLI seems to become the first vessel in the fleet. To be confirmed!
https://ferryshippingnews.com/mcls-tangier-med-motril-line-will-be-roro/
HSF Logistics Group is one of Europe’s leading cold chain logistics providers to meat producers and other food producers that operates temperature-controlled supply chains. The HSF Logistics Group has revenue of DKK 2.8bn and an EBITDA of DKK 320m (before adjusting for IFRS 16). The company...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/dfds-to-acquire-100-of-hsf-logistics-group/
Limassol, will be probably the most suitable port for the new Cyprus – Greece line, according to the Deputy Minister of Shipping of Cyprus, who stated in a recent interview that “Larnaca is disadvantaged in terms of distance”. This quote provoked strong reactions in Larnaca, which considered that...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/limassol-is-probably-the-best-port-for-the-greece-cyprus-line/
The train ferry is an important alternative in the event of disturbances on the Öresund Bridge, says Trafikverket (Swedish Transport Administration). The Swedish Transport Administration submitted its report and analysis to the government on the train ferry connection between Trelleborg and Rostock...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/sweden-believes-in-train-ferries-as-alternative-to-bridge/
A total of 6.92 million tons of cargo has been transhipped in the seaport of Kiel in 2020. This figure represents only a slight decrease of 1.2 %. In contrast to a decrease of volumes in the Scheerhafen and at the Norwegenkai Terminal, there has been growth in the Ostuferhafen and at the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/port-of-kiel-can-nearly-maintain-its-cargo-transhipment-volumes/
DFDS agreed to lease a new 34,560 m2 warehouse in Borås, Sweden, that is an attractive Scandinavian logistics hub area close to Gothenburg. The new warehouse will expand DFDS’ contract logistics offering that today is focused in Gothenburg. The additional capacity will make it possible to grow with...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/dfds-expands-logistics-offering-in-sweden-with-new-warehouse-in-boras/
The new LNG-powered catamaran WILLEM DE VLAMINGH of Rederij Doeksen was officially put into service on Tuesday 26 January. With this, the ship follows its sister ship WILLEM BARENTSZ, which was introduced on 3 July 2020. These ships are The Netherlands’s first (single fuel) LNG ferries and the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/lng-powered-willem-de-vlamingh-finally-put-into-ferry-service/
Malta-based Glenhallen has just signed a bare boat charter & purchase contract with Spanish Suardiaz for roro IVAN (1,000 lane metres) which has been already operated by the buyer in time-charter for the last 18 months. Umberto Lazzaretti, head of Glenhallen, confirmed to Ferry Shipping News that...