The Corsica executive council has decided not to include the fine of EUR 86.3 million in the 2021 supplementary budget of the Collectivité de Corse (CDC). At the end of September, the CDC had been definitively ordered by the Council of State to pay EUR 86.3 million to Corsica Ferries, in...
2021 Newsletter week 46
New train/ropax ferry IGINIA delivered to RFI for the Strait of Messina
The new ropax ferry ordered by Rete Ferroviaria Italia (RFI) and built in Genoa at San Giorgio del Porto and T. Mariotti shipyards has been successfully delivered in the port of Messina. The ferry, suitable for the transportation of railway carriages, wagons, passengers, and vehicles, will soon...
DFDS Q3: Solid growth in demand
Revenue increased 22% to DKK 4.4bn driven by higher freight activity in most business units. Q3 passenger activity was overall below 2020 but picked up in the last month of the quarter. The total freight EBITDA for ferry and logistics before special items increased 6% to DKK 795m driven mainly by...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/dfds-q3-solid-growth-in-demand/
Name swap at Destination Gotland
From week 47 to week 49, the LNG RoPax VISBORG will embark on a planned shipyard visit in Landskrona. In connection with this, the ship will also change its name to VISBY. (Destination Gotland’s newest ships are always named VISBY and GOTLAND. The older VISBY will have its new name in January 2022:...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/name-swap-at-destination-gotland/
Is the DFDS – P&O Ferries capacity sharing agreement distorting competition?
United Kingdom’s CMA ( Competition and Markets Authority) is investigating whether a capacity sharing agreement between P&O Ferries and DFDS, on the Dover-Calais route has potential to prevent, restrict or distort competition within the UK. The investigation has been launched on 11 November 2021....
Ignazio Messina’s deep-sea RoRo network now includes Koper in the North Adriatic
Ignazio Messina & c. added the Slovenian port of Koper to its network of routes between Mediterranean basin, Africa and Middle East. “We are excited to announce that Ignazio Messina & C. has set up a new weekly service, which will connect Koper with East and South Africa, Persian Gulf and India....
Six companies selected to design a zero-emission fast ferry
Six companies have received a contract to develop a high-speed zero-emission fast ferry: Eker Design, ESNA, LMG Marin, SES-X, Transportutvikling and Umoe. The contract was signed on 5 November 2021 by the director for transport in Trøndelag (Norway). In May 2023, the design part of the project will...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/six-companies-selected-to-design-a-zero-emission-fast-ferry/
Seajets’s Aqua Star will enter service from February 2022
Towards a new career within the Hellenic Coastal Shipping is heading the Seajets’ AQUA STAR (former AZORES EXPRESS). The ship is currently at Chalkis Shipyards undergoing some interior refit and she is expected to connect the port of Volos with Skiathos-Skopelos-Alonissos at the end of February...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/seajetss-aqua-star-will-enter-service-from-february-2022/
SAOS Ferries MISHI is on her way to Greece
According to SAOS Ferries, its latest acquisition from Japan, ferry MISHI (former MISHIMA) is on her way to Greece. She was purchased from Mishima Mura (M-Line) in June 2021 and is expected to be converted at the Perama Repair Zone to carry 700 passengers and 150 cars.
https://ferryshippingnews.com/saos-ferries-mishi-is-on-her-way-to-greece/
DFDS October volume report: Freight lower as UK stockbuilding boosted volumes
Total freight volumes in October 2021 were 7.6% below 2020. Net adjustments for structural route changes reduced growth 2.3 ppt to -9.9%. The decrease in total volumes was due to lower volumes on UK routes compared to 2020 as stockbuilding in the UK ahead of Brexit started to boost volumes in...